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Māmari Great Māori migration waka Commander Ruanui Departed from Hawaiki Landed at Hokianga Harbour Iwi Ngā Puhi, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa In Māori tradition, Māmari was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand.
Mamari was the 3rd waka to arrive with the tangata Ruanui. The traditions of the Aotea, Horotua and Mamari waka mention that kiore (rats) were passengers on their voyages to New Zealand. Carvings on a window frame of Te Ohaki Marae in Ahipara depict the story of Ruanuis kiore. When hea arrived into the Hokianga Harbour, he released them onto an island call Motukiore (rat island)
See also
List of Māori migration waka Aotea · Aotearoa · Arahura · Āraiteuru · Arautauta · Arawa · Horouta · Hīnakipākau-o-te-rupe · Kahutara · Kāraerae · Kurahaupō · Mahangaatuamatua · Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi (a.k.a. Māhuhu) · Mānuka · Māmari · Mataatua · Matahourua · Moekākara · Motumotuahi · Ngātokimatawhaorua · Nuku-tai-memeha · Nukutere · Ōkoki · Ōtūrereao · Pangatoru · Riukākara · Ruakaramea · Tahatuna · Taikōria · Tainui · Tākitimu · Tauira · Tāwhirirangi · Te Aratauwhāiti · Te Aratāwhao · Te Hoiere · Te Kōhatuwhenua · Te Paepae-ki-Rarotonga · Te Rangimātoru · Te Rangiuamutu (a.k.a. Tairea) · Te Rīrino · Te Wakaringaringa · Te Wakatūwhenua · Tinana (a.k.a. Te Māmaru) · Tokomaru · Tōtara-i-kāria · Tūnui-ā-rangi · Tūwhenua · Uruaokapuarangi (a.k.a. Uruao) · WaipapaCategories:- Māori waka
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