He kaiwhakatere waka a Hekenukumai Pūhipi (Busby) nō Te Tai Tokerau. Nā Nainoa Thompson, te kaiwhakatere waka o te Hōkūle‘a, a ia i whakaoho ki ngā tikanga whakatere waka o mua. He tauira a Hōkūle‘a o ngā waka tawhito o Hawaii; nā Nainoa i whakatere ki Aotearoa i te tau 1985. I nga tau 1991-1992 ka hangaia e Hekenukumai tōna waka hourua, ko Te Aurere. Hui katoa, neke atu i te e 30,000 maero te nui o ana haere; kua tae a Te Aurere ki Hawaii, ki French Polynesia, ki Kuki Airani, ki New Caledonia, tae rawa atu ki te moutere o Norfolk. I tua atu, e toru ngā wā ka taiāwhio ia i Te Ika-a-Māui. I whakawhiwhia a Hekenukumai ki te tohu New Zealand Commemoration Medal i te tau 1990 me te MBE i te tau 1994, mō ana mahi nunui i roto i te iwi.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1998/0365/33
by Melanie Burford
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