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Waka hourua ki Te Moananui-a-Kiwa (3 o 3)

Waka hourua ki Te Moananui-a-Kiwa

Nō te tāpiritanga atu o te rā ki ngā waka o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa ka kaha ake, ka tere ake tō rātou rere, tere ake i ngā waka mau hoe anake. E rua ngā takere o ēnei waka; koinei te take ka tau pai te waka i runga i te wai. Ko tēnei pikitia e whakaatu ana i tētahi waka hourua (tohu ‘C’). Nā Abel Tasman tēnei pikitia o tētahi waka hourua i tā i Tongatapu i te tau 1643.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0106-001
Photolithograph 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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Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr. 'Waka', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/waka/1/2/3