Story: Canoe traditions
Page 9 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Historic canoes of the Maori & Moriori people 925–1350 AD
This website contains information about the historic canoes, their departure and arrival points, drawn from the book The coming of the Maori by Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck), published in 1949.
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Transit of Venus: voyages in time and space
This chapter from a paper, ‘Waka traditions: some post-fleet considerations’, by Rāwiri Taonui, discusses the canoe traditions, and addresses the Great Fleet theory. (Microsoft Word document)
More suggestions and sources
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Duff, Roger. The moa-hunter period of Maori culture. Wellington: Government Printer, 1950.
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Evans, Jeff. The discovery of Aotearoa. Auckland: Reed, 1998.
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The lore of the whare wananga: Part 2, Te kauwae-raro. Written down by H. T. Whatahoro, translated and annotated by S. Percy Smith. New Plymouth: Polynesian Society, 1915.
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Orbell, Margaret. Hawaiki: a new approach to Maori tradition. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1991.
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Reed, A. W. Treasury of Maori exploration. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1977.
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Simmons, D. R. The great New Zealand myth: a study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1976.
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Smith, S. Percy. Hawaiki: the original home of the Maori, with a sketch of Polynesian history. 4th ed. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1921.
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Sorrenson, M. P. K. Maori origins and migrations. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1979.
