Āraiteuru

Āraiteuru (also written Ārai-te-uru) was a canoe (waka) of some of Ngāi Tahu's ancestors in Māori tradition.

Āraiteuru

Great Māori migration waka
Landed at	Shag Point
Iwi	Ngāi Tahu

Moeraki Boulders, said to be the water gourd and fishing net of Āraiteuru.

The canoe was conveyed to New Zealand by the north-east wind,^[1]: 178 carrying the chiefs Kirikirikatata, Aroarokaehe, Mauka Atua,^[2][a] Aoraki,^[3] Kakeroa, Te Horokoatu, Ritua, Ngamautaurua, Pokohiwitahi, Puketapu, Te Maro-tiri-a-te-rehu, Hikuroroa, Pahatea, Te Waioteao, and Hapekituaraki.^[1]: 179

The canoe's fishing net and the water gourd (calabash) were turned into stone at Moeraki in the South Island, where they can still be seen in the form of the Moeraki Boulders.^[1]: 179 The canoe itself remained at Shag Point.^{[1]: 179 [2]}

Dunedin's pan-iwi Āraiteuru Marae, located in the suburb of Wakari, is named after the canoe.^[4]

See also

• Myths portal
• New Zealand portal

• Arahura (canoe)
• Tākitimu
• Uruaokapuarangi