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Story: Waka – canoes

Northland canoes

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Northland canoes

A number of Māori pose in fishing canoes at Kohukohu, Northland, in 1894. It is likely that they are taking part in races.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Henry Charles Clarke Wright Collection (PAColl-5032)

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Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Waka – canoes – Other types of waka, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6013/northland-canoes (accessed 4 June 2026).

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