In Māori tradition, Aotea is one of the canoes (waka) in which Māori migrated to New Zealand; it is particularly associated with the tribes of Taranaki and Whanganui, including Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Ngā Rauru and other tribal groups.

Nov 4, 2015 · The Aotea Waka, on Pātea's Egmont Street, celebrates the settling of the Pātea area by Turi and his hāpu after they voyaged from Hawaiiki to Aotearoa in the 15th century. They landed at Kāwhia and travelled overland to Patea naming many landmarks on the way including Tapuae, Oākura Waingongoro, Ingahape, Kaupokonui etc.

The Aotea Waka celebrates the settling of the Pātea area by Turi and his hapū after they voyaged from Hawaiiki to Aotearoa in the 15th century. They landed at Kawhia and travelled overland to Pātea.

The people of the Aotea canoe, after their arrival in this country about the year 1350 A.D., made their first home at Patea. It was at Patea that trouble broke out which divided the people into the main tribes of Ngati Ruanui and Nga Rauru.

The 'Aotea Waka' celebrates the settling of the Pātea area by Turi and his hapu after they voyaged from Hawaiiki to Aotearoa in the 15th century. They landed at Kawhia and travelled overland to Pātea naming many landmarks on the way including Tapuae, Oakura Waingongoro, Ingahape, Kaupokonui etc.

If you're passing through Pātea, stop in and visit the iconic Aotea Waka Memorial on the main street, commemorating one of the first great canoes in which Māori migrated to New Zealand.

The monumental Turi's 'Aotea Waka' statue was unvielled on 2 August 1933, and the new Patea Court House was opened that same year. Many other important parts of our town, and numerous people have come and gone ....leaving memories, stories, fragments of a time of innovation, risk, prosperity and recession.

This is an iconic spot for Kiwis - famous for featuring in the hit song 'Poi E' by the local Patea Maori Club. It has Memorial Park behind it which is a great little spot for a picnic and where you can admire the roses.

After landing at Kāwhia, the crew of the Aotea canoe walked south and finally settled around the Pātea River. In 1933 descendants of the Aotea migrants erected this memorial at Pātea, ‘in remembrance of Turi and Rongorongo [his wife], their family and fellow voyagers’.

Oct 9, 2015 · This is an iconic spot for Kiwis - famous for featuring in the hit song 'Poi E' by the local Patea Maori Club. It has Memorial Park behind it which is a great little spot for a picnic and where you can admire the roses.