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Kōrero: Te whakatere waka

Hōkūle‘a, 1985

I te tau 1975 ka whakaritea e Ben Finney o te Polynesian Voyaging Society i Hawaii te hangatanga o tētahi waka hourua e 20 mita te roa, ko te Hōkūle’a. Nā Mau Piailug te waka i urungi atu i Hawaii ki Tahiti i te tau 1976. Ko te tauira mō te waka, ko ngā waka hourua tawhito. Mātaki i te Hōkūle’a e tau ana ki Aotearoa i tā rātou haerenga i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa mō ngā tau e rua.

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Rāwiri Taonui. 'Te whakatere waka', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 21-Sep-11
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