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Aotea College was created in 1978.

Puhi o Aotea Ratahi was born in 1898.

Puhi o Aotea Ratahi died in 1966.

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Raglan, Aotea, and Kawhia Harbour

Raglan, Aotea, and Kawhia Harbour

Aotea, Arawa, and Tainui are waka (canoes) that carried the ancestors of the Māori people to New Zealand. They are significant in Māori mythology and history, representing the different tribal groups that settled in different parts of the country.

Tainui, Te arawa, Mataatua, Takitimu, Tokomaru, Kurahaupo and Aotea.

Te Arawa, Takitimu Tokomaru, Tainui, Mataatua, Kurahaupo, and Aotea.

Johan Bonnevie has written:

'Aotea (Great Barrier Island)' -- subject(s): Historic sites, History

Ko (name your waka, i.e Aotea) toku waka means "Aotea is my waka". It is a part of a pepeha....In Maori tikanga, when you go through your whakawhanaungatanga (meet n greet), in a nut shell you tell people not only your name, but your parents names, your tribe (iwi), sub tribe (hapu), the canoe that your ancestors arrived on (waka), etc.

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Ko (name your waka, i.e Aotea) toku waka means "Aotea is my waka". It is a part of a pepeha....In Maori tikanga, when you go through your whakawhanaungatanga (meet n greet), in a nut shell you tell people not only your name, but your parents names, your tribe (iwi), sub tribe (hapu), the canoe that your ancestors arrived on (waka), etc.

Aotea, Arawa, Tainui, Kurahaupo, Takitimu, Horouata, Tokomaru and Mataatua

Rangitoto,

Motutapu,

Aotea (Great Barrier Island),

Hauturu (Little Barrier Island),

Motuihe,

Kawau,

Motukorea (Brown's Island),

Pakatoa,

Tiritiri Matangi,

Waiheke,

The most well-known of the legendary ocean-going canoes (wakanui) were Aotea, Te Arawa, Kurahaupo, Mataatua, Tainui, Takitimu, and Tokomaru. There were other canoes as well, named in other traditional tales.

The seven traditional Maori waka (canoes) are: Arawa, Tainui, Tokomaru, Mataatua, Kurahaupo, Takitimu, and Horouta. Each waka represents a different tribe or group within Maori culture and history.

Aotearoa is the native maori name for new zealand. This means land of the long white cloud, a description of the land if you will

Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand. It originally meant only what is now known as the North Island, but is becoming more recognized internationally as the bilingual (English/Maori) name of New Zealand. In an 1878 Maori translation of the national anthem God Defend New Zealand, Aotearoa was used in place of New Zealand. This translation remains in use.

the legend goes that the wife of Kupe (the first polynesian to discover Aotearoa -NZ), first spotted the long line of clouds which indicated the presence of land. So she named this country Aotearoa, meaning the Long White Cloud.

Aotea = white cloud

Roa = long

According to Maori native myths and legends, when the native Maori people arrived in New Zealand, they arrived in seven great Waka, or giant canoes, no-one knows where they originally came from, but all sensible answers point toward the pacific islands. When the Waka landed around the coast, they created the first seven tribes, and the Maori people started from that.

Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand. It means Land of the long white cloud.

** Aotearoa simply means "Long Cloud" - no "land of" (Whenua) or "white" (Ma) is in the name.

Also, "Aotea" was the name of one of the first Maori canoes to settle on the Nth Island, given its lengthy voyage, it's fair to assume that it would have been a "long" canoe... until recent years "Aotearoa" was merely the name for the North Island only.

Hawaiki is most likely to be Ra'iatea (formerly known as Havai'i) and not modern day Hawai'i. This is situated in French Polynesia and is approximately 230km North-West of Tahiti. One of the first marae was built here around 1000AD called Taputapuatea. It is commonly referred to in many Polynesian cultures including Marqueasan, Hawaiian and Maori culture.

The nearby island Bora Bora was an island where warriors (toa) were trained.

Not sure how accurate this part is: The Tainui and Aotea canoes were possibly built here.

Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand. It originally meant only what is now known as the North Island, but is becoming more recognized internationally as the bilingual (English/Maori) name of New Zealand. In an 1878 Maori translation of the national anthem God Defend New Zealand, Aotearoa was used in place of New Zealand. This translation remains in use.

Ocean-going waka, whatever their size, could be paddled but achieved their best speeds when propelled by sail. The Polynesian settlers of New Zealand migrated to New Zealand in large waka; some of these were waka hourua according to legend, double-hulled vessels. Maori were expert hunters and fishermen. As mostly coastal dwellers, fishing was vitally important to them. Maori considered whales as kaitiaki (guardians), and used their flesh for food and their hard, strong bones for weapons. A Maori tradition that remains today is to throw back the first fish caught. This is a way of thanking Tangaroa, god of the sea, for his bounty. It is also considered that they hopped from island to island before making their journey's end at aotea roa. The cook islands language is 97% similar to that of maori and could suggest that this was the last stop. A favourite meal that is still eaten today is diced raw fish sauced in coconut cream seasoned and salted.

The first Maori (or Polynesian) to discover Aotearoa (New Zealand on today's maps) was known as Kupe the Navigator.

There are many versions of this story, but it is said that Kupe was fighting a huge octopus which had been disturbing fishermen in his mythical homeland of Hawaiiki. The fight with the octopus brought him all the way to the shores of a new land.

Kupe and his crew arrived in this new land at Raukawakawa (Cook Strait), where they killed the Octopus.

it is said that Kupe's wife named the land Aotearoa after first sighting it. Literally Aotea Roa means "Long Cloud" or the more glamourous "Land of the Long White Cloud".

In Mythology, Maui the Demigod, fished the North Island of Aotearoa (Te Ika A Maui) out of the sea. The South island is said to be Te Waka A Maui (the canoe of Maui).

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