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Story: Canoe traditions

Ross Gregory talks about Tūmoana

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Tūmoana was captain of the Tinana canoe, which landed at Moria, now known as Te Tauroa, near present-day Ahipara. The image shows Te Tauroa. In the sound file, Ross Gregory, of the northern iwi Te Rarawa, talks about Tūmoana and his career after landing.

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Image: GNS Science, 3228/29, by Lloyd Homer

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Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe traditions – Canoes of the northern tide, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/2308/ross-gregory-talks-about-tumoana (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009.