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Kōrero: Canoe navigation

Te whakamahi i te waka hei kāpehu

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Canoe’sdirection of travel Canoe’s direction of travel PORTBEAM BOW STARBOARDBEAM STERN Sunsets Star Asets Star Bsets Star Arises Star Brises Sunrises Canoe

He hoahoa tēnei e titiro whakararo ana ki tētahi waka. Ka whakaroherohea te pae o te rangi ki etahi ‘whare’, ā, ka tohua ngā whare nei ki ngā rauawa o te waka. I mārama ngā tohunga ka rerekē te rere o te rā me ngā whetū i te rangi i ngā wāhanga o te tau. E ahu ana te waka nei ki te raki ki te pahore o Rēhua. I tēnei wā ka whiti te rā i te rāwhiti, ka heke i te uru. Hei ngā pō, kua tātaria ngā ara o ngā whetū hei tohu i te huarahi tika. Hei tauira, i te toremitanga o Whetū A, ka tātaria ko Whetū B. Ka haere tonu te mahi nei mō te pō, kia whiti anō te rā. Whakamahia ai ngā tohu o te rā i ngā ata hāpara me ngā ahiahi pō.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe navigation – Ocean voyaging, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/2223/te-whakamahi-i-te-waka-hei-kapehu (accessed 4 June 2026).

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

Comments

Imelda Bargas
12 January 2016
Tēnā koe Hone You are welcome to use the waka and star compass diagrams for training purposes. All the best for the voyage. Nāku noa, nā Imelda.
Hone Tibble
06 January 2016
Tena koe e te matua Rawiri, justr wanting to get your approval for us using the above waka compass & your star compass for our tauira training for using star navigation. Our roopu is Raukawa Moana Voyaging Trust. We are sailing from Wellington to Doubtless Bay on the waka Nukutaiao, a traditional double hulled waka carved and built by Takuta Taakirirangi Smith. You can see our page on facebook. Hone Tibble