Story: Canoe traditions

More links and websites

• Historic canoes of the Maori & Moriori people 925–1350 AD

  This website contains information about the historic canoes, their departure and arrival points, drawn from the book The coming of the Maori by Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck), published in 1949.

More suggestions and sources

• Duff, Roger. The moa-hunter period of Maori culture. Wellington: Government Printer, 1950.
• Evans, Jeff. The discovery of Aotearoa. Auckland: Reed, 1998.
• The lore of the whare wananga: Part 2, Te kauwae-raro. Written down by H. T. Whatahoro, translated and annotated by S. Percy Smith. New Plymouth: Polynesian Society, 1915.
• Orbell, Margaret. Hawaiki: a new approach to Maori tradition. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1991.
• Reed, A. W. Treasury of Maori exploration. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1977.
• Simmons, D. R. The great New Zealand myth: a study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1976.
• Smith, S. Percy. Hawaiki: the original home of the Maori, with a sketch of Polynesian history. 4th ed. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1921.
• Sorrenson, M. P. K. Maori origins and migrations. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1979.