Āraiteuru

Āraiteuru
Great Māori migration waka
Landed atShag Point
IwiNgāi Tahu

Āraiteuru (also written Ārai-te-uru) was a canoe (waka) of some of Ngāi Tahu's ancestors in Māori tradition.

The canoe was conveyed to New Zealand by the north-east wind,: 178  carrying the chiefs Kirikirikatata, Aroarokaehe, Mauka Atua, Aoraki, Kakeroa, Te Horokoatu, Ritua, Ngamautaurua, Pokohiwitahi, Puketapu, Te Maro-tiri-a-te-rehu, Hikuroroa, Pahatea, Te Waioteao, and Hapekituaraki.: 179 

The canoe's fishing net and the water gourd (calabash) were turned into stone at Moeraki in the South Island, where they can still be seen in the form of the Moeraki Boulders.: 179  The canoe itself remained at Shag Point.: 179 

Dunedin's pan-iwi Ārai Te Uru Marae, located in the suburb of Wakari, is named after the canoe.

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