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Kōrero: Marlborough region

Waka on the Pelorus River

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Waka on the Pelorus River

Surveyor and artist Charles Heaphy painted this picture of waka (canoes) on the Pelorus River based on a sketch by E. J. Wakefield, probably made when Wakefield visited the valley in 1839. The setting is probably near present-day Canvastown.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-145-007

by Charles Heaphy

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

Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough region – Transport and communications, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/31784/waka-on-the-pelorus-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 9 May 2011, updated 1 November 2016.