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Story: Canoe traditions

Kawau Island

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Kawau Island

According to some northern accounts, the Moekākara canoe landed on Kawau Island, although others say that it landed at Motu Kōkako (Hole in the Rock).

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Reference: February 1971

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Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe traditions – Other northern canoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2325/kawau-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009.