Hīrauta

One of the canoes in which the ancestors of the Māori people came from Hawaiki to New Zealand. Little is known of this canoe. It was commanded by Kiwa and left at the same time as the Mangarara. The canoe landed at Turanga.

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References

Sources

  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 20.
  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, p. 2:191.