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
Hawaiki, the original home of the Maori; with a sketch of Polynesian History.
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith
The traditions say that the Maori Pilgrim Fathers left the island of Hawaiki for New Zealand about the beginning of the 15th century.
From The Long White Cloud by William Pember Reeves
Another legend relates that in Hawaiki the people were fighting, and a tribe being beaten was forced to leave the island.
From History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 by Alexander Sutherland
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