Aotearoa_(canoe)

<i>Aotearoa</i> (canoe)

Aotearoa (canoe)

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In Māori tradition, Aotearoa was one of the great ocean-voyaging canoes that were used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. Aotearoa was captained by Mokotōrea[1] or Mokoterea.[2] It landed at Aotea on the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato and was buried there.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Taonui, Rāwiri (8 February 2005). "Canoe traditions – Te Arawa and Tainui". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. [2]
    Simmonds, D. R. (1976). The Great New Zealand Myth. Reed. pp. 174–176.


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