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Detail of Kupe and his wife Kūrāmarotini from the statue on the Wellington waterfront. Kupe was a legendary [1] Polynesian explorer who, according to Māori oral history, was the first person to discover New Zealand. [2]
Kupe managed to kill Te Kāhui Tipua by creating Lake Grassmere and drowning their villages. [30] He sailed back to Hawaiki and never came back to the land he discovered. However, others came to New Zealand according to his directions. [26]: 451 Ngahue, a contemporary of Kupe, sailed to New Zealand in his canoe, the Tāwhirirangi. [32]
According to oral tradition, the heroic explorer Kupe was the first discoverer of New Zealand or “Aotearoa”. In an early European synthesized interpretation of these accounts, around 750 CE he had discovered New Zealand and later, around 1350, one great fleet of settlers set out from Hawaiki in eastern Polynesia. [6]
Name Elevation Location Last eruption metres feet Coordinates; Auckland volcanic field: 260: 853: 1421 Bombay Hills (part of the South Auckland volcanic field): 379--550,000 years ago ...
According to Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Smith's account went as follows. In 750 CE the Polynesian explorer Kupe discovered an uninhabited New Zealand. Then in 1000–1100 CE, the Polynesian explorers Toi and Whātonga visited New Zealand, and found it inhabited by a primitive, nomadic people known as the Moriori.
During their subsequent journeys, they overcame numerous monsters and sea demons, including the great octopus named as Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, and discovered New Zealand. Returning to Hawaiki, Kupe told of his adventures and convinced others to migrate with him. Traditions about Kupe appear among the peoples of the following areas: Northland ...
The volcanism of New Zealand has been responsible for many of the country's geographical features, especially in the North Island and the country's outlying islands. While the land's volcanism dates back to before the Zealandia microcontinent rifted away from Gondwana 60–130 million years ago, activity continues today with minor eruptions ...
' the sails of Kupe '), formerly known as Kupe's Sail, is a geological formation near the eastern end of Palliser Bay at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand. It is composed of sedimentary rock which has been thrust up in an earthquake, resulting in a characteristic flat triangular ridge having the appearance of the kind of sail ...