Hawaiki
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Hawaiki
Māori
Example Sentences
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The other cables, one of which was likely the target in of potential telecommunications server hack in April, are the Southern Cross cable, SEA-US cable, Asia-America Gateway cable, the Japan-U.S. cable and the Hawaiki cable.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
One of the best known is Hawaiki, which the Maori people believe to be not just their geographical origin, but also their spiritual origin—the place they were born from and would die into.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 9, 2017
A legend of his race told how when the Maoris came from Hawaiki they were followed by an invisible canoe in which sat the figure of Death.
From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas
A Rarotongan legend relates that in Hawaiki two new fruits were found, and the vari discarded.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
The New Zealanders mention the names of the canoes in which their ancestors fled from the old home Hawaiki.
From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by W. D. Westervelt
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