Arahura

Arahura

Infobox waka
waka_name =Arahura
commander =
priest =
departed =
landed =
iwi =Ngāi Tahu
settled =South Island"This is about the Maori canoe. For the ferry operating on the Interisland Line, see Arahura (ferry)."

Arahura, in Māori mythology (specifically that of the Ngāi Tahu people of the South Island), is a divine canoe which was made of pounamu (greenstone). The chiefs who traveled to New Zealand in her were Pekitahua, Rongokahe, Rangitatau, Hineraho, Te Rangitamau, Taewhenua, Te Mikimiki (Te Mingimingi), Atua-whakanihoniho, Te Atua-whakataratara, and Whakarewa (Tregear 1891:20, White 1887-1891, II:179).

References

*E.R. Tregear, "Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary" (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891.
*J. White, "The Ancient History of the Maori", 7 Volumes (Government Printer: Wellington), 1887-1891.

ee also

*List of Māori waka


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