Kupe and his Travels

Kupe and his Travels

One day there was a great warrior called Kupe while on his long journey he noticed a long white cloud they kept going towards it he sailed until he came across land which he named Aotearoa it was beautiful and the trees where so big and the land lush with greenery.

Kupe was traveling to defeat the huge dangerous wheke/Kraken. To confuse the wheke he threw calabashes into the sea in which the wheke rose from the depths of the ocean to kill and eat what he thought were dead bodies. As the wheke rose to the top Kupe lashed out with a patu and struck a blow to his head. While he was out fighting his daughters thought that he had been killed so they went into mourning buy slashing their chest. The rocks turned red because they were stained with their Blood which Kupe named Pari Whero in remembrance of the love that his daughters had for him.They were so surprised and filled with joy when they saw their dad.

Kupe then off to sail the other side of the South island but first he named two small islands after his daughters Matiu and Makaro which is called Somes island and Ward island.

Along his travels around the other side of the South Island he came across a river and decided to name it Wanganui river. In the river there was a white gleaming stone that they never have seen before and he named that stone poumanu which in turn was a greenstone. It was time to leave to go back to his homeland Kupe one day was going to make a waka for his people back in Hawaiki so as they could come back to this beautiful land of lush greenery and live there. As soon Kupe arrived back in his homeland the people were full of question about his adventure.