Tākitimu was a waka (canoe) with whakapapa throughout the Pacific particularly with Samoa, the Cook Islands, and New Zealand in ancient times. In several Māori traditions, the Tākitimu was one of the great Māori migration ships that brought Polynesian migrants to New Zealand from Hawaiki.

The Takitimu waka is known as Te Waka Tapu O Takitimu, the sacred canoe Takitimu. It was captained on its journey from Hawaiki by Tamatea-Ariki-Nui, high chief and priest, and carried a number of tohunga or priests.

Takitumu means “the burden is removed.” It is the name that Tangiia, chief of Rarotonga, gave his canoe after his victory over his brother, Tutapu, some six hundred years ago. The name “Takitumu” is also one of the three main districts of Rarotonga located on the eastern side of the island, containing land districts, Matavera ...

A second important canoe for Tauranga Moana is Tākitimu (known to Tauranga Moana tribes as Takitimu). As this whakapapa (genealogical table) shows, Ranginui, the founding ancestor of Ngāti Ranginui, was the great-grandson of Tamatea-arikinui, the captain of the canoe. Whakapapa from information provided by Te Awanuiārangi Black.

2024年2月3日 · Archpriest, navigator, and captain of Takitimu canoe. The canoe Takitimu left Hawaiki for New Zealand about A.D. 1350. This Waka (canoe) was very tapu (sacred) as it carried the Maori gods, Kahukura, Tamaiwaho, Tuniateika, Hine Korako, Ronomai and Ruawharo.

According to some accounts, Takitimu was the first waka to arrive in the Turanganui-a-Kiwa (Gisborne) region. It was captained by the brothers Paraki and Parata. Paraki stayed in Aotearoa (New Zealand), while Parata returned to Polynesia on Takitimu and told of the incredible faraway land he had seen.

(Takitumu) was one of the historic fleet of canoes which voyaged to the shores of New Zealand from the Islands of Polynesia, about five centuries ago. This canoe was commanded by Tamatea, and Ruawharo was her priest. The " Takitimu " brought the ancestors of the Ngati-Porou, Ngati

2022年5月22日 · After that time the waka was renamed Takitumu, which in their dialect means lifting the heavy burden of war. Ngātangia gifted the waka to his mokopuna Tamatea Arikinui who sailed out on the...

Also known as Takitumu, this waka is remembered as being perhaps the most tapu of all waka to voyage to Aotearoa. This detailed account includes, chants, the names of parts of the waka, crew members, and references.

Kā Rā-o-Tākitimu – “The Sails of Tākitimu” –is the traditional Māori name for the Waimea Plains in Murihiku (Southland). According to tradition, the Tākitimu waka was travelling around Te Waipounamu when it was capsized by three large waves in …