Mahia was aboard either the Tainui or Te Arawa waka, and picked up the red feather ornament cast away by Taininihi at Whangaparaoa, after he saw the pōhutukawa (or rātā) blossoms and thought they were red bird feathers. This act is attributed to Māihiihi in the book 'Ngā Iwi o Tainui'.
Mahia, active 1300?
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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