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Kōrero: Waka ama – outrigger canoeing

He waka hourua nō Tonga, tekau tau 1790

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Double-hulled waka, Tonga, 1790s

Tērā te wā ka whakamahi ngā tīpuna Māori i ēnei waka kia whiti mai i Hawaiki ki Aotearoa. I noho tonu ēnei momo waka ki ngā moutere i te wā kua ngaro noa atu ēnei waka. Nō Tonga tēnei tānga, ā, nā te Wīwī nā Copia i tā i te tau 1790. E rua ngā papa o te waka kei runga i te waka hourua nei, kotahi te tira tapatoru.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-112-011

by Piron

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

Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Waka ama – outrigger canoeing – Traditional waka ama, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/40453/double-hulled-waka-tonga-1790s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, i tāngia i te 12 February 2013.