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Summary: Ngatoro-i-rangi was the navigator of the Te Arawa canoe. After he arrived in Aotearoa he claimed the lands that became those of Tuwharetoa. His name translates as Resounds-in-the-sky, and was related to his powers as a tohunga, in particular those that allowed him to make the thunder echo across the heavens. It is also said that he understood the language of the stars conversed with the moon and was acquainted with the prevailing winds of the seasons