Mamari
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In Māori tradition
, Māmari was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes
that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand
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Mamari was the 3rd waka to arrive with the tangata Ruanui. The traditions of the Aotea, Horotua and Mamari waka
mention that kiore (rats) were passengers on their voyages to New Zealand. Carvings on a window frame of Te Ohaki
Marae in Ahipara depict the story of Ruanuis kiore. When hea arrived into the Hokianga Harbour, he released them
onto an island call Motukiore (rat island)
Maori mythology
Māori mythology and Māori traditions are the two major categories into which the legends of the Māori of New Zealand may usefully be divided...
, Māmari was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes
Maori migration canoes
Various Māori traditions recount how their ancestors set out from their homeland in great ocean-going canoes . Some of these traditions name a mythical homeland called Hawaiki....
that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Mamari was the 3rd waka to arrive with the tangata Ruanui. The traditions of the Aotea, Horotua and Mamari waka
mention that kiore (rats) were passengers on their voyages to New Zealand. Carvings on a window frame of Te Ohaki
Marae in Ahipara depict the story of Ruanuis kiore. When hea arrived into the Hokianga Harbour, he released them
onto an island call Motukiore (rat island)