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Kōrero: Waka – canoes

Waka hourua ki Te Moananui-a-Kiwa

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Polynesian double hull

Nō te tāpiritanga atu o te rā ki ngā waka o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa ka kaha ake, ka tere ake tō rātou rere, tere ake i ngā waka mau hoe anake. E rua ngā takere o ēnei waka; koinei te take ka tau pai te waka i runga i te wai. Ko tēnei pikitia e whakaatu ana i tētahi waka hourua (tohu ‘C’). Nā Abel Tasman tēnei pikitia o tētahi waka hourua i tā i Tongatapu i te tau 1643.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0106-001

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

Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Waka – canoes – Pacific origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/5987/waka-hourua-ki-te-moananui-a-kiwa (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.