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Kōrero: Canoe navigation

Waka ndrua nō Whītī

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A Fijian ndrua

He nunui te ndrua. Kitea ai i te whakaahua nei, he nui ake te ama matua i te ama tuarua. Ko te mahi a te ama nui he kawe i ngā utanga me ngā tāngata, ko te mahi a te ama paku, he whakatau i te waka ki roto i te wai. Ka whakamahia ngā waka ndrua nunui i ngā putanga ki te moana nui, ā, ahakoa kīhai i taea e ia ngā utanga taumaha o te waka hourua, he pai ake te ndrua ki te tohu.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-098264; F

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

Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe navigation – Waka – canoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2209/waka-ndrua-no-whiti (accessed 4 June 2026).

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