Uruaokapuarangi

Uruaokapuarangi
Great Māori migration waka
CommanderRākaihautū, Te Rakihouia
Landed at
Iwi
Settled atWaitaki River

Uruaokapuarangi (also Te Waka a Rangi;[1] often known simply as Uruao) was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes (waka) that was used in the migrations that settled the South Island according to Māori tradition.

Uruaokapuarangi is linked to many southern iwi, first landing near Nelson. The waka was captained by Rākaihautū, who was accompanied by his wife Waiariki-o-āio, their son Te Rakihouia,[a] and a man named Matiti.

  1. ^ "Ancient Iwi – Ngāi Tahu". ngaitahu.maori.nz. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. ^ "The Ngai Tahu Land Report" (PDF). Ministry of Justice – Tāhū o te Ture. 1991. p. 179. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. ^ Kawharu, I.H. (1989). Waitangai: Maori & Pakeha Perspectives of the Treaty of Waitangi. Oxford University Press. p. 236. ISBN 0 19 558175 X.


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