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Arahura River Bridge
Arahura may refer to: * Arahura (canoe), a Māori migration canoe * Arahura (twin screw ship), a 1905 twin-screw steam passenger and cargo ship * Arahura Marae, a New Zealand West Coast tribal meeting ground * Arahura River, a New Zealand West Coast river * DEV Arahura, a ferry that formerly operated on the Interisland Line {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arahura (canoe)
was a divine canoe () made of pounamu in Ngāi Tahu's Māori mythology. The chiefs who travelled to New Zealand in her were Peki(te)tahua, Rongokahe, Rangitatau, Hineraho, Te Rangitamau, Taewhenua, Te Mikimiki (Te Mingimingi), Atua-whakanihoniho, Te Atua-whakataratara, and Whakarewa. may have also been the name of the that was brought along with the canoe. References See also * Āraiteuru * Ngahue * Tākitimu ''Tākitimu'' was a '' waka'' (canoe) with ''whakapapa'' throughout the Pacific particularly with Samoa, the Cook Islands, and New Zealand in ancient times. In several Māori traditions, the ''Tākitimu'' was one of the great Māori migration ... * Uruaokapuarangi Māori waka Māori mythology {{Māori-myth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arahura (twin Screw Ship)
TSS ''Arahura'' was a twin screw steam passenger/cargo ship (also schooner rigged) built for the Union Steam Ship Company. It was launched on the Clyde on 25 March 1905 and built by William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton at a cost of £52,000. It had a gross weight of 1,607 tons. The ship had accommodation for 201 passengers. Design and naming In January 1905 Union Steam Ship Company designed and entered into a contract with D.J. Dunlop and Co of Port Glasgow to build a new steamship. It was to be similar to the ''Navua'' which had been specially built for the tropical passenger and cargo service. The ''Navua'' had been particularly successful for the company. The new steamer was slightly larger than the ''Navua'', but her passenger accommodation and cargo arrangements were similar. The company expected the steamer to be in service by the end of 1905. It was planned to use it on the Wellington – West Coast route. Because of this the company asked the Premier Richard Seddon to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arahura Marae
Hokitika is a town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River. It is the seat and largest town in the Westland District. The town's estimated population is as of . On a clear day Aoraki / Mount Cook can clearly be seen from Hokitika's main street. Toponymy The name Hokitika translates from Māori as "to return directly" (from , 'to return', and , 'direct'). According to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, the name comes from when a band of Ngāi Tahu warriors in search of greenstone were about to attack Ngāti Wairangi . The chief of the invaders drowned while trying to cross the Hokitika River, and the leaderless (army) then returned directly to their own home. History The land where Hokitika stands was purchased in 1860 from Māori when Poutini Ngāi Tahu chiefs signed the Arahura Deed. This was the sale of the whole of the West Coast region, apart from small areas reserved for M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arahura River
The Arahura River, for a time called the Brunner River after the explorer Thomas Brunner, is a river located on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is approximately in length and flows into the Tasman Sea eight kilometres north of Hokitika, next to the Arahura Pa. It is an important place to Māori for the resource of pounamu (greenstone), only found in a few places in the South Island of New Zealand. When the region was sold to the British Crown in 1860 by the chiefs of Poutini Ngāi Tahu the rights to pounamu on the Arahura River were meant to be retained, these rights were ignored in the deed (Arahura Deed The Arahura Deed was a land sale and agreement between Kāi Tahu iwi and the New Zealand settler government, signed on 21 May 1860 by Poutini chiefs at Māwhera (modern-day Greymouth). The signed document states the chiefs give up their people ...) . In 1990s Ngāi Tahu and the government negotiated for ownership of pounamu from the river to be re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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