In Māori tradition, Matahourua was the canoe of the legendary hero Kupe, who, in some accounts, was the discoverer of Aotearoa (New Zealand)

See also List of Māori waka

References

R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989). G. Grey, Polynesian Mythology (reprint Taplinger Press: New York, 1970).