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Who was the first maori to discover aotearoa?
Kupe
Who was the first person to come to NZ?
Kupe was to discover N.Z in the year 850-1300's
How new zealand got its maori name?
Aotearoa is a descriptor name, "Land of the Long White Cloud", or so myth would tell us.In the (probably apocryphal) myth of the discovery of Aotearoa by legendary Polynesian explorer, Kupe, he names the land (North Island in some versions, South Island in others) he and his crew find after the long stretch of white cloud they see which they take as a sign that there is land beneath it (In some versions it is Kupe's wife who names it Aotearoa).
What name did kupe give to new zealand in maori?
Kupe, or one of his party, may have named the North Island of New Zealand Aotearoa on his early visit. The dating of this visit is a little indeterminate, for many iwi claim alliance, and the possibility of children bearing the name of a famous figure is non-zero.
What year did kupe the moari chief land on nz?
2010
Why is New Zealand called Land of the Long White Cloud?
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
Where did kupe come from?
Kupe is a legendary figure in Māori oral tradition, credited with being one of the great Polynesian navigators who is said to have discovered New Zealand. According to the legend, Kupe hailed from Hawaiki, a mythical homeland in the Polynesian region.
Kupe came from?
Kupe came from Hawaki
What is the original maori homeland according to the maori traditional oral?
According to Maori traditional oral histories, the original Maori homeland is Hawaiki, a mythical place often referred to in their stories as the ancestral homeland where the Maori people originated from before migrating to Aotearoa (New Zealand). Hawaiki is believed to be a place located in Polynesia, though its exact location is subject to debate among scholars and historians.
According to mythology where did kupe come from?
Polynesia. Hawaiki, the Mythical homeland of Polynesian people.
Where did Maori chief Kupe come from?
Maori chief Kupe is believed to have come from Hawaiki, a mythical ancestral homeland of the Maori people. He is credited with discovering and exploring the islands of New Zealand around 950 AD.
What does the word New Zealand mean?
the name New Zealand was given by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, one of the original European 'discoverers' of Aotearoa (NZ). It refers to a place in his homeland by the name of Zeeland. Aotearoa means "Long White Cloud" in Maori. This name is attributed to the wife of historic captain Kupe when he travelled here and discovered NZ in the distant past (1000AD-1400AD).
