I have been aware of this character for some years. However, it is oral tradition so hard to substantiate.
Also icebergs do come into New Zealand waters, and even get grounded on the continental shelf especially the larger ones which break off in slabs the size of small countries. We know that Polynesians got as far south as the Auckland Islands from archaeological remains.
I have been aware of this character for some years. However, it is oral tradition so hard to substantiate.
Also icebergs do come into New Zealand waters, and even get grounded on the continental shelf especially the larger ones which break off in slabs the size of small countries. We know that Polynesians got as far south as the Auckland Islands from archaeological remains.
This is pretty much a myth and deserves to be treated as such. It stems from adjcanet political ideas that support the recent fad of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81tauranga_M%C4%81ori
I find it hard to believe that this could have occured a full ~700 years before New Zealand had its first polynesian arrivals (~1200-1300 AD).