Ngā Rā-a-Kupe, formerly known as Kupe's Sail, is a geological formation near the eastern end of Palliser Bay at the southern end of the North Island of...

of carrying a complement of 25 people under sail or paddle, fully provisioned. It is said that at first Kupe had some difficulty filling the waka, with...

Rā-a-Kupe, previously known as Kupe's Sail, is a nearby triangular upthrust of sedimentary rock shaped like a sail. Maori history and the Kupe legend...

geographical features in the area, including the Putangirua Pinnacles, Kupe's Sail and the Whatarangi Bluff, the erosion of which has had dramatic effects...

sailed around to Gisborne and became the first man there. According to the iwi of North Auckland and the west coast of the North Island, Kupe sailed to...

According to some Māori legends, the great Polynesian explorer and navigator Kupe sailed from Hawaiki in his canoe named Matahourua and landed at Taipa Bay. Others...

of light"). The full name of the harbour is Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe — "the place of Kupe's great return". The Hokianga is in the Far North District, which...

and their friend Kupe. Kupe tricked Hoturapa to dive into the water to free one of the lines. Once Hoturapa was overboard, Kupe set sail for New Zealand...

Terraces Lion Rock Wairere Boulders Hole in the Rock Koutu Boulders Kupe's Sail Orakei Korako Pinnacle Ridge Castle Craig Rock & Mangapohue Natural Bridge...

given to Turi, and was sailed by him to New Zealand. The other canoe, the Matahourua, was later commandeered by Kupe who sailed it to New Zealand with...

with their friend Kupe. Kupe tricked Hoturapa to dive into the water to free one of the lines. Once Hoturapa was overboard, Kupe set sail for New Zealand...

drifted to uninhabited shores.[citation needed] In 1947 Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Kon-Tiki, a balsa-wood raft, from South America into the Pacific in...

the Island is an abbreviation of the Maori name Te Mana o Kupe, which means "The Mana of Kupe". Mana Island is a 3 km (1.9 mi) long, 2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi)...

Pacific Ocean is calm after a terrible storm. Rasputin, a Russian pirate, sails aboard a Fijian catamaran, when his second Cranio spots two young unconscious...

filling them with food for his many descendants. Rākaihautū originally sailed with his wife Waiariki-o-āio, their son Te Rakihouia, and their people from...

"cooper" is derived from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German kūper 'cooper' from kūpe 'cask', in turn from Latin cupa 'tun, barrel'. The word was adopted in England...

Hikitaketake, Rongoiamoa, Taihopi, Taihapoa, Kahutua, Motoro, Te Angi, Kupe, Ngake, Paikea, and Uenuku. Rongokako studied at the whare wānanga (school...

Wellington. The strait is named after James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it, in 1770. In Māori it is named Te Moana-o-Raukawa, which means...

of Asan, about 70 km (43 mi) from Seoul. The troops destined for Korea sailed on board three British-owned steamers chartered by the Chinese government...

the Kuping tael (庫平两), and by official Qing government standards 1 Kuping tael = 10 Mace = 100 Candareens. Under the Guangxu Emperor several Kuping tael...

explorer Kupe who is said to have visited Wellington hundreds of years ago. Several sites in Wellington are said to be named by or after Kupe, for example...

graduating in 1935. He took a job as a doctor in the Colonial Service, and sailed to Nigeria in 1937. He lived in Nigeria and the Cameroons for the next 20...

Manihiki and three other islands. In August 1963, a small boat, Tearoha, set sail from Manihiki to Rakahanga for food. On leaving Rakahanga on 15 August 1963...

Commercial fishing is common among the people of Balondo. The fishermen sail to fishing ports in dug-out canoes to exchange food crops and other items...

they came. Ngāti Hei can trace its roots to the arrival of Kupe, the great navigator, who sailed from Tahiti to Aotearoa in 950AD and whose presence is commemorated...

early nineteenth century. The Portuguese were among the first westerners to sail east to the "Spice Islands". Loanwords from Portuguese were mainly connected...

177.5°E / -39.333333; 177.5 (Hawkes Bay) Cape Turnagain 17 October Cook sailed Endeavour south to this point, where upon meeting adverse conditions he...

priest aboard, so tricks Ngātoroirangi and his wife Kearoa aboard and sets sail. Tama also steals away Whakaotirangi, the wife of Ruaeo; Roa' changes the...

muskets as well as Māori weapons, embarked on the Elizabeth at Kapiti, and sailed for Banks Peninsula. On arrival at Takapūneke the Elizabeth anchored in...

1643 he charted the west coast of the North Island, his expedition then sailed back to Batavia without setting foot on New Zealand soil. British explorer...