Kōrero: Ngā heke i te Wai Nui

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Ngā kaumoana tuatahi o te ao

The Pacific, the world’s largest ocean

Te Wai Nui (Pacific), te moana nui rawa o te ao

The Pacific Ocean, showing Near Oceania

Te Wai Nui (Pacific), e whakaatu ana i a Poronihia Tata

The Pacific Ocean, showing Remote Oceania

Te Wai Nui (Pacific), e whakaatu ana i a Poronihia Tawhiti.

‘Taputini’ – a traditional kūmara cultivar

‘Taputini’ – he momo kūmara

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Ngā heke tuauri ki Poronihia Tata

Torres Strait islanders on a bamboo raft, 1906

Tāngata o ngā moutere o Torres Strait kei te hoe waka mōkihi, 1906

The Solomon Islands

Ngā Motu Horomona

Archaeologist Janet Davidson

Tohunga mātai whaipara tangata, a Janet Davidson

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Te kuhu ki a Poronihia Tawhiti: te iwi Lapita

Lapita pottery

Tārai uku Lapita

Sites of Lapita pottery

Ngā wāhi kitea ai ngā tārainga uku a te iwi Lapita.

Coconuts and taro, Tongan market, 2002

Kokonati me te taro, he hokohoko kei Tonga, 2002

Fossil remains

Roke kanae (fossil remains) (1 o 3)

Fossil remains of the giant iguana Lapitiguana impensa

Roke kanae o te ngārara Lapitiguana impensa (2 o 3)

Fossil remains of the giant megapode Megavitiornis altirostris

Roke kanae o te manu megapode Megavitiornis altirostris (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Atu i te Uru ki te Rāwhiti i Poronihia

Polynesian plainware from Teouma, Vanuatu

Matapaia nō Teouma, Whenuatū

Ha‘apai Group, Tonga

He whakaahua mai runga o tētahi moutere i Ha’apai, Tonga

The direction and timing of settlement

Te ahunga me te wā tika mō te heke

Statues on Easter Island

Ngā whakapakoko i Te Pito o te Henua (Rapanui)

Double-hulled voyaging canoes, Gisborne, 2000

Waka taurua, Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, 2000

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Te hōpara i Poronihia

Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl, 1990

Thor Heyerdahl, 1990

Ten canoes leave Rarotonga

Tekau ngā waka ka wehe i Rarotonga

Upwind survival strategy

Te rautaki mō te haere hautūmū (upwind survival strategy)

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Ngā hōparatanga whakaotinga ki Poronihia

The last three points of migration

Ngā rohe mutunga e toru kia taea

The Hōkūle‘a

Te Hōkūle‘a

Long-tailed cuckoo with grey warbler

Te koekoeā (long-tailed cuckoo) me te riroriro (grey warbler).

An early Moriori fishhook

He matau tōmua nā te Moriori

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Ngā tīpuna Māori

An oyster-shell fishing lure shank

He maimoa papa tio (oyster-shell fishing lure shank)

Haast’s eagle attacking a moa

Te hokioi (Haast’s eagle) e kōkiri ana i te moa

A gourd used by Māori

He hue nā te Māori

Mai i te whārangi 8 - He aha i hōpara ai?

A Polynesian lightbox

He pouaka rama (Polynesian light box)

Archaeologist Janet Davidson

Tohunga whaipara tangata Janet Davidson

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Geoff Irwin, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/nga-heke-i-te-wai-nui/media (accessed 19 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Geoff Irwin, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, reviewed & revised 8 Feb 2017