In a
Māori tradition ascribed by John White to the Ngāti Hau tribe, Hāhau-whenua is the name of the great fish caught by
Māui which became the
North Island of
New Zealand. When a fish took his hook, Māui said, 'A fish has taken my hook. Perhaps it is the fish called Hāhau-tangaroa ("search for the sea god"), or Hāhau-uru ("search for the west wind"), or Hāhau-whenua ("search for land").' When he pulled the fish up, he saw it was Hāhau-whenua (White 1887:116-117).
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[Polynesian] "Searching for Land". One of the first names of New Zealand, when Maui had magically raised it up from the bottom of the sea. Only the gods lived on it. The island was compared to a huge fish, full of good nourishment.
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