Matahourua

Matahourua
Great Māori migration waka

In Māori tradition, Matahourua was the canoe of the legendary hero Kupe, who, in some accounts, was the discoverer of Aotearoa (New Zealand)[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Craig, Robert D. (1989). Dictionary of Polynesian mythology. New York Westport, Conn. London: Greenwood press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-313-25890-9.
  2. ^ Grey, George (1970). Polynesian Mythology (reprint ed.). Taplinger Press; New York. pp. 108, 161–3.
  • R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989).
  • G. Grey, Polynesian Mythology (reprint Taplinger Press: New York, 1970).


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