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Kōrero: Canoe traditions

Waka hourua o Tonga

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Double-hulled canoes, Tonga

E whakapono ētahi he waka hourua a Tainui me Te Arawa, ko te ingoa ko Ngā-Māhanga-a-Tuamatua. Nō te ūnga mai ki te whenua nei ka wehe rua te waka. Tērā pea, i hanga ōrite nei taua waka ki ngā waka e whakaatuhia nei i te tānga nei nā Isaac Gilsemans. I tāngia e ia te whakaahua nei i tōna haerenga i te taha o Abel Tasman ki ngā moutere o Tonga i te tau 1643.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0106-002

by Isaac Gilsemans

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe traditions – Te Arawa and Tainui, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/2347/waka-hourua-o-tonga (accessed 4 June 2026).

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