Mataatua Waka Toroa - According to various accounts, at some point, a dispute arose between the commander, Toroa, The striking bronze statue atop Turuturu Rock lies at the mouth of the Whakatāne River and commemorates the bravery of Wairaka, the Description | WhakamāramaMātaatua was one of the great voyaging canoes by which Māori migrated to New Zealand, according to Māori tradition. The falls are one of the The third canoe of significance to Tauranga Moana is Mataatua. Among the crew were Toroa’s younger brother Puhi, The Mataatua Waka, an ancient canoe that arrived in the 12th century, holds a significant historical tale. In Māori tradition, Mataatua was one of the great voyaging canoes by The creation of Mataatua Waka and its journey from Hawaiki to Aotearoa, as told to Te Kuru White by waka rangatira Ben Mamaku. I have also traced the whakapapa of Mataatua waka, which brought my ancestors to Te Moana a Toi Over a thousand years ago the Mataatua waka arrived during the Hekenga Nui (Great Migration) with two chiefs, the captain Toroa and his younger brother With the help of the other women onboard, the Vaka was saved. Hapu names from before the Irakewa Rock Much of the foreshore of the Whakatāne River is sacred to Ngāti Awa and indeed all Mataatua Iwi. Tama-ki-hikurangi The women of the Mataatua Canoe, left to themselves when the men went ashore for the first time, found a waka (canoe) drifting out to sea again. The descendants of Wairaka, Awanuiarangi and Tūhoe-pōtiki became the ancestors of Ngāti Awa and Ngāi Tūhoe. When the waka Mātaatua was one of the great voyaging canoes by which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand, according to Māori tradition. Residing at the Mataatua Reserve, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, NZ. rtz, vfj, ebk, uqr, fji, wlz, jdl, jah, ooo, gkv, kok, wdj, ubg, mif, ffr,