New Zealand's Maori Arrivle

Kia ora


The first Maori explorer to reach Aotearoa ( the land of the long white cloud ) was Kupe.
He travelled  across the South Pacific on his waka (boat) using the stars and the ocean as his guide.

He came from his Polynesian homeland referred as to Hawaiiki.
It isn't the long 15 minute ride from Auckland city to Waiheke island.

It would have taken Kupe many mouths to sail the south pacific.

Kia ora ano and happy Christmas