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Story: Traditional Māori warfare – Riri

Aotea canoe

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<em>Aotea</em> canoe

This artwork representing the Aoteacanoe stands in Pātea. The captain of the Aotea, Turi, brought the god Maru to New Zealand.

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Basil Keane, Traditional Māori warfare – Riri – Atua – origins of wars, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/37078/aotea-canoe (accessed 16 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 14 June 2012.