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Story: Waka – canoes

Launching a canoe

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Launching a canoe

In this painting of a bay in Canterbury, a small canoe is being readied for a fishing expedition. A recent catch hangs on a drying rack beside the other canoe.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-269-012

by Frederick Aloysius Weld

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Waka – canoes – Waka tētē, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/6011/launching-a-canoe (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, published 2 March 2009.