Hīnakipākau-o-te-rupe

According to Māori mythology, Hīnakipākau-o-te-rupe was one of the great ocean-going canoes used by the first Polynesian migrants to sail from Hawaiki to New Zealand.

There is no description of Hīnakipākau-o-te-rupe's physical appearance in Māori oral tradition or literature.

As a canoe, Hīnakipākau-o-te-rupe facilitated transportation and navigation by its crew through supernatural or divine means. Its legendary status reflects the importance of ancestral voyaging canoes in Māori tradition.