1. (personal noun) a migration canoe - the crew of this canoe from Hawaiki are claimed as ancestors by Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Ranginui.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 31;)
Kātahi ka kumea mai e rātau a Tākitimu ki uta rawa kia kore ai e riro i te tai (HP 1991:29). / Then they pulled Tākitimu right up on the shore so that it wouldn't be carried away by the tide.
See also Tākitumu
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