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Kōrero: Ngāpuhi

Te kapi o te waka o Ngātokimatawhaorua

Replica of the Ngātokimatawhaorua canoe

Mā tōna waka a Matawhaoruahoki atu ai a Kupe mai i Hokianga ki Hawaiki. Nō muri mai ka tapitapia te waka ā, ka whakaingoatia anō ko Ngātokimatawhaorua. Ko Nukutawhiti te kaihautū i tōna haerenga mai ki Aotearoa. Hei whakanui i te huringa rau tau o Te Tiriti o Waitangi ka hangaia he kapi o taua waka. Nei rā ia e whakarewahia ana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-C-014058-F

by B. Snowden

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Ngāpuhi – Canoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4134/te-kapi-o-te-waka-o-ngatokimatawhaorua (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.

Comments

Rawiri Moetara
10 July 2024
The Waka named from Kupe was Matawhaora. After returning to Hawaiki his son Nukutawhiti did some ajustments and renamed the waka Toki matawhaorua. After taking the idea to Waitangi, the replica came about as what we know now as Ngatokimatawhaorua. Kiaora ki ona tupuna ki runga Rahiri taha rite ahau wehi Mamari te waka tana ona tupuna.
jimmy tarawa strickland
13 February 2015
I am a descendant of kupe and nukutawhiti i am from otaua where puhanga tohora resdes and remember another story that nukutawhiti captained the mamari waka with his brother inlaw ruanui. I really love this website though, tihei wa mauri ora!