Kupe in the Hokianga - Roadside Stories

Hokianga Harbour was the departure point of legendary Māori navigator Kupe when he returned to his homeland of Hawaiki. Kupe is said to have left behind two taniwha (water spirits), which guided the safe landing of later Polynesian arrivals.
Hokianga district,
www.teara.govt.nz/en/northland...
Kupe,
www.teara.govt.nz/en/first-peo...
Places associated with Kupe,
www.teara.govt.nz/en/first-peo...
Taniwha,
www.teara.govt.nz/en/taniwha
Āraiteuru,
www.teara.govt.nz/en/taniwha/2/2
Hawaiki,
www.teara.govt.nz/en/hawaiki
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Taonga pūoro courtesy of Richard Nunns.
Roadside Stories is a series of audio guides that follow major road trips in New Zealand. The stories cover the places you'll pass along the way - their people, their history, their cultural and natural significance. For more information about Roadside Stories visit www.mch.govt.nz/roadside/

[@andrewblack7852]

Kupe and the other hawaiians were master sailors. My friend was aboard the hoku lea voyaging canoe. He was steering at night. The master navigator Mau Paulig was asleep in the hull. Then a voice came. Mau in his sleep became aware that they were steering off course!! He heard the change in the slap of the wave upon the hull in his sleep!! Such a sense of position

[@betty8447]

Kia Ora, Whanau.. Miss home and thank you for sharing ❤🥰 Big hugs

[@asiahemara14]

I love home! And I miss it soooo much. I remember growing up hearing all the stories of the Hokianga incl this one from my Nanny, Aunties and Uncles & they were always the best 😊

[@ayesha6333]

Asiaaaaaaaa! 😂

[@arama0010]

Kapai koe

[@raapatarobert4197]

Opo's dope ass, wish I was up there rn.

[@katarainamarenabelle5217]

I look forward to going to Hokianga soon. My tupuna were among the early settlers, there is a street named after them in Kohukohu where they settled and retired and are buried there.

[@arama0010]

Did you end up visiting?

[@user-oh4yd5uh4e]

So they also stole maori land and lived on it?

[@trevorclausen2994]

"KoTe Hikutu o te ika" Te Hapu,"Ko Mata Whao Rua"te Waka, "Ko Te Ramaroa A Kupe"te maunga,Ko tuwhatero te rere,Ko Whirinaki te Awa, ko Pa Te Aroha/moria/te morenga te marae. Proud to be a descendant.

[@elshelby0001]

That was beautiful....

[@michaelahthomas3273]

Man thats crazy that Kupe had such a big impact

[@kathylittle8]

I was born in Rawene and spent a lot of my childhood in the Hokianga

[@EddieHohepa]

Im born in rawene aswell im from waimā

[@user-oh4yd5uh4e]

In the days of old Tamanuiterā, the sun, used to move through the sky at much too fast a pace for humanity to complete all their days' chores leaving long, cold nights that lasted for many hours while Tamanuiterā slept. Māui and his brothers journeyed to Tamanuiterā's sleeping pit with a large rope, which in some tellings was made from their sister Hina's hair. The brothers fashioned the rope into a noose or net, and in doing so "discovered the mode of plaiting flax into stout square-shaped ropes, (tuamaka); and the manner of plaiting flat ropes, (paharahara); and of spinning round ropes", which when Tamanuiterā awoke found himself caught in. Using a patu made from the jawbone of their grandmother, Murirangawhenua, Māui beat the sun into agreeing to slow down and give the world more time during the day. If that had not happened, McDonald´s would only be serving breakfast.

[@kwazimokava6499]

The mountain seen at the end of this, is a part of my whanua history named taratara found in otangaroa.

[@chanceranapia9674]

40 generations is a long time in ancient Maori linage for real, this is just my estimate but the average Maori life if lived to the fullest would of been on par with the average maximum age a human can live which is 120 yrs old.

[@leonhuinga2987]

The second waka that arrived is my iwis waka. Which isn’t too far from Hokianaga.

[@Saxtafunkta-fecta]

Kupe left from Hokianga, where did he arrive?Some say he arrived from Hawaiki others will say Tahiti.If it’s said we originated from Tahiti we’d be speaking Tahitian but we speak a totally different dialect

[@youngtaco6601]

manihikj and rakahanga northern cook islands

[@kaitaniwhat.v7691]

edd Dav Kupe is kupu known as Jacob hawa iki is not a place in the pacific but is the word we live by

[@tiotiwilliams8311]

Kupe was from Raiatea (Hawaiki)

[@chastautoko7177]

Cook Islands 🇨🇰

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

Likely stopped at other Islands. The Pacific ocean is huge, but not empty. Hundreds of Islands & atolls scattered throughout. Linguistics give clues. Ie: Maui. Hawai'iki is part of Hawai'ian ancestral legend.

[@utupatura4189]

Ko Maui te matamua eo Kiwa e koré o kupé.

[@Hawk-ij6mw]

Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[@diskrmn8]

well thats the first ive heard that Kupe means Aotearoa. I thought Kupe was his maori name.And the second part he au he au the long white cloud was how he got Aotearoa.

[@dearkingi818]

No he didnt say that - he said Kupe was credited to finding NZ whose Māori name is Aotearoa 😊 And the 2nd part was he ao he ao he Aotearoa.. and it was Kupe's wife Kuramarotiri who said that..

[@mxrksuw]

Im in school my friend is copying all the words right now..

[@leaxythefemboy]

I got forced to watch this by my social studies teacher

[@kwazimokava6499]

🤣

[@seziawards3447]

same rn help

[@tangata_rereke4016]

I thoaght Toi was here b4 Kupe?

[@michaelpaul7682]

My( AWA ) Otaua(MAUNGA)Puhanga tohora(WAKA) Ngatokimatawheorua the waka at otaua is the second waka build for waitangi day on feb 6 1939 to represent the first waka and captain Kupe to Aotearoa 80year old waka my whanau from Otaua my dad grandma his father mum who married a witehira Poura my great grandpa that carry the warrior the maor(MANA)and my dad father who had went and got the waka from ti tiriti o waitangi that other hapu oject to the claim to matawhaorua witch it's was named on kupe arrive ngatoki add it on buy the second navigatetor kupe nephew another waka so how the two arrived tell different dates so My grandpa new the blood line in his whakapapa go to kupe arrive matawheorua that everyone else claim ngatoki Witch in maori culture blood line that carry the older line That is respected buy others Kupe is the owner who he himself trusted his nephew to take back to rightly so the new land that carry life in the end it was taking grandpa new police on the way to Otaua to collect matawheorua yes kupe Waka this is how the waka end up damage my papa cut off the MANA THE WAKA HEAD before the police turn up he and my uncle buried the waka head nobody knows were about papa and uncle took that secret to the grave our uru pa has lots off rangatira heads buried with no Names that my great papa and his dad and grand pa i will begin with my dad brith 1946.1910,1880,1850,1820 1800,1780,1750,17301710 1690 so on the blood line to the discovery of newland matawheorua Royalty in manawhenua ti hei mauri ora