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Kōrero: Canoe navigation

Tātai arorangi

E W S N N by W NNW NW by N NW NW by W WNW W by N W by S WSW SW by W SW SW by S SSW S by W S by E SSE SE by S SE SE by E ESE E by S E by N ENE NE by E NE NE by N NNE N by E T u p u l ( S e t t i n g ) T a n ( R i s i n g ) Wuli wuliluubw(Upright Southern Cross) Wuli wulifasmughet(Polaris) Machemeias (So. Cross 45˚) Luubw (So. Cross rising) Mesario (Shaula) Tumur (Six top stars of Scorpio inc. Antares) Sarapool (Corvus) Mailap (Altair) Paiifung (Gamma Aquilae) Uul (Aldebaran) Marigaht (Makali’i) Murn (Vega) Wylur (Big Dipper) Igulig (Whale) Mailapailefung (Kochab/Little Dipper) Earlier (Belt of Orion) Paiyur (Beta Aquilae) (So. Cross 45˚) Machemeias (So. Cross setting) Luubw Mesario Tumur Sarapool Mailap Paiifung Uul Marigaht Murn Wylur Igulig Mailapailefung Earlier Paiyur

I ngā tau tōmua o te tekau tau atu i 1970 ka rapu haere ngā mema o te Polynesian Voyaging Society i ētahi tāngata nō Te Moananui-a-Kiwa i mātau ki ngā tikanga urungi waka. Kore rawa i kitea tētahi tangata kotahi. Heoi, ka kitea a Mau Piailug, he tohunga i te moutere o Satawal, ki Micronesia. Nāna a Hōkūle‘a i ārahi atu i Hawaii ki Tahiti, hoki atu ki Hawaii, mā te whakamahi i tētahi kāpehu whetū pēnei i tēnei ka whakaatuhia nei. Nā Mau a Nainoa Thompson i ako, te tangata tuatahi o Poronihia mō hia te rau tau ki te hautū waka i te moana mā te tātai arorangi. Nō te tau 1980, nāna a Hōkūle‘a i ārahi atu i Hawaii ki Tahiti, ka hoki ki Hawaii anō.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe navigation – Ocean voyaging, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/2220/tatai-arorangi (accessed 4 June 2026).

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

Comments

Vee Williams
24 May 2023
Great information.. my interest comes from a keen interest to learn and understand this traditional navigation methods.. around 800 years ago Tangata whenua leaders from the Pacific Islands used traditional navigation methods followed these taught to them to sail the open oceans to Aotearoa...
Simon Woods
28 June 2011
I dont think Ive any contribution but I read this in Ben Finney, Voyage of Discovery. Ive found it remarkable and interesting as the history of Polynesian canoes. In terms of mans intellect, endeavour and integrity, its of value. David Lewis We The Navigators does much the same.