Story: Waka – canoes
In this wood engraving from 1889 a group poles their canoe up the Whanganui River. The great effort required for travelling upstream is illustrated by the large number of men on the poles.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0085-096
Wood engraving by James Coutts Crawford
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.