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.
