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Story: Muaūpoko

‘Te ihi o Kurahaupō’

This photograph shows a replica of the Kurahaupō, which brought the ancestors of the Muaūpoko people to New Zealand. ‘Te ihi o Kurahaupō’, a waiata (song) by Darren Reid, tells of the voyage of the Kurahaupō canoe, and the quest of its captain Whātonga to find his grandfather, the explorer Toitehuatahi.

Sound file from private collection, Darren Reid

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1991/0099/19

by Phil Reid

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

Darren Reid, Muaūpoko – Early history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/music/1303/te-ihi-o-kurahaupo (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Darren Reid, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 February 2015.

Comments

Rata Cornell
14 February 2016
ngā mihi nunui ki a koe Darren, he taonga tēnei mō ngā tamariki o Muaupoko, he kai mō o rātou wairua, kei te mihi. nā Rātā
TeAmoroa
13 August 2013
Tumeke, helped heaps with my Maori researching :)