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Kōrero: Waka – canoes

Whakairo waka taua

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Waka taua carvings

Kātahi te whakairo ātaahua, ko te tauihu o te waka taua. Nā Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke, rangatira o Te Āti Awa te tauihu nei i tārai i te rau tau 1800; nāna i takoha tēnei waka ki te Tiuka o Edinburgh i tana haerenga ki Aotearoa i te tau 1869. Rangatira tonu atu ētahi o ngā tohunga whakairo, nā te nui rawa atu o te whakaaro o te Māori ki ngā mahi whakairo.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

by Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke

Permission of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Waka – canoes – Waka taua, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/6003/whakairo-waka-taua (accessed 24 June 2026).

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