In Māori tradition, Moekākara was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. It was captained by Tāhuhunui-o-te-rangi, the ancestor of Ngāi Tāhuhu.[1] The canoe first landed at Wakatuwhenua, near Te Ārai north of Auckland.[2][3] Ngāi Tāhuhu settled at Pouerua in the Bay of Islands and the Mangakahia River in Northland, as well as Ōtāhuhu in Auckland.[1]

Moekākara
Great Māori migration waka

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  1. ^ a b Taonui, Professor Rawiri (2017). "THE WHANGAREI COAST Te Whanga-o-Reitū or Te Whanga-o-Reipae" (PDF). LINKNZ (68). Immigration New Zealand, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment: 4–12. ISSN 2324-3848. Retrieved 17 February 2021.4-12&rft.date=2017&rft.issn=2324-3848&rft.aulast=Taonui&rft.aufirst=Professor Rawiri&rft_id=https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/files/documents/LINKZ%2068_WEB.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Moekākara" class="Z3988">
  2. ^ Graham, George (1925). "TE TOKA-TU-WHENUA. A RELIC OF THE ANCIENT WAIOHUA OF TAMAKI". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 34 (2 (134)): 175–179.175-179&rft.date=1925&rft.aulast=Graham&rft.aufirst=George&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Moekākara" class="Z3988">
  3. ^ Murdoch, Graeme (1990). "Nga Tohu o Waitakere: the Maori Place Names of the Waitakere River Valley and its Environs; their Background History and an Explanation of their Meaning". In Northcote-Bade, James (ed.). West Auckland Remembers, Volume 1. West Auckland Historical Society. p. 13. ISBN 0-473-00983-8.