Aotea

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Aotea is a traditional Māori voyaging canoe (waka) renowned in tribal histories as one of the ancestral vessels that carried Polynesian settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancestral canoe
traditional Māori voyaging canoe
waka
associatedConcept mana (prestige, authority)
tipuna (ancestors)
whakapapa (genealogy)
associatedIwi Ngā Rauru NERFINISHED
Ngāti Ruanui NERFINISHED
Whanganui iwi NERFINISHED
associatedWith Polynesian migration to Aotearoa
brought ancestors of several western North Island iwi
captain Turi NERFINISHED
category Māori migration canoe
Polynesian voyaging canoe
commander Turi NERFINISHED
culture Māori NERFINISHED
hasTraditionalStories accounts of its voyage from Hawaiki to Aotearoa
genealogies (whakapapa) linked to its crew
landfallRegion Taranaki region (traditional association) NERFINISHED
west coast of Te Ika-a-Māui (North Island)
languageContext te reo Māori NERFINISHED
narrativeType oral tradition
originRegion Hawaiki (mythological homeland) NERFINISHED
partOf Māori ancestral waka narratives
recordedIn Māori oral histories
ethnographic and historical accounts of Māori tradition
rememberedAs founding canoe for certain iwi
renownedIn tribal histories
roleInTradition brought ancestors to Aotearoa
significance ancestral vessel in Māori tradition
spiritualSignificance taonga in Māori culture
timePeriod pre-European era (traditional timeframe)
voyageDestination Aotearoa New Zealand NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ngāpuhi iwi hasWaka Aotea
subject surface form: Ngāpuhi