Tainui Iwi

In Māori tradition, Tainui was one of the great ocean-going canoes in which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand approximately 800 years ago. In Māori tradition, the Tainui waka was commanded by the chief Hoturoa, who had decided to leave Hawaiki because overpopulation had led to famine and warfare. The crew of the Tainui were the ancestors of the iwi that formed the Tainui Confederation.