Turi (Māori ancestor)
Turi, according to
Taranaki
region.
Arrival in New Zealand
Turi was a vassal to chief
Rongorongo. In some traditions, Turi and his party stopped at Rangitāhua, believed by some to be Raoul of the Kermadec Islands, where they encountered some of the crew from the Kurahaupō canoe. Continuing, Turi and his followers eventually arrived and settled at Aotea Harbour on the west coast of the North Island
.
After some time at Aotea Harbour, Turi settled the Pātea region, where he lived with his people along Pātea River. His daughter Tāneroroa married Ruanui, the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Ruanui.
References
- ^ ISBN 9780143019459.
- Sole, Tony (21 December 2006). "Ngāti Ruanui". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
- "Deed of Settlement between the Crown and Ngati Ruanui". Retrieved 10 April 2007.
- "Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui website". Retrieved 10 April 2007.
- R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989).
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