Rangitahua
1. (location) Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands - oral traditions and archaeological evidence indicate that this was a stop-off place for some of the canoes with migrants to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
I te heke i Hawaiki ki Aotearoa, ka tū te waka ki Rangitahua ka patu a Turi i ngā kurī e rua hei whakanui i te atua a Maru (Te Ara 2013). / On the migration from Hawaiki to New Zealand, the canoe stopped at the Kermadecs and Turi killed two dogs as a sacrifice to the god Maru.
