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  MA-URI® Institute - Centre for Polynesian Healing Arts
Waka Taua were steered by rear steering paddles and by paddlers using different strokes on each side of the canoe.
Waka MA-URI was also created to provide research into the various systems that were used by the early Polynesians in their epic crossing voyages in the Pacific Ocean.
Waka Medics are large 22-24 metre double hull Waka capable of carrying medical teams and supplies to remote Pacific Island people as well as carrying cargoes of educational material to be recycled from mainland schools.
www.ma-uri.org /uk/zealand_waka01.php   (1557 words)

  
  Waka (canoe)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The names and stories associated with those waka were passed on in Maori oral history (korero nehera) as the descendants of the settlers multiplied and separated into iwi (tribes), [(hapu)] (sub-tribes).
The word waka is used to denote confederations of iwi descended from the settlers of a single migratory canoe.
A waka huia is a hollowed and carved vessel used for storing (of taonga) treasures such as the prized tail feathers of the now-extinct huia which are worn as ornaments in the hair.
www.abcworld.net /Waka_%28canoe%29.html   (307 words)

  
 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ - Teremoe
Waka can be divided into three classes: war canoe - the finest and most richly carved type of Māori canoe, used in war expeditions and coastal voyages; fishing canoe - smaller and plainer, used for sea fishing and coastal voyagers; and river canoe - a plain dug-out hull, used for many purposes.
Māori canoe paddles were manufactured from the hardwoods of New Zealand manuka, matai, maire, pukatea or tawa, which when dry were extremely light and yet could bear the weight and pressure.
Toko waka (canoe poles) are made to fit the handgrip of the owner - varying in length from 2.5 to 6 metres.
www.tepapa.govt.nz /TePapa/English/Learning/OnlineResources/SGR/Teremoe.htm   (1923 words)

  
 Canoe navigation - Waka – canoes - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
The outside of the hull was flat, which stopped the wind pushing the canoe sideways; the inside was rounded to keep the water flowing between the hull and the outrigger.
All double-hulled canoes sat high in the water to minimise drag, and were therefore capable of great speeds.
Length served two purposes: one was to steer the canoe; the other was to prevent the vessel being pushed sideways by the wind and sea swell.
www.teara.govt.nz /NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/CanoeNavigation/1/en   (700 words)

  
 Selway Fisher Home Page
For the canoe and kayak enthusiast and those interested in rowing we have created a new web site - www.canoesandskiffs.com - at the moment it has much the same information on it that we have on this site for our canoes, kayaks and rowing skiffs but it will eventually grow with more info.
This is a new Group started 04/09/06 for those building our canoe designs - this will be a group/forum to exchange ideas on construction and to share photos of the canoes you are building and the treks that you have undertaken with them.
The Canoe User Group/Forum is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFDesigncanoebuilders - when you link to it, press the "Join" link if you want to join.
www.selway-fisher.com   (2678 words)

  
 New Designs for 2001
This canoe is based upon our Waterman 13 which has been given a larger capacity by introducing tumblehome into the topsides and giving her a little more depth—(14”/0.355m) - this makes her excellent for carrying larger loads on a short length and for open canoe sailing.
This canoe is based upon our Baby Raven which is an all round general purpose canoe—this asymmetric version gives a slightly faster craft for single handed use—she would also make a good sailing canoe and would fill the remit of a slightly smaller Carrick.
The Tikopian 24 is based on the 18' Waka Ama and uses the same stitch and tape plywood construction process.
www.selway-fisher.com /New2001.htm   (2990 words)

  
 Garvan Laing - Te waka Maori - Canoes of Polynesia and the New Zealand Maori
Over the next 400 years, those canoes became larger and more elaborate until, at their peak of development, they were large double-hulled craft with a single claw-shaped sail to supplement the efforts of the paddlers.
There are the large and highly decorated war canoes (the famed "waka taua") able to carry as many as 180 men with 90 or 100 of them paddling at a time to the synchronising calls of a captain.
Part of the sporting events are the canoe races, some of which include hurdles, in which the paddlers are required to power their canoes over a hurdle some 20 or 30 cm.
www.grijalvo.com /Garvan/waka.htm   (598 words)

