Matahourua
1. (personal noun) canoe that brought Kupe from Hawaiki.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 30; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 210-219;)
Ko te tipuna tōmua rawa ake, rongonui rawa ake o ngā iwi o Te Tau Ihu, ko Kupe, te rangatira rongonui o te waka a 'Matahourua', i heke i Hawaiki (Te Ara 2011). / The earliest and most famous ancestor of the northern South Island was Kupe, the famous chief of the 'Matahourua' canoe which migrated from Hawaiki.
