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Where is the tribe Tainui based?
Tainui, those Iwi descended from the Tainui Waka, are found mainly in the Waikato and Te Rohe Potae (The King Country).
When did Tipi Tainui Ropiha die?
Tipi Tainui Ropiha died in 1978.
When was Wereta Tainui Pitama born?
Wereta Tainui Pitama was born in 1881.
What is the significance of the waikato river to the Tainui?
Waikato is the river of the people from the Waikato Tribes of Tainui waka.
Is there another name for Tainui?
NO
Aotea Awawa Tainui are some of the?
kurahaupo
What was billy t James's waka?
tainui
What maori canoe from the great fleet sailed up the Tamaki Estuary?
The Maori canoe from the Great Fleet that sailed up the Tamaki Estuary is believed to be the canoe called Tainui. Tainui is considered one of the seven waka (canoes) that journeyed to New Zealand from Hawaiki.
Where is the waka tainui at?
It is burried in Kawhia behind Maketu Marae
Names of the wakas that sailed from the pacific islands to NZ?
Tainui
How did the tainui canoe get its name?
The Tainui waka was named after an infant who did not survive childbirth. At the burial site of this child, at a place in Hawaiki known then as Maungaroa, a great tree grew; this was the tree that was used to build the ocean canoe.
The maori word for nation or tribe?
The maori word for nation or tribe is 'Iwi'. Iwi are derived from the great waka (canoe)by which they arrived in New Zealand from Hawaiki; for example the Tainui Iwi of Waikato and the King country are descendants of people who journeyed to Aotearoa (NZ) on the Tainui canoe. Iwi are divided into tribes and sub-tribes (hapu) and extended family groups (whanau). Tangata whenua is a name Maori use to describe themselves which simply means 'people of the land'.
