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Raukawa kawa is a plant native to New Zealand and can be found growing in lowland forests, along stream banks, and in wetland areas on the North Island.
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First maori to come to New Zealand?
According to tribal narratives, Kupe was the first Polynesian to discover the islands of New Zealand. His journey there was triggered by difficulties with fishing in Hawaiki, his homeland. Apparently the problem was a great octopus belonging to Kupe's competitor, Muturangi. Kupe set out in his canoe to kill the octopus, and such was the length of the pursuit that it brought him to New Zealand. With a companion known as Ngake (or Ngahue) in another canoe called Tāwhirirangi, he pursued the creature all the way to Cook Strait (known as Raukawakawa), where it was finally destroyed.
When did the maori's discover new zealand?
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).
