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Waka (Māori: [ˈwaka]) are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel to large, decorated war canoes (waka taua) up to 40 metres (130 ft) long. The earliest remains of a canoe in New Zealand were found near the Anaweka estuary in a remote part of the Tasman District and radiocarbon-dated to about 1400. The canoe was constructed in New Zealand, but was a sophisticated canoe, compatible with the style of other Polynesian voyaging canoes at that time. Since the 1970s about eight large double-hulled canoes of about 20 metres have been constructed for oceanic voyaging to other parts of the Pacific. They are made of a blend of modern and traditional materials, incorporating features from ancient Melanesia, as well as Polynesia.

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References

  1. "Waka taua", Te Ara http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/waka-canoes/3
  2. Tahana, Yvonne (18 January 2010). "Waka back and better than ever". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10620757. 
  3. Waikato Museum booklet, "Te Winika"
  4. Te Winika is on long-term display at Waikato Museum. See Waikato Museum: Long Term Exhibitions. http://www.waikatomuseum.org.nz/page/pageid/2145844106/Long_Term_Exhibitions
  5. Binney, Judith (2010), "The Lost Drawing of Nukutawhiti" (in en), Stories without End: Essays 1975–2010, Bridget Williams Books, pp. 26–43, doi:10.7810/9781877242472_2, ISBN 9781877242472  https://dx.doi.org/10.7810%2F9781877242472_2
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  7. Tasman (2008).
  8. Hawkesworth J, Wallis JS, Byron J, Carteret P, Cook J, Banks J (1773) An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, vol 1, chap 10. W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand. http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=1&itemID=A781.03&viewtype=text
  9. Tasman (2008), p. 22.
  10. E Best; A. Shearer. The Māori Canoe. Wellington: NZETC. pp. 252–265. 
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  12. "Te Aurere". Te Tai Tokerau Tarai Waka. http://www.teaurere.org.nz/. 
  13. Barclay-Kerr (2007).
  14. Hawkesworth, John (1773). "Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere, Vols. II–III". London: William Strahan and Thomas Cadell. p. 460. http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-jrnl-hv23-460. 
  15. Howe (2006), p. 87.
  16. Tregear (1904), p. 115.
  17. Howe (2006), p. 240.
  18. The story of Māui as written by Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke refers to ama in sentences such as "hei roto koe, hei te ama o to taua waka" (published by Grey (1971), p. 20, translated by Grey as "You get under the outrigger of the canoe ..." Grey, Polynesian Mythology, 1974:40).
  19. Neilson, Michael (8 February 2019). "Waka ama race through Auckland retraces 800-year-old Tainui route". NZ Herald. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12201178. 
  20. "Vaka Moana". Okeanos Foundation for the Sea. https://okeanos-foundation.org/vaka-moana/. 
  21. "Our Waka Hourua". Te Toki Waka Hourua. https://www.tetokiwakahourua.org/. 
  22. Stable, Charles (2012). "Maximum Intervention: Renewal of a Māori Waka by George Nuku and National Museums Scotland". Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies 10 (1). doi:10.5334/jcms.1011202. https://www.jcms-journal.com/jms/article/download/jcms.1011202/37. 
  23. "CORONATION GIFT", Te Ao Hou http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao06TeA/c17.html
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