Kupe in the Hokianga - Roadside Stories 

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

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

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.

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 😊

Man thats crazy that Kupe had such a big impact

"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.

That was beautiful....

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

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

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

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

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.

I got forced to watch this by my social studies teacher

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.

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.

Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

Ko Maui te matamua eo Kiwa e koré o kupé.

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

I thoaght Toi was here b4 Kupe?

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