  
 Canoe Guide - ::Sal's Realm of RuneScape::
Canoes are the new method of transportation in RuneScape, introduced on the 7th of March, 2006, and they let you row all the way along the River Lum, and even into an underground river which leads to the deep Wilderness.
This canoe is a bit more advanced than the former,and it needs 27 woodcutting to be carved out of the canoe tree.
This canoe is a good upgrade to the dugout canoe, and requires 42 woodcutting.
runescape.salmoneus.net /canoes.html   (711 words)

  
 Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs Social and Economic Prosperity for Pacific Peoples
The revival of the Waka ama or traditional outrigger canoes offers Pacific youth a way to re-establish a close relationship with nature, and knowledge of their forebearers, says James Papali'i, whos is leading the revival.
Waka ama were also an important factor to the survival and welfare of our forefathers.
We need to build this canoeing sport as it will allow our children and future generations to reconnect with their roots, and build their seafaring culture and identity.
www.minpac.govt.nz /resources_pvc_culturalprosperity_sessionsummary_one.htm   (531 words)

  
 The Waka - Te Paranihi on display at Otago Museum Dunedin New Zealand
There are many different forms of waka, determined by their purpose, and the one at the Otago Museum is based on a 'waka taua' - a war canoe.
Although originally intended to be a war canoe Te Paranihi was never used for fighting and instead the 16 metre long vessel was used as a fishing canoe by Maori in the region.
The waka was purchased by the Otago Museum in 1931.
www.otagomuseum.govt.nz /the_waka_te_paranihi.html   (470 words)

  
 Eruption - Tarawera
At first the group was startled by the rapid surges in the water of lake Tarawera this was soon forgotten as the tourists longed to begin the journey and the locals wanted the economical benefits.
The tourists in the boat, and their Maori crew, clearly watched a waka (canoe) moving parallel to them a half mile to the north.
The crew of the waka were paddling rapidly towards Mount Tarawera as if in a traditional Maori funerary procession to the sacred burial grounds and paid no attention to the tourist boat.
www.anheizen.com /eruption/index.php?content=spectre.php   (380 words)

  
 nzepc - Robert Sullivan - From waka to whakapapa - Peter Marsden
Waka 89, whilst on the surface a very un-Western text, at the same time proceeds in the same vein as 88 in constructively and deftly playing off the conventions of the oral and the written against each other, in particular putting a humorous metafictional, or metapoetic, gloss on the oral tradition.
The sequence of "voice"-poems is crowned by the "eponymous" Waka 96:
The vessels — whether canoe or tall ship, or rather: canoe and tall ship, that is the point — that brought the poet's ancestors to where he now is, were at the same time the media by which their culture, value systems, language and art forms were transmitted.
www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz /authors/sullivan/marsden.asp   (3209 words)

  
 Keith Rankin's Thursday Column
The second is that of the "waka" (canoe to non-New Zealander readers), a vehicle on which successful candidates ride into parliament, and then disembark from.
The waka mechanism encourages even those who become well enough known to be elected as Independents to behave in a collegial way.
The waka mechanism does not, however, require back-bench MPs to be political infantry, at their leaders' command.
pl.net /~keithr/rfc2002815ParliamentPeople.html   (932 words)

  
 Waitangi Tribunal - About the Reports
With the aid of Te Ngaki people the canoe was dragged to their main village at the mouth of a stream now known as Waitangi, the first place of that name in New Zealand, signifying the lament (tangi) for the wrecking of that sacred canoe.
One of the earliest known canoes, some claim the first to strike the beaches of Tai Tokerau, was Mamaru, on which Te Parata was the chief man. The canoe had earlier sailed under the name of Tinana and the authority of Tumoana, Parata's uncle.
Their waka was sinking, and the damage was repaired at the Kermadec islands, using Po's kaharoa to bind the loosened timbers together.
www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz /reports/viewchapter.asp?reportID=337EEC7B-555A-47A5-910E-B12796A26C01&chapter=18   (3952 words)

