Mātaatua
| Great Māori migration waka | |
| Commander | Toroa |
|---|---|
| Priest | Tama-ki-hikurangi or Tāneatua |
| Landed at | Kakahoroa (Whakatāne) |
| Iwi | Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pūkenga, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui |
| Settled at | 1200s-1300s CE |
Mātaatua was one of the great voyaging canoes by which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand, according to Māori tradition. Māori traditions say that the Mātaatua was initially sent from Hawaiki to bring supplies of kūmara to Māori settlements in New Zealand. The core crew of the Mātaatua was formed of the children of Irakewa, his sons: Toroa, Puhi, and Tāneatua, his daughter Muriwai, and their families.
Mātaatua Māori include the tribes of Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga.