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Māori canoes = Nga waka Māori / Anne Nelson.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa:Wellington, N.Z. : IPL Books, 1998.Whakaahuatanga: 120, [6] pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 21 x 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0908876084
  • 9780908876082
Tētahi atu taitaia:
  • Waka Māori
Ngā marau: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Waka Maori.DDC classification:
  • 387.2108999442 21
LOC classification:
  • DU423.B6 N45 1998
Contents:
Origins -- Adaptations, explorations -- Types of waka -- European influences -- Racing & regattas -- Waka of the Waikato ; Ngatokimatawhaorua -- The Wanganui River -- 1990 kaupapa waka.
Summary: Looks at the origins and development of Maori canoes, the different types, the spiritual significances, their central role in Maori society and how this role changed with European contact. It describes waka racing in pre- and post-European times, explains how waka were manned, paddled, sailed and navigated around the New Zealand coastline, on rivers such as the Waikato and Wanganui and in the Chatham Islands."--Back cover.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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Originally published: Auckland [N.Z.] : Macmillan, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-124) and index.

Origins -- Adaptations, explorations -- Types of waka -- European influences -- Racing & regattas -- Waka of the Waikato ; Ngatokimatawhaorua -- The Wanganui River -- 1990 kaupapa waka.

Looks at the origins and development of Maori canoes, the different types, the spiritual significances, their central role in Maori society and how this role changed with European contact. It describes waka racing in pre- and post-European times, explains how waka were manned, paddled, sailed and navigated around the New Zealand coastline, on rivers such as the Waikato and Wanganui and in the Chatham Islands."--Back cover.

In English.

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