Tama-te-kapua
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tama-te-kapua-204-9004588
title:
Tama-te-kapua
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In Māori tradition of New Zealand, Tama-te-kapua, also spelt Tamatekapua and Tama-te-Kapua and also known as Tama, was the captain of the Arawa canoe which came to New Zealand from Polynesia in about 1350. A trickster, his theft of fruit from the orchard of the chieftain Uenuku escalated into a feud which forced him to leave the ancestral homeland of Hawaiki. On departure, he kidnapped Whakaotirangi, the wife of Ruaeo, and the priest Ngātoro-i-rangi. During the journey he was discovered sleeping
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama-te-kapua
date created:
2010-03-10T19:21:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T22:38:16Z
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