In
Māori tradition, ''Te Hoiere'' was one of the great
ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled
New Zealand
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Ngāti Kuia
Ngāti Kuia is a Māori iwi of the Northern South Island in New Zealand. They first settled in the Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere, and later spread to the Marlborough Sounds, Nelson and Tasman districts to Taitapu on the West Coast, and as far south ...
tradition states that their founding tupuna
Matua Hautere
Matua may refer to:
People
* Hotu Matuꞌa, legendary first settler and chief of Easter Island and ancestor of the Rapa Nui people
* Matua (priest) (fl. 1838), High Priest of Mangareva
* Fred Matua (1984–2012), American football player
* Henare ...
, a descendant of
Kupe, came to
Te Waipounamu in his waka ''Te Hoiere'', guided by the kaitiaki (tribal guardian)
Kaikaiawaro.
Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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See also
* List of Māori waka
References
Māori waka
Māori mythology
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