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Story: Waka – canoes

Page 8. External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Polynesian Voyaging Society

    The website of the Polynesian Voyaging Society includes information on history and culture, canoes, and journeys that have been made.

More suggestions and sources

  • Best, Elsdon. The Maori canoe. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2005 (originally published 1925).
  • Evans, Jeff. Nga waka o nehera: the first voyaging canoes. Auckland: Reed, 1997.
  • Evans, Jeff. Waka taua: the Maori war canoe. Auckland: Reed, 2000.
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Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Waka – canoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/13567/sources (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, published 22 September 2012.