Story: Waka – canoes
Page 8 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Polynesian Voyaging Society
The website of the Polynesian Voyaging Society includes information on history and culture, canoes, and journeys that have been made.
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Transit of Venus: waka voyaging
A website explaining canoe navigation from a New Zealand viewpoint, with a section on New Zealand waka, and footage of double-hulled canoes sailing to and from New Zealand.
More suggestions and sources
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Best, Elsdon. The Maori canoe. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2005 (originally published 1925).
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Evans, Jeff. Nga waka o nehera: the first voyaging canoes. Auckland: Reed, 1997.
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Evans, Jeff. Waka taua: the Maori war canoe. Auckland: Reed, 2000.
