Historic
Canoes of the Maori and Moriori People (to about 1126+)
Note: acquired from the East Coast and Ngai Tahu whare wananga. Counted by 25 years per generation
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| Yr-AD | Canoe Name | Commander | Priest | Departure Point | Landed at | Settled |
| 925 | MATAHORUA | Kupe | (Hawaiki) | Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) | Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe (Hokianga) | |
| 925 | TAHIRIRANGI | Ngake (Ngahue) | (Hawaiki) | Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) | Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe (Hokianga) | |
Moriori: (Rekohu - now Chatham Islands (536 miles west of Christchurch)) "Ka toto au!" Nunukuwhenua's Law. The first settlers were descended from Te Aomarama and Rongomaiwhenua (Moriori for Sky Father $ Earth Mother) |
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| Yr-AD | Canoe Name | Commander | Priest | Departure Point | Landed at | Settled |
| 1200 | RANGI HOUA | Te Rakiroa | Te Honeke | Wheteina tribe (Hawaiki) | Smashed against rocks on N.coast of Rekohu | Rekohu |
| 1200 | RANGI MATA | Mihiti | Rongopapa | Wheteina tribe (Hawaiki) | N.coast of Rekohu | Rekohu |
| 1250 | OROPUKE | Moe | - | Rauru tribe (Hawaiki) | Rekohu | |
| 1350+ | TANE (Tanewai?) | Kahu | - | Rangitikei River (Aotearoa) | Kaingaroa or Tuku, Rekohu | left for Aotearoa |
First Maori Settlement NZ:- (East and West Coast Wananga) |
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| Yr-AD | Canoe Name | Commander | Priest | Departure Point | Landed at | Settled |
| - | KAHUTARA | Maruiwi | - | (Hawaiki) | Ngamotu (near New Plymouth) | Taranaki |
| - | TAIKORIA | Ruatamore | - | (Hawaiki) | Ngamotu (near New Plymouth) | Taranaki |
| - | OKOKI | Taitawaro | - | (Hawaiki) | Ngamotu (near New Plymouth) | Taranaki |
| - | - | Pananehu | - | (Hawaiki) | Tamaki | (Hawaiki) |
| - | - | Pohokura (Taitawharo's brother) | - | - | - | (Hawaiki) |
Second Maori Settlement NZ:- (East Coast Wananga) |
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| Yr-AD | Canoe Name | Commander | Priest | Departure Point | Landed at | Settled |
| 1125 | - | Whatonga | Turahui | Pikopikoiwhiti | Rangiatea (Ra'iatea Is) | Left for Hawaiki |
| 1125 | - | Toitehuatahi (Toikairakau) | - | Pikopikoiwhiti | Rarotonga (Cook Is) | Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland Isthmus) |
| 1125+ | KURAHAUPO (Te Hawai) | Whatonga | Mahutonga | Pikopikoiwhiti | Rarotonga (Cook Is) Muriwhenua (North Cape) | Moharuru (Maketu) |
| 1126+ | KURAHAUPO (Te Hawai) | Whatonga | Mahutonga | Whakatane (NZ) | Turanga (Poverty Bay) | through Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington harbour) |
| - | TAHATUNA | Manaia | Te Aowhaingaroa | Whaingaroa (Hawaiki) | Mana Is (off Wellington Coast) | |
| - | TE ARATAWHAO | Tamakihikurangi | Hoaki | Whakatane (NZ) | Marutairangaranga (Hawaiki) | returned on Mataatua canoe |
| - | HOROUTA | Kahukura (Toi's canoe) | Rangituroua | Whakatane (NZ) | Huiakama (Hawaiki) | returned during period of fleet |
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*KURAHAUPO & OROUTA canoe went to Hawaiki and returned to NZ during the "main" fleet |
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