Story: Waka – canoes
The canoe developed in the Pacific from the simple dugout to a vessel with outrigger floats attached, as shown here. The outrigger canoe is known in Māori as the waka ama.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Rex Nan Kivell Collection
Reference: 1/2-056342; F
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