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Māori migration canoes
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Māori oral histories recount how their ancestors sailed from their homeland to New Zealand in ocean-going canoes. Some of these traditions name a homeland called Hawaiki. The canoes were probably twin
Departure of the Six Canoes from Raratonga for New Zealand, AD1350, a 1906 painting by Kennett Watkins depicting the imagined Great Fleet leaving Raro
Departure of the Six Canoes from Raratonga for New Zealand, AD1350, a 1906 painting by Kennett Watkins depicting the imagined Great Fleet leaving Rarotonga in 1350
Ipanitika
Ipanitika
Wa'a kaulua
Wa'a kaulua
Paraw
Paraw
Waka (canoe)
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Waka are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes used for fishing and river travel to large, decorated war canoes up to 40 metres long.
Māori migration canoes
…Māori oral histories recount how their ancestors sailed from their homeland to New Zealand in ocean-going canoes (waka). Some of these traditions name a homeland called Hawaiki. The canoes were probably twin-hulled canoes (waka hourua) or large outrigger canoes. Among…
Waka taua (war canoes) at the Bay of Islands, 1827–1828
Waka taua (war canoes) at the Bay of Islands, 1827–1828
A waka taua on display at the Otago Museum in Dunedin
A waka taua on display at the Otago Museum in Dunedin
Traditional waka at Waitangi Treaty House site
Traditional waka at Waitangi Treaty House site
Drawing of a traditional waka, 1773
Drawing of a traditional waka, 1773