Arawa (canoe)

Arawa
Great Māori migration waka
CommanderHei, Tia and Tama-te-kapua
PriestHei, Tia and Ngātoro-i-rangi
Landed atTauranganui, Whangaparaoa, Maketu
Settled atFrom Tauranga and Maketu to Tongariro

Arawa was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes in Māori traditions that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. The Te Arawa confederation of Māori iwi and hapū based around the Rotorua Lakes and Bay of Plenty, as well as Ngāti Tūwharetoa, which is based around Lake Taupō, trace their ancestry from the people of this canoe.

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