MAORI TRADITION. TIMU-TE-WAROWARO was an atua it was he, who disclosed the existence of unknown lands and it was he who made known the first land reached by the ancestors of the Maori during their migration from the land of Irihia. Thus he guided them to Ahu, to Maui, to Hawaiki, to Rangiatea, such was the nature of that atua. Hine-korako, Tamaiwaho, Tunui-a-te-ika and Kahukura were similar beings. In an account of the coming of the Arawa, Tainui and other canoes to New Zealand given by Te Matorohanga, he states that Ahu was an abbreviated form of the full name of the island, and it was certainly not Ahuahuthe island of Mangaia in the Cook island Group. The canoes sailing to New Zealand should steer south from the isles of Ahuahu, Maui-taha, and Maui-pae. Such a course would never bring them to New Zealand. On the other hand, we know that that fleet did not come from Ahu and Maui of the Hawaiian Isles: it came from the Society Group, Tahiti.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 20:57:18 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015