Rakataura

**Rakataura**, wanda aka fi sani da **Hape**  ko **Rakatāura**, sanannen mai ba da hanya ne na kasar Polynesia kuma kakan yawancin Māori iwi. An kuma haife shi a Hawaiki, Rakataura shine babban tohunga (firist / navigator) wanda ya jagoranci jirgin ruwa na  zuwa New Zealand. Rakataura tana da alaƙa da labarun da suka shafi Manukau Harbour, Te Tō Waka (Ōtāhuhu Portage) da Waikato . Sunayen wurare da yawa a cikin Auckland_region" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Auckland region">Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland na zamani) da yankin Waikato suna nufin Rakataura, ko kuma an bayyana su a cikin al'adun baki kamar yadda Rakataura ya kira su.

## Tarihin baki
An haifi Rakataura a Hawaiki, kuma shi ne mafi tsufa a cikin manyan layin hapū. Ya sami sunan Hape, saboda ƙafafunsa masu juyawa na ciki. Rakataura shine babban tohunga (firist / navigator) na  migratory waka, kuma a wasu hadisai, an gano shi a matsayin mai ginin jirgin.

A cikin al'adar baki ta Waiohua, Rakataura / Hape yana tafiya da sauri zuwa New Zealand, a gaban ma'aikatan *Tainui*. A cikin wannan sigar, an zaɓi Rakataura don wakiltar hapū a kan jirgin ruwa na *Tainui*, duk da haka wannan bai shahara ba saboda naƙasassu, kuma matasa da waɗanda ke da jiki da tunani ne kawai zasu iya tafiya. Rakataura ya yi addu'a ga Tangaroa don a dawo da ƙafafunsa, duk da haka maimakon ya warkar da jikinsa, Tangaroa ya aika Kawea Kawea Ki te Whenua a Kupe, taniwha (mutumin da ya fi na halitta) a cikin siffar stingray don jigilar shi. Rakataura ya isa Tashar jiragen ruwa ta Manukau, yana jiran Ihumātao don ma'aikatan *Tainui* su isa. Bayan kwanaki, ma'aikatan sun isa, ba daga bakin tashar jiragen ruwa ba, maimakon daga gabas (sun haye Te Tō Waka a Ōtāhuhu a kan Isthmus na Auckland). Rakataura ya yi kira daga tudun, saboda haka sunan Karangahape ("Kiran Hape").  Wata al'ada mai ban mamaki ta haɗa da Rakataura ta doke ma'aikatan *Tainui* don isa Tashar jiragen ruwa ta Kawhia ta hanyar tsalle a ƙarƙashin kasa tsakanin yankin Māhia da Kawhia.

A cikin al'adar baki ta Te Kawerau ā Maki, Rakataura ya yi tafiya zuwa Waitākere Ranges, yana ba da sunaye ga wuraren da ya ziyarta. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan sunayen sun hada da Hikurangi, sunan da ya ba wani wuri kusa da Piha wanda ya yi nuni da wani wuri a cikin ƙasarsa kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin sunayen gargajiya na West Auckland da Waitākere Ranges,  da kuma One Rangatira, sunan gargajiya na Muriwai Beach, sunan da ke tunawa da ziyararsa. 

Sauran hadisai sun haɗa Rakataura zuwa Ōtāhuhu Portage tsakanin Kogin Tāmaki da Manukau Harbour . A wasu hadisai, shi ne tohunga wanda ke kirkirar tashar,  yayin da a wasu yana ƙoƙari ya hana ma'aikatan *Tainui* daga amfani da shi kuma su zauna zuwa yamma. A cikin waɗannan hadisai, Rakataura ya yi jayayya da Hoturoa, kyaftin din *Tainui*, saboda ya ki barin Rakataura ta auri 'yarsa Kahukeke. Maimakon tsallaka tashar, Hoturoa da ma'aikatan *Tainui* sun tashi a duk yankin Northland zuwa Tashar jiragen ruwa ta Manukau. Rakataura da 'yar'uwarsa Hiaroa sun kunna wuta kuma sun rera waƙoƙi don hana manyan ma'aikatan *Tainui* su zauna a kusa da tashar jiragen ruwa ko yankin Waikato. Rakataura ya yi tafiya a kudu zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa ta Whāingaroa (Raglan Harbour), ya kafa *tūāhupapa* (bagade mai tsarki) a kan dutsen Karioi, kuma ya ci gaba da raira waƙa don hana ma'aikatan *Tainui* gano wuraren da ya samu. Rakataura ya yi tafiya zuwa kudu zuwa Tashar jiragen ruwa ta Kawhia, inda ya sadu da ma'aikatan *Tainui*, ya sulhunta (ko a nan ko kudu a Whareorino),  kuma ya auri Kahukeke (ɗan Hoturoa), daga baya ya dawo ya zauna a Karioi. 

An yaba wa Rakataura da bincika cikin gandun daji na yankin Waikato tare da matarsa, suna kiran wurare bayan mambobin ma'aikatan *Tainui*, don kafa haƙƙin ƙasa. Ya sanya duwatsun mauri daga Hawaiki tare da tafiya, a matsayin hanyar jan hankalin tsuntsaye zuwa wuraren da ya ziyarta. A lokacin tafiyarsu, Kahukeke ta yi rashin lafiya a Wharepūhunga, inda Rakataura ta gina mata gida don hutawa da warkewa. Kahukeke ya yi rashin lafiya a karo na biyu a Pureora, duk da haka bai tsira ba. Bayan ta mutu, Rakataura ya sanya wa matarsa suna Kakepuku bayan siffar matarsa lokacin da take da ciki, da kuma yankin da ya zauna, Te Aroha, bayan ƙaunar da ya ji ga matarsa. A can, ya sake yin aure, ga wata mace mai suna Hinemarino.

Wasu hadisai sun bayyana Rakataura kamar yadda ya zauna a Rarotonga / Mount Smart a Tāmaki Makaurau tare da matarsa, kafin ya yi tafiya zuwa Waikato daga baya a rayuwa..

## Kyauta
Rakataura / Hape shine sunan Karangahape Peninsula da Karangahape Road a Auckland,  kuma wasu daga cikin sunayen yaren Māori na Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura ("The Continuing Fires of Rakataura")  da Te Wai o Raka ("The Waters of Raka").  Te Motu a Hiaroa (Puketutu Island), ɗaya daga cikin mazaunan dindindin na farko na mutanen Tainui, an sanya masa suna ne bayan 'yar'uwar Rakataura Hiaroa .  An ambaci Rakataura a cikin al'adun baki a matsayin adadi wanda ya ba da sunayen yankuna da yawa na Waikato, gami da Tashar jiragen ruwa ta Whāingaroa), Karioi, Maungatautari, Whakamaru, Pureora da Te Aroha.

Sunan da aka sanya wa Dutsen Maunganui a farkon ƙarni na 20 shine Rakataura, mai suna bayan tohunga ta Bay of Plenty mazaunin J. C. Adams, duk da haka wannan sunan bai taɓa shiga cikin amfani ba.

Rakataura an dauke shi daya daga cikin kakannin Tainui (ciki har da Ngāti Maniapoto da Ngāti Raukawa),  tarihin Auckland iwi Ngā Oho,  Te Kawerau ā Maki,  da kabilun Waiohua.

## Dubi kuma

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## Manazarta