This document discusses evidence that ancient Egyptians discovered and explored many parts of the world, including New Zealand, during the Third Dynasty between 2685-2661 BC. It summarizes myths and legends from Maori culture that contain references to the number three, which the author argues refer to discoveries of the Third Dynasty of Egypt. The document also analyzes symbols on a Maori carving of Kupe that allegedly represent distances and locations associated with the original Egyptian discovery of New Zealand by the eighth king Huni of the Third Dynasty.

1. Email: drsrmdejonge@hotmail.com
November 17, 2009
THE EARLY DISCOVERY OF NEW ZEALAND
(King Huni of the Third Dynasty of Egypt, c.2685-2661 BC)
Dr. R.M. de Jonge ©, drsrmdejonge@hotmail.com
THE PHAISTOS DISC
This famous artifact of Crete dates from 1458 BC (Refs.13,14,29). It is partly deciphered, and it
turns out to contain a lot of valuable information. Among others, it provides data about early dis-
coveries during the Old Kingdom of Egypt.- It appears, that the 3rd king Djer (c.3043-3012 BC)
and the 4th king Djet (c.3035-3012 BC) of the First Dynasty discovered the area around the
South Chinese Sea. The 6th king Anedjib (c.2992-2966 BC) and the 7th king Semerkhet (c.2966
-2948 BC) discovered the eastern part of Indonesia, but also the Bismarck Archipelago and the
Solomon Islands.
The 2nd king Djoser (c.2753-2723 BC) of the Third Dynasty discovered the continent of Aus-
tralia. This rather late discovery is confirmed by a lot of monuments and petroglyphs in Aus-
tralia as well as abroad (Refs.25-28). Finally, the 8th and last king Huni (c.2685-2661 BC) of
this Dynasty discovered New Zealand, as well as (large) parts of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Po-
lynesia.- I wondered if this last discovery has been preserved in myths, legends, or otherwise.
This is the main purpose of this article.
MYTHS AND LEGENDS
The most prominent legend of New Zealand is entitled “Maui and the Magic Fishhook”. It gi-
ves a clear description of the archipelago. North Island is called “the fish of Maui”, South Is-
land “ the boat of Maui”, and Stewart Island, at the bottom, “Maui’s anchor” (Refs.3,5-7).
This division is remakable, because the map clearly shows that New Zealand is a single land
mass, divided into two large islands. However, this legend mentions three (!) separate parts,
clearly referring to the Third Dynasty. It means, the legend was created in a time period,
when people still knew the archipelago was discovered in the Third Dynasty.
In the very north of New Zealand is an archipelago called “Three Kings Islands” (Ref.11).
The map shows it consists of a group of 4 to 5 islands of about equal size. So, its name cannot
be related to the number of islands. However, the obvious explanation for the name is a refe-
rence to the Third Dynasty, again. It appears, the original name was “Third Dynasty Is-
lands”. However, this is a rather complicated name containing a difficult abstraction. So, ap-
parently people changed it into its present name, which is closely related to it.
Polynesian navigator Kupe has been credited with the discovery of New Zealand in 950 AD.
He named it “Aotearoa”, which means “Land of the Long White Cloud” (Refs.2,11). Actually
he was not a navigator, but an important chief of the Maori people. Their name is derived
from “Ma-Uri”, which means “Children of Heaven” (Ref.2). In my view, this name is proof of
contact with the ancient Egyptian civilization (Refs.15-19). They came from their mythical
homeland, called “Hawaiki”, which was situated in the west. For them it was the “under-
world”, and in a spiritual sense it might have been Egypt itself!

2. “(Author) Simmons had access to a privately held manuscript from the Hokianga area which
says that there were three Kupe in Hawaiki: Kupe Nuku, Kupe Rangi, and Kupu Manawa.
Kupe Nuku came to (New Zealand) in the Matahourua canoe, with his wife, two slaves, and
nine others, with their wives. They took three days and nights to paddle to this island, Aotea-
roa (Refs.8,11).” Note, that in both cases the number three might be related to the Third Dy-
nasty.
“In a manuscript written by Hami Ropiha in 1862, Tamatea came on the ‘Takitimu’. In seve-
ral Maori traditions, the Takitimu was one of the great Maori migration canoes that brought
Polynesian migrants to New Zealand from Hawaiki. … They came to ‘this island’ for two rea-
sons: a fight about a woman, and a dispute over the planting of crops. At Tauranga, the group
divided in three. Tamatea and his son Kahungunu stayed to make a fishing net, others went
north, but Kupe and Ngake sailed to the south in Takitimu. … In one tradition Tamatea of the
Takitimu canoe, having been deserted by his three wives, sails around New Zealand looking
for them, and shares with Kupe the honour of naming parts of the land (Refs.7,8,11).”
“The original settlers of New Zealand, the Mouriuri folk, are said in Maori tradition to have
been castaways, the descendants of the crews of three canoes named Kahutara, Taikoria, and
Okoki. These vessels had been driven from their homeland by a westerly gale, and, after a
drift voyage, made the coast of northern Taranaki, where the castaways settled. They are said
to have come from a hot-climate land, and found the climate here unpleasantly cold. Maori
accounts describe them as having flat noses, distended nostrils, bushy hair, and restless eyes
(Refs.4,9).” - Note, that in all cases the number three might be related to the Third Dynasty,
again.
“Up until relatively recently, New Zealand was thought to have been settled by Polynesians
between 950 and 1130 AD, arriving in a number of twin hulled or outrigger canoes. The first
group of canoes was known as The Great Fleet, thought to be the first mass arrival of Polyne-
sian settlers. The Great Fleet would have been made up of seven canoes: the "Te Arawa", the
"Tainui", the Mataatua", the Tokomaru", the "Kurahaupo", the "Takitimu" and the "Aotea”
(Ref.1).- Note, that the origin of the number seven may relate to the position of New Zealand,
7 Egyptian Moiras= 70° east of Singapore, when measured along the equator. Singapore has
always been a very important junction of waterways (Refs.15,20-24).
“The Maori people of New Zealand trace their ancestry to groups of people who reportedly
travelled from Hawaiki in about 40 named canoes (waka) (Ref.11).” This statement is also
from a version of the Great Fleet theory.- Note, that the number of forty may be related to the
most important latitude of New Zealand, at 40°S. (In the Mediterranean latitudes were already
known c.4700 BC, Refs.23,24).
“As Kupe and his crew were sailing along the coast of this new land, they disturbed a giant
octopus, who was hiding in a coastal cave (near Castlepoint). Terrified at the sight of a stran-
ge canoe filled with human beings, the huge octopus swam rapidly in front of the Matahorua
and took flight, passing through the strait between the North and South Islands. Kupe follow-
ed the octopus, and discovered modern Cook Strait.
Kupe and the Matahorua eventually caught up with the giant octopus. In defense, the octopus
whipped its enormous tentacles around the canoe, intent on devouring the whole canoe. Du-
ring the furious battle which followed with the sea monster, it became obvious that the Mata-
horua was in great danger of breaking up.

