Qualla: Hinemoa https://qualla.com/hinemoa en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:28 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Hinemoa https://qualla.com/hinemoa Hinemoa: Introduction https://qualla.com/hinemoa/ Every night, Tutanekai sat on the hill above Kaiweka and played his flute across the water. The instrument was called Murirangiranga -- it may be the same one now held in Auckland Museum -- and its sound carried across Lake Rotorua to the southeast shore, where a young woman named Hinemoa listened. She was a puhi, a sacred virgin of the Te Arawa people, descended from Tama-te-kapua, the captain of the Arawa canoe. Many men had sought to marry her. Her people at Owhata refused them all. But the flute kept playing, and Hinemoa made her decision. Since her people hauled the canoes far from the water each night to prevent her escape, she would have to find another way across.

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/c/j/r/hinemoa-wp/rcjr-hinemoa-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Hinemoa: Six Calabashes and Open Water https://qualla.com/hinemoa/ Hinemoa walked to Iri iri kapua rock carrying six dried calabash gourds. She lashed them together into a flotation device, waded into the lake at Wairerewai, and began swimming. It was dark. Mokoia Island lay 3.2 kilometers away. Partway across, she reached the fishing stump call...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/c/j/r/hinemoa-wp/rcjr-hinemoa-six-calabashes-and-open-water.mp3 0:06 2 full Hinemoa: The Smashed Gourds https://qualla.com/hinemoa/ By the time Hinemoa reached Mokoia, she was shaking with cold. She found the hot spring at Waikimihia and lowered herself in to warm up. While she bathed, Tutanekai grew thirsty and sent a servant to fetch water from the lake. Hinemoa saw the servant passing and called out in a d...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/c/j/r/hinemoa-wp/rcjr-hinemoa-the-smashed-gourds.mp3 0:06 3 full Hinemoa: Four Feet Under the Bedding https://qualla.com/hinemoa/ The next morning, Tutanekai failed to rise. His father Whakaue-kaipapa sent a servant to investigate. The servant crept to the house and reported an unusual detail: four feet protruded from the bedding instead of two. Sent back to confirm, the servant returned declaring the woman...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/c/j/r/hinemoa-wp/rcjr-hinemoa-four-feet-under-the-bedding.mp3 0:06 4 full Hinemoa: A Love Story with Teeth https://qualla.com/hinemoa/ After Tutanekai died at Weriweri, Hinemoa composed a lament that is still sung for his descendants. But her later years were marked by harder choices. When her son Whatumairangi was killed at Pikirangi in revenge for an act of adultery, the survivors wanted retribution against Wa...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/c/j/r/hinemoa-wp/rcjr-hinemoa-a-love-story-with-teeth.mp3 0:06 5 full Hinemoa: The Swim That Became a Song https://qualla.com/hinemoa/ The earliest written account of Hinemoa's swim was set down by Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke in 1849. It became one of the most retold stories in Maori tradition and inspired the Te Arawa version of Pokarekare Ana, the most widely known of all Maori love songs. In 1913, French dire...

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