Arahura (canoe)

{{Short description|Divine canoe in Māori mythology}}

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{{lang|mi|Arahura}} was a divine canoe ({{lang|mi|waka}}) made of pounamu in Ngāi Tahu's Māori mythology.

The chiefs who travelled to New Zealand in her were Peki(te)tahua, Rongokahe, Rangitatau, Hineraho,{{cite book|last=Tregear|first=Edward|authorlink=Edward Tregear|date=1891|chapter=Arahura|title=The Maori-Polynesian comparative dictionary|url=https://archive.org/details/maoripolynesian01treggoog/page/n48/mode/2up?q=%C4%80raiteuru|location=Wellington|publisher=Lyon and Blair|page=20|access-date=15 June 2020}} Te Rangitamau, Taewhenua, Te Mikimiki (Te Mingimingi), Atua-whakanihoniho, Te Atua-whakataratara, and Whakarewa.{{Cite book|last=White|first=John|author-link=John White (ethnographer)|year=1887|chapter=XI|title=The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration.|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Whi02Anci-t1-g1-t1-body-d1-d11.html|volume=II|location=Wellington|publisher=Government Printer|page=179|accessdate=15 June 2020|language=en}} {{lang|mi|Arahura}} may have also been the name of the {{lang|mi|atua}} that was brought along with the canoe.