Horouta

Polynesian migration Waka

In Māori tradition, the canoe Horouta was one of the great ocean-going canoes in which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand approximately 800 years ago.

The story goes that Kahukura, a man from Hawaiki, introduced kūmara (sweet potato), to the locals who had never had anything like it before. In order to obtain more kūmara from Hawaiki, Toi gave the canoe to Kahukura. Upon gathering the coveted vegetables, Kahukura sent them back on Horouta, commanded by Pāoa (or Pāwa).[1]

According to Ngāti Kahungunu tradition Pawa captained Horouta and Kiwa was the tohunga.[2] J. H. Mitchell has written that Horouta reached New Zealand around 100 years before the main body of canoes, which arrived around 1350.[3][2] Horouta called at different places along the East Coast until it was beached at Gisborne. Kiwa was the first to set foot on the land, according to custom. The place was thereafter known as Turanganui a Kiwa, or the standing place of Kiwa, and the name was later extended to include the whole of the Poverty Bay flats area.[2]

Rongowhakaata Halbert wrote a history of Horouta, published posthumously in 1999.[4]

## See also

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* List of Māori waka

## References

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1. ^ Taonui, Rāwiri (8 February 2005). "Canoe traditions – Canoes of the East Coast". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 29 March 2025. "The Horouta canoe belonged to Toi, the great Polynesian explorer."
2. ^ a b c Daly, Siân (1997). "Poverty Bay" (PDF). Waitangi Tribunal Rangahaua Whanui series. Waitangi Tribunal. p. 3. Retrieved 29 March 2025. "Kahungunu tradition states that Pawa was the captain of Horouta and Kiwa was the tohunga of that canoe."
3. ^ Mitchell, J. H. (2014) [1st ed. pub. 1944]. Takitimu: A History of Ngati Kahungunu (4th ed.). Oratia.
4. ^ Beattie, Graham (28 November 2012). "Horouta: The History of the Horouta Canoe, Gisborne and East Coast". Retrieved 21 June 2015.

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Māori migration waka

* Aotea
* Aotearoa
* Arahura
* Āraiteuru
* Arautauta
* Arawa
* Horouta
* Hīnakipākau-o-te-rupe
* Kahuitara
* Kahutara
* Kāraerae
* Kurahaupō
* Mahangaatuamatua
* Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi / Māhuhu
* Mānuka
* Māmari
* Mātaatua
* Matahourua
* Moekākara
* Motumotuahi
* Ngātokimatawhaorua
* Nuku-tai-memeha
* Nukutere
* Ōkoki
* Ōtūrereao
* Pangatoru
* Riukākara
* Ruakaramea
* Tahatuna
* Taikōria
* Tainui
* Tākitimu
* Tauira
* Tāwhirirangi
* Te Aratauwhāiti
* Te Aratāwhao
* Te Hoiere
* Te Kōhatuwhenua
* Te Paepae-ki-Rarotonga
* Te Rangimātoru
* Te Rangiuamutu / Tairea
* Te Rīrino
* Te Wakaringaringa
* Te Wakatūwhenua
* Tereanini
* Tinana / Te Māmaru
* Tokomaru
* Tōtara-i-kāria
* Tūnui-ā-rangi
* Tūwhenua
* Uruaokapuarangi / Uruao
* Waipapa

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