Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua
1. (personal noun) refashioned Mātā-hou-rua canoe that returned to Hokianga from Hawaiki.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 30; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 210-219;)
I ngā hui o te tau 1907 me te tau 1924 ka tatū te kōrero e waru ngā waka i whai wāhi nui ai a Ngā Puhi, a Ngāti Kahu me ērā atu anō o ngā iwi e whai pānga ana: ko ngā ingoa o aua waka ko Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua, ko Māmari, ko Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi, ko Tinana, ko Mātaatua, ko Mamaru, ko Ruakaramea me Kurahaupō (TTR 1998:75). / At meetings in 1907 and 1924 the number of canoes important to Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Kahu and associated peoples it was agreed that there were eight canoes of relevance to them: Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua, Māmari, Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi, Tinana, Mātaatua, Mamaru, Ruakaramea and Kurahaupō.
See also Matawhaorua, Ngā-toki-mātā-hou-rua
Mātaatua
1. (personal noun) migration canoe which landed at Whakatāne and finally ended at Hokianga before being dragged overland to Tākou.
Ko Te Whakatōhea e noho mai nei i ngā takiwā ki Ōpōtiki, he uri nō ētahi o ngā tīpuna i haere mai i runga i a 'Mātaatua', arā, nā Muriwai rātou (TTT 1/1/1924:10). / Te Whakatōhea, who occupy the Ōpōtiki area, are the descendants of the ancestors who came on 'Mātaatua', that is they descend from Muriwai.
2. (personal name) people descended from the crew of this canoe from Hawaiki whose territories are in Northland and the Bay of Plenty.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 30;)
Ko Mātaatua, ko Te Arawa ko Ngāti Kahungunu o ngā iwi whakaeke ki te marae i uru atu ki roto i a Ngāti Porou ki te manaaki i ngā manuhiri (TTT 1/3/1926:358). / The tribes of Mātaatua, Te Arawa and Ngāti Kahungunu who had come onto the marae joined in with Ngāti Porou to host the visitors.
Ngā-toki-mātā-hou-rua
1. (personal noun) refashioned Mātā-hou-rua canoe that returned to Hokianga from Hawaiki. Also known as Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua.
Ko Te Pātara te tohunga tapu o runga i te waka nei, i a Ngā-toki-mātā-hou-rua (JPS 1957:230). / Te Pātara was the sacred priest of the canoe, Ngā-toki-mātā-hou-rua.