  
 Glass. Glass waka, glass canoe, glass Maori waka (lead crystal waka)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Maori are believed to have travelled to Aotearoa (Maori name for New Zealand) in waka (canoes) from the islands of eastern Polynesia.
These waka could be over 25 meters and could carry over one hundred people.
The glass waka on our site are hand moulded and hand-etched with Maori design, like the koru (representing new life, new beginnings, growth, movement.
www.aotearoa.co.nz /blindell/waka.htm   (113 words)

  
 Waka Sui
The carving and use of a waka siu was strictly under the control of the ariki, the religious leader, and the sacred cult house.
These canoes were furnished also with a frame on the platform of the outrigger, to hold the coconut offerings.
The fisherman stood facing the stern of the canoe to fish, trailing the hook in the water between the wakes left by the hull and the outrigger float.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~mspp/kapingamarangi/k11-1-canu.htm   (750 words)

  
 Wakatu Incorporation New Zealand. A business of the land and sea
Te Tau Ihu O Te Waka: A history of Maori of Nelson and Marlborough, compiled by Hilary and John Mitchell of Mitchell Research, there are several references to the definition of the word Wakatu.
Another reference found in this report that suggests an origin for the name Wakatu is in a translation of a lament by Kauhoe upon hearing of the death of her husband, Te Puoho.
A central figure at the bottom of the carvng is Te Rauparaha, one of the rangatira who led to Te Tau Ihu te Waka a Maui the Maori people, whose descendants are the shareholders of Wakatu Incorporation.
www.wakatu.org /main/Logo   (305 words)

  
 Polynesian Voyaging
Illustrations of Polynesian sailing vessels and waka, footage from ocean voyages support Nainoa Thompson's views on the significance of Polynesian voyaging and exploration heritage.
The purpose was to take the canoe to the peoples of Polynesia who share a common ancestry and to reawaken pride in their common traditions of navigation and voyaging.
Hokule`a, the first modern replica of a voyaging canoe to make the voyage from Hawai'i to Tahiti and back, became a symbol of the richness of Polynesian culture and the seafaring heritage which links together all of the peoples of the Pacific.
www.transitofvenus.auckland.ac.nz /wakavoyaging/index1.html   (1400 words)

  
 NZ Folk Song * Töia Mai Te Waka
The purpose of these two karanga is to weave a spiritual rope to allow the waka of the manuhiri to be pulled on to the marae.
Ara,toia mai,te waka, Ki te i runga,te waka, Ki te moenga,te waka, Ki te takoto runga i takoto a i te waka,hi.
When the manuhiri reach their destination (the guest tribe's marae) the canoe is said to have figuratively arrived at its resting place.
folksong.org.nz /toia_mai   (688 words)

  
 Maori Values
Ngä unga waka - the landing places of canoes - are of great significance in Mäori history, because genealogies are traced back to those who came on the original waka (canoes).
The name translated means the "bow of the canoe of Maui", from the earlier stories of Maui, the waka (canoe) being Te Wai Pounamu (the South Island).
In the second phase, people of ‘Kurahaupo waka’ descent or ‘Rangitäne tribes’, with original connections to Te Mahia and Heretaunga on the East Coast of the North Island, were some of the first people to populate Te Tauihu-o-te-Waka-a-Maui and occupied both coastal and inland areas.
icm.landcareresearch.co.nz /science_themes/human-dimensions/maori_values.htm   (1337 words)

