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Story: Waka – canoes

Waka in Viaduct Harbour

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Waka in Viaduct Harbour

These magnificent waka taua (war canoes) were paddled into Viaduct Harbour, Auckland, as part of the Waka 2003 event to support Team New Zealand’s defence of the America’s Cup.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 2 February 2003

by Martin Sykes

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Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Waka – canoes – Waka taua, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8529/waka-in-viaduct-harbour (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, published 2 March 2009.