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Waka hourua o Tonga

Waka hourua o Tonga

E whakapono ētahi he waka hourua a Tainui me Te Arawa, ko te ingoa ko Ngā-Māhanga-a-Tuamatua. Nō te ūnga mai ki te whenua nei ka wehe rua te waka. Tērā pea, i hanga ōrite nei taua waka ki ngā waka e whakaatuhia nei i te tānga nei nā Isaac Gilsemans. I tāngia e ia te whakaahua nei i tōna haerenga i te taha o Abel Tasman ki ngā moutere o Tonga i te tau 1643.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0106-002
Photolithograph of ink drawing by Isaac Gilsemans

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.

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Rāwiri Taonui. 'Ngā waka tere moana', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/nga-waka-tere-moana/5/6