Kaihautū of the Tokomaru waka, with Rākeiora as his navigator. The waka arrived off the North Island’s East Coast, sailed northward past North Cape or was carried across the Te Tō Waka portage at Auckland, and then went south to Taranaki, landing at Tongapōrutu, on the West Coast of the North Island. An alternative Taranaki account says that Manaia commanded a vessel named the Tahatuna.
Manaia, active 1300?
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Manuscript
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa book
Date: 1855-1909
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B014
Description: Contains cosmological notes about Rangi and Papa, the children of Rangi and Papa, the separation of Rangi and Papa, the creation of women, the flight of Hine-nui-te-po and the death of Maui, notes about the divine origins of various items and practices, and the various activities of the children of Rangi and Papa Also contains notes about conflicts involving Manaia at Hawaiki, and a subsequent flight to New Zealand and further fighting in New Zealand There are notes about 18th and 19th century conflicts involving Wairarapa hapu, including waiata, and subsequent peace-making in the face of external invasion; there is also a `genealogy' of whare wananga Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: ½ brown calf, black boards, 33 cm., vol numbered 4
Manuscript
Maori correspondence and mss
Date: 1921-1922
From: Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0407-15
Description: Contains correspondence to and from Keys about questions re Maori history, including the naming of Putauaki; also contains manuscripts about ancestors named `Manaia', and about other ancestors including Tamainupo and Te Whitipatoto; in these manuscripts there is information about historical conflicts involving Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Maniapoto and other related iwi; there is also information about the meaning and derivation of the name `Ngaruawahia' Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
H T Whatahoro Jury - Whakapapa and note book
Date: n d
From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0189-110A
Description: Contains narratives about Maori ancestors living at Hawaiki, including Manaia and Tamatea, and the reasons that they migrated to New Zealand; also includes narrative about various conflicts in New Zealand involving tribes on the south-eastern seaboard of the North Island, and migrations that led to conflicts, or resulted from them; also contains related waiata and haka. Also contains the story about Ngati Tama, Te Ati Awa invasion of the Wairarapa district, including accounts of the battle of Te Tarata in 1829, the capture of Metapere Te Waipunaahau (Ngati Toa) by the Wairarapa tribes, the capture of Te Uamairangi and Te Kakapi-o-te-Rangi, and subsequent peace making at Pito-one (Petone) between Te Ati Awa and Wairarapa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Manuscript
Articles and papers on iwi and waka
Date: [1880-1983]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6717-124
Description: Translation of extract from the history of the migration of Tainui by Hoani Nahe (AJHR, 1880, v2, G-L); copy, Whenuakura (1882); Nga Korero mo nga waka mo Horouta, Takitimu me te Ikaroa a Rauru (1930); Tuwharetoa Trust Board proposed education grant; piece on Bellingshausen from Glyn Barrett; `The Tangi and the tangihanga' by Ralph Love (1983); `Maori memories; Rau Pararaha' by J H Stevens; discussion on Maori tribes A comprehensive collection of pakiwaitara, whakapapa on iwi and waka in New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Holograph