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Kōrero: Canoe navigation

Waka ama o Nūkini

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Outriggers of New Guinea

I tauirahia ngā whakaahua nei i ngā tānga huahua a te tohungatā o runga i te kaipuke Wīwī, a Astrolabe, i hōpara i te raki o Nūkini i te tau 1827. Nō te tāpiritanga atu o te ama (he pērā i te takere, engari he paku ake) ki te waka, kua tau te haere o te waka. He mea here ngā rauawa hei hono i te ama ki te takere. Nā te pīngore o ngā rākau me ngā kaha i ekengia ai e te waka ngā ngaru whakapuke.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe navigation – Waka – canoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/2208/waka-ama-o-nukini (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.