The remains of an oceangoing waka were found in August 2024 on Chatham Island, the main island of New Zealand's Chatham Islands archipelago; the remains were hence called the Chatham Island waka. Part
A 1906 painting, entitled Departure of the Six Canoes from Raratonga for New Zealand, AD1350, of oceangoing waka
Polynesians are an ethnolinguistic group comprising closely related ethnic groups native to Polynesia, which encompasses the islands within the Polynesian Triangle in the Pacific Ocean. They trace the
Māori people in the North Island, New Zealand
1827 depiction of Tahitian pahi double-hulled war canoes
A portrait of Māori man, by Gottfried Lindauer.
Kava ('ava) makers (aumaga) of Samoa. A woman seated between two men with the round tanoa (or laulau) wooden bowl in front. Standing is a third man, distributor of the 'ava, holding the coconut shell cup (tauau) used for distributing the beverage.