Kupe

Kupe: History tells us that Kupe was a brave, clever and furious person. Kupe came from Hawakii and travelled on a canoe also known as a waka. Suddenly a giant octopus crashed into their waka. Kupe had no choice except to attack the giant octopus. Kupe struck from the sky and hit the giant octopus so hard with his bare hands that the octopus died.

The people in Kupe's family were his two daughters Matui , Matui name meaning was some islands and the second daughter Makora and the meaning of Makora is War Islands he had to wives and killed his cousin by drowning him for his wife Kuramārōtini