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Te whakatuwheratanga o Te Tumu Herenga Waka : 6 Tihema 1986, Poneke, Te Whare Wananga o Wikitoria

2b. TAMATEA/IWIPUPU

2b. TAMATEA/IWIPUPU

2b TAMATEA/IWIPUPU

2b TAMATEA/IWIPUPU

As the Vikings of yore circumnavigated the globe, so too did Maoridom have its Marco Polo, the Viking of the Pacific; one Tamatea Ure-haea. As a descendant of the chiefly line of Tamatea-Ariki-nui, the Ariki of the canoe Takitimu, his restless spirit in ocean voyaging was not unlike that of his father, who strode the coasts of the North Island. Tamatea received recognition for his explorations in the name of Tamatea pokai-whenua pokai-moana. (Tamatea who circled the mainlands and circumnavigated the oceans). It is said that Tamatea embarked on a land and sea journey from Whangaroa to Tauranga, up to the Whanganui-a-Tara, across the Raukawa moana to the glistening waters of Arapaoa. Then circumnavigating north to Whanganui, Waikato, Kaipara heads, around the north Cape and completing a journey which covered 10,000 miles! His adventures are known throughout Aotearoa and many a place name has been dedicated to him, such as the longest place name in the world on the outskirts of Porangahau;

Te Taumata-Whakatangitangihanga-Koauau-a-Tamatea-Pokai Whenua-ki-tana-tahu"

Tamatea married the three daughters of Ira and Tokerauwahine who descend from Paikea. The marriage to Iwipupu-te-kura is of prime importance in that a male child was born to them who was later to become the founding ancestor of the Ngati Kahungunu tribe.