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Kōrero: Waka – canoes

Te awa o Whanganui

On the Whanganui River

Ka whakamahia te toko i ngā awa. He ngāwari te toko waka ka heke i te awa, inarā te tangata kotahi nei e toko ana i tōna waka i te awa o Whanganui.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Auckland Star Collection (PA-Group-00610)

Reference: 1/1-003003; G

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Waka – canoes – Waka equipment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6030/te-awa-o-whanganui (accessed 14 July 2026).

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

Comments


30 November 2016
Hi Peter. Thanks for pointing out these errors, we've updated the caption now. Regards, Jamie Mackay
Peter
22 November 2016
Not a lone man. Second paddler in back of waka. Not using toko down river on the Whanganui (too deep). Using hoe.