Uruaokapuarangi

Originally, {{lang|mi|Uruaokapuarangi}} was said to belong to a chief from Te Patunuioāio{{efn|Another name for Hawaiki, sometimes recorded as {{lang|mi|Patunui-o-waio}}.{{cite journal|url=http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_34_1925/Volume_34%2C_No._136/Notes_and_queries%2C_p_385-387/p1|title=Notes and queries, p 385-387 |year=1925 | journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society|access-date=7 June 2020}}}} named Taitewhenua.{{cite web|url=https://tetaumuturunanga.iwi.nz/our-history/|title=Our History|author=Te Taumutu Rūnanga|access-date=7 June 2020}} He decided to give the canoe to the renowned {{Lang|mi|tohunga kōkōrangi}} (astronomer) Matiti, who then gave it to Rākaihautū and encouraged him to use it to explore new lands.{{cite web |title=Rākaihautū |url=https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/about/capitalworks/campus-plan/cultural/rkaihaut/ |website=University of Canterbury – Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha|access-date=7 June 2020}}

In the 9th century, Rākaihautū, accompanied by his wife Waiariki-o-āio, their son Te Rakihouia, Matiti, and other kin of the Te Kāhui Tipua, Te Kāhui Roko, and Te Kāhui Waitaha tribes, set sail across the Pacific Ocean in search of new land.

On the journey to the South Island the heavens and the ocean blocked the canoe's path, until Rākaihautū chanted a {{lang|mi|karakia}} and cut a passage with his adze,{{cite web |last1=Tau |first1=Te Maire |title=Ngāi Tahu – Ngāi Tahu and Waitaha |url= https://teara.govt.nz/en/ngai-tahu/page-4 |year=2005 |website=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=7 June 2020}} Kapakitua.{{efn|Some traditions say that {{lang|mi|Kapakitua}} was the name for Ngāti Hawea's canoe that arrived under Taiehu earlier than {{lang|mi|Uruaokapuarangi}}, or at the same time.}} He eventually landed the {{lang|mi|Uruaokapuarangi}} at Boulder Bank, Nelson, at the top of the South Island.{{cite web |author=Parliamentary Council Office – Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata |title=Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 No 97 (as at May 2014), Public Act Schedule 58 Statutory acknowledgement for Te Ana-au (Lake Te Anau) |url= http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1998/0097/latest/DLM430891.html |year=2014 |website=New Zealand Legislation |access-date=6 June 2020}}

From Nelson, Rākaihautū and his wife separated from Te Rakihouia and began to explore the Southern Alps down to Foveaux Strait, digging out the island's great lakes and waterways as he went. Te Rakihouia and Waitaa (or Waitaha) took the canoe and continued down the east coast, naming the cliffs at Kaikōura {{lang|mi|Te Whatakai-o-Rakihouia}} (The Food Storehouse of Rakihouia) and eventually finding a lake at Banks Peninsula now called Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora, naming its coastline {{lang|mi|Kā Poupou O Te Rakihouia}} (The Eel Weirs Of Te Rakihouia).{{cite web |last1=Taonui |first1=Rāwiri |title=Canoe traditions – Canoes of the South Island |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-traditions/page-8 |year=2005 |website=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=7 June 2020}} The canoe continued, and eventually landed at the mouth of the Clutha River, which they named {{lang|mi|Matauu}} (or {{lang|mi|Mata-au}}).{{cite book|title=Bannockburn Heritage Landscape Study|url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/SfC244b.pdf|date=2004|first1=Janet |last1=Stephenson |first2=Heather |last2=Bauchop |first3=Peter |last3=Petchey|page=29}}

Both parties moved back up the east coast from the southerly points that they each landed, meeting at Waihao, near the Waitaki River where the canoe now makes up part of the riverbed at Wai Kakahi (near Glenavy).{{cite book|title=Ashburton District Plan - 02 Takata Whenua Values.pdf|url=https://www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/SiteCollectionDocuments/Planning%20Guidance%20and%20Resource%20Consents/Ashburton%20Operative%20District%20Plan%202014/02%20Takata%20Whenua%20Values.pdf|date=2014|publisher= Ashburton District Council|page=3}}

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• [https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/culture/kotahi-mano-kaika/waiata/haka-keri/terea-te-waka/ Terea te Waka], a chant that recalls the voyage of the {{lang|mi|Uruaokapuarangi}}

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