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Story: Canoe traditions

Mōtītī Island

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Mōtītī Island

The Tōtara-i-kāria canoe is said to have been taken back to Hawaiki by the priest Ngātoroirangi before he returned to his on Mōtītī Island, Bay of Plenty.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe traditions – Te Arawa and Tainui, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2351/motiti-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009.