3. However, Kupe suddenly had an idea, and threw a large water gourd overboard. The octopus,
thinking that a man had fallen over, released its tentacles from the Matahorua and turned to at-
tack the gourd. Kupe seized this opportunity, and waited until the octopus was entwined a-
round the gourd. Kupe then attacked the head of the octopus with his adze, and the octopus
died.” (Refs.5-7,10).
This famous account appears to tell the true story! The octopus with its eight tentacles sym-
bolizes the 8th king Huni of the Third Dynasty of Egypt. He was the real discoverer of New
Zealand. Since then it was Egyptian territory, although it was not defended by Egyptians, be-
cause the area was far away and hardly inhabited. However, chief Kupe had to conquer New
Zealand on behalf of the Maori people, who wanted to make a living there. The event proba-
bly coincided with an exodus from other island groups in the Pacific.
In the most prominent legend of New Zealand, South Island is called “the boat of Maui”, Ste-
wart Island “Maui’s anchor”, and North Island “the fish of Maui” (see above). Note, that
South Island and Stewart Island extend together over a length of 8 degrees of latitude (c.888
km), but North Island extends over 7.5 degrees of latitude (c.833 km), which is slightly less.
Rounded off, both areas each extend over 8 degrees of latitude, and it appears people knew
that both were the property of the original discoverer, the 8th king Huni of Egypt.
However, when Maui conquered New Zealand, it appears there was a symbolic battle. Maui’s
stronger position was represented by the southern area, and Huni’s slightly weaker position
was symbolized by North Island. The “battle” was clearly symbolic, because obviously, there
was not a single Egyptian around! So, in the legend the better position of Maui was illustrated
by the small size difference of both areas, which was nothing else then his “Magic Fishhook”
(see above).- Note, that both legends of Kupe and Maui turn out to be closely related!
THE SHIELD OF KUPE
This famous shield shows Kupe at the top, and his oldest Son below him (fig.1) (Ref.12).
They may symbolize North Island and South Island, respectively. The two vertical halves of
the shield are almost identical. It may correspond to the approximate distance towards the
neighboring continent of Australia, 2 Moiras= 20°, which was discovered by the 2nd king
Djoser of the Third Dynasty (Refs.23-27). The two V signs on the heads of both chiefs may
il-lustrate the main latitude of New Zealand, at 2x20= 40°S. The Shield consists of four hori-
zontal layers, confirming it. The direction of the long club of Kupe points 34°NNW, referring
to the latitude of Three Kings Islands in the extreme north of New Zealand, at 34°S.
Kupe conquered New Zealand, which was discovered by the 8th king Huni of the Third Dy-
nasty. The three plumes on top symbolize both the Nile Delta, at 30°N, and the Third Dy-
nasty of Egypt. The three serpent symbols at each side confirm it. The diagonal of this rec-
tangular shield points 15°NNW, encoding the distance from Egypt to New Zealand, 15 Moi-
ras= 150° east of the Nile Delta, when measured along the equator. Six of these angles of 15°
fit into a right angle of 90°, corresponding to the Six Dynasties of the Old Kingdom. The six
serpent symbols may confirm it. Each of these serpent symbols also represent two generati-
ons, as indicated by Kupe and his Son. Two serpent symbols are covered by the long club of
Kupe. The remaining four symbols represent 4x2= 8 generations, but may be also the 8th king
Huni, who discovered New Zealand. However, New Zealand was not an Egyptian colony a-
nymore, because it was conquered by Kupe and his Maori clan.

4. Fig.1 This Maori carving shows Kupe, the culture hero to whom, in Maori myth, the discovery
of New Zealand is attributed (Ref.12). However, it is more accurate to state that he conquered it.

5. New Zealand was already discovered by the 8th king Huni of the Third Dynasty of Egypt (c.
2670 BC).
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