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Ruatapu was a son of the great chief Uenuku, and a master canoeist in Polynesian tradition who is said to have lived around 30 generations ago. Most Māori stories agree he was an older half-brother of Paikea and 69 other sons, while traditions recorded from the Cook Islands sometimes state he was Uanuku Rakeiora's only son.
In the oral traditions of the Cook Islands, Ruatapu travels around central Polynesia; from the Society Islands, to the Cook Islands, and lastly to Tonga before coming back to the Cook Islands to live out the rest of his days and eventually die at Aitutaki. Most traditions record him as a prominent ancestor, gaining three wives between the last two groups of islands.
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^Tainui, Rahera (1946). "Ngai-Tahu, Notes Relating to, By Rahera Tainui, P 221-235". Polynesian Society. p. 233. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
Ruatapu was a son of the great chief Uenuku, and a master canoeist in Polynesian tradition who is said to have lived around 30 generations ago. Most Māori...
attempt on his life by his half-brother Ruatapu. On the island of Aitutaki, he is also known as a brother of Ruatapu, but is not as famous as him. In an account...
traditions from further north in the Pacific, Chief Uanuku Rakeiora and his son Ruatapu are said to have lived on Ra'iātea Island just over 27 generations ago...
possibly the beginnings of a further terrace. Also at Orakei Korako is the Ruatapu Cave, one of only two caves in the world known to exist in a geothermal...
family, although platypuses were never comfortable with other animals. Nu'u Ruatapu Tāwhaki Witzel, E.J. Michael (2012). The Origins of the World's Mythologies...
Ruatapu Ngatikaura (born 27 May 2000) is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the North Sydney Bears in the...
original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020. "The Story of Paikea and Ruatapu". Te Ao Hou: The Maori Magazine. Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa - National...
Riwaka Rolleston Romahapa Roslyn Bush Ross Rotherham Rotoroa Roxburgh Ruatapu Runanga Saint Arnaud Saint Bathans Seddon Sheffield and Waddington Somerfield...
identify various settlers, including Ru, Te Munakorero, Kai, Ui-tario, and Ruatapu. The first known European contact was with Captain Bligh and the crew of...
Moewhare meeting house are affiliated with Moewhare. Painoaiho marae and Ruatapu meeting house are affiliated with Ngāti Koro. Rangitahi marae and Apa Hapai...
Uke's descents then went on to settle Atiu. Another legend states a son of Ruatapu was murdered on Mauke, and in retaliation he killed many of the islands...
northernmost point of Aitutaki as a whole. In the northeast is Kopu a Ruatapu, a boat passage through the fringing coral reef. The peninsula is 3.25 km...
like his father, who secured his position through marriages, notably with Ruatapu-wahine, an adoptive daughter of his maternal grandfather. Kahukuranui's...
Ariki-Mou-Taua, Mariri, and Nuku-kere-i-manu, as well as a visit by the navigator Ruatapu. The island was unified in c.1760, and subsequently invaded and dominated...
New Zealand Malcolm Campbell 25 Greymouth British John Leonard Hale 45 Ruatapu New Zealand Glen Peter Cruse 35 Cobden New Zealand Allan John Dixon 45...
Council. 2012. p. 19. Retrieved 14 June 2016. "The Story of Paikea and Ruatapu". Te Ao Hou: The Māori Magazine. 40: 6. September 1962. Retrieved 21 October...
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