Tūnui-ā-rangi

In Māori tradition, Tūnui-ā-rangi was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes (or waka) that was used in the migrations that settled Aotearoa (New Zealand). The waka is linked to the Ngāi Tāhuhu iwi of the Auckland and Northland regions.

*Tūnui-ā-rangi*
Great Māori migration waka

The Tūnui-ā-rangi is said to have landed at Motu Kōkako (Piercy Island) in the Bay of Islands.[1] It then traveled south to Ngunguru and Whangārei.[1]

See also

List of Māori waka

References

Māori Peoples of New Zealand / Nga iwi o Aotearoa. Auckland: David Bateman. 2006. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-86953-622-0.

Māori migration waka

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