Tinana
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In Māori tradition
, Tinana (also known as Te Māmaru) was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes
that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand
. The captain of Tinana was Tūmoana whose son was Kahutianui-o-te-rangi. The Ngāti Kahu
iwi
take their name from Kahutianui-o-te-rangi .
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...
, Tinana (also known as Te Māmaru) 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...
. The captain of Tinana was Tūmoana whose son was Kahutianui-o-te-rangi. The Ngāti Kahu
Ngati Kahu
Ngāti Kahu is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. Ngāti Kahu take their name from their founding ancestress, Kahutianui, and link their ancestry back to the waka Māmaru...
iwi
Iwi
In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Māori culture. The word iwi means "'peoples' or 'nations'. In "the work of European writers which treat iwi and hapū as parts of a hierarchical structure", it has been used to mean "tribe" , or confederation of tribes,...
take their name from Kahutianui-o-te-rangi .