  
 Waka Canoe Prow Statue Gisborne Gisborne New Zealand picture
Waka Canoe Prow Statue Gisborne Gisborne New Zealand
Waka Canoe Prow Statue Gisborne Gisborne New Zealand - $59.99
Waka Canoe Prow Statue Gisborne Gisborne New Zealand is in stock and available for purchase.
www.exploitz.com /Waka-Canoe-Prow-Statue-Gisborne-Gisborne-New-Zealand-picture.php   (265 words)

  
 Waka Taiamai Tours, Maori Culture Bay of Islands, Bay of Islands Maori Cultural Tours
Waka Taiamai Tours, Maori Culture Bay of Islands, Bay of Islands Maori Cultural Tours
Waka Taiamai Tours offers the oppertunity to experience authentic Maori culture in the Bay of Islands.
Our waka journey begins with the calls from our Kaihautu (chief) with the sounding of the warriors and visitors all chanting to the rhythm of the paddle piercing the water.
www.tourism.net.nz /new-zealand/attractions/maori-culture/bay-of-islands/taiamai-tours   (904 words)

  
 History
He landed his waka (canoe) Maataa-houruaat in Whanganui-a-tara (near Wellington).
One theory is that their home land was becoming so over populated that a shortage of food forced some families to adventure out into the seas in search of a new homeland.
The Maori arrived in 12 waka, their different tribal groupings; Maori genealogy is derived from each waka of their ancestors.
www.geocities.com /biely08/history.htm   (542 words)

  
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 Appendix H
The canoes that went out fishing for tuna (sakua), held two or three people, and were called waka Matariki (canoe of the Pleiades).
These were canoes requisitioned for the purpose and kept temporarily on the marae, covered with mats.
The one for Mongohenua was chanted while the bonito canoe of the ariki was being paddled on the sacred ocean.
www.uoregon.edu /~mspp/kapingamarangi/Kpg-h.htm   (3956 words)

  
 Rotorua Museum, New Zealand - Things to See & Do - The Treasures of Te Arawa - Nga Taonga o Te Arawa   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The canoe made its final landing at Maketu in the Bay of Plenty around 600 years ago.
The proverb Te Arawa katoa mai I Maketu ki Tongariro (the bow of Te Arawa rests at Maketu and the stern at Tongariro) defines the tribal boundaries of the canoe region.
It is the common canoe ancestry that unites the two main divisions of Te Arawa and Tuwharetoa.
www.rotoruanz.com /rotorua_museum/te_taonga.htm   (352 words)

  
 New Zealand travel tips, visitor information and Kiwi News.
He stared at the trees in the forest and said to himself, "I need a waka, a canoe that will be big enough to hold many warriors."
And as he watched, the half-formed canoe disappeared and was replaced with a smooth trunk that glowed red in the light.
His heart leapt when he saw a war canoe sitting on logs that stretched in an endless line through the forest.
www.kiwinewz.com /html/rataswaka.htm   (741 words)

  
 Tangata Whenua gallery of Maori cultural artefacts Otago Museum Dunedin New Zealand
Enter through the gateway, a modern structure depicting legendary crew and canoes that travelled here from Hawaiki, to see examples of prehistoric rock drawings and material from the Shag River mouth archaeological site, once inhabited by moa hunters.
You’ll be overwhelmed with the focus of the central area of the gallery - the grand and ornate waka (canoe), Te Paranihi, and intricate carvings of the meeting house from Ngati Porou, the North Island's East Coast Tumoana-Kotore.
Canoe figure head on loan from the Auckland Institute and Museum
www.otagomuseum.govt.nz /tangata_whenua.html   (382 words)

  
 New Zealand waka search from New Zealand Tourism Online
Taiamai Maori Waka Canoe Journeys, Bay of Islands Maori Culture, New Zealand...
Travelling by Waka (canoe) guided by the people of the wanganui river you will hear the history, live the stories and revell in the majesty that is the "Wanganui River".
Travelling in his Waka (canoe), Kupe was upon the fishing grounds as te Ra, the sun, slowly rose to start his new journey.
nzto.resultspage.com /nz/waka   (554 words)

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