Waka (Māori: [ˈwaka]) are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel...

This is a list of Māori waka (canoes). The information in this list represents a compilation of different oral traditions from around New Zealand. These...

Ngāhue of the Tāwhirirangi canoe. A large tree was cut down by four men called Rata, Wahieroa, Ngāhue and Parata, to make the waka which came to be known...

ancestors of the iwi that form the Tainui confederation. The Tainui waka (canoe) was made from a great tree, at a place in Hawaiki known then as Maungaroa...

Look up waka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Waka may refer to: Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New...

their ancestors set out from their homeland in waka hourua, large twin-hulled ocean-going canoes (waka). Some of these traditions name a homeland called...

parts lashed together with flax rope. All waka are characterized by very low freeboard. In Hawaiʻi, waʻa (canoes) are traditionally manufactured from the...

whakapapa (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on the waka (canoe) Tainui. The 2018 New Zealand census reports show an estimated population...

Tākitimu was a waka (canoe) with whakapapa throughout the Pacific particularly with Samoa, the Cook Islands, and New Zealand in ancient times. In several...

Waka (canoe) Adirondack guideboat – resembles a canoe Canoe paddle strokes Canadian Canoe Museum Kennebec Boat and Canoe Company E.H. Gerrish Canoe Company...

term vaka or waka means "boat" or "canoe" in most Polynesian languages. It comes from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ, meaning "ship" or "canoe". Cognates in...

Ko Te Parata te tangata (Te Parata is the man), Ko Māmaru te waka (Mamaru is the canoe), Ko Ngāti Kahu te iwi (Ngati Kahu is the tribe). McCully Matiu...

of the canoe is called ama in various Polynesian languages. The word is cognate with other Polynesian words such as vaka or the Māori word waka. It is...

the phantom waka (canoe). Eleven days before the eruption, a boat full of tourists returning from the Terraces saw what appeared to be a waka approach their...

bleeding of Tama-te-kapua"). Tama-te-kapua was the captain of the Arawa waka (canoe) and was badly wounded on the island, after having lost a battle with...

homeland of the Ngati Whaoa tribe who descended from those on the Arawa waka (canoe). The area has a long history as a tourist attraction. While the area...

him. Then he stowed away in the hull of his brothers' waka (canoe). The next morning, when the waka was too far from land to return, he emerged from his...

FM and a youth-oriented station Tai FM. Hector Busby, navigator and waka (canoe or ship) builder Dame Whina Cooper, woman of mana, kuia, teacher, storekeeper...

traces its origins to the arrival of Māori settlers on the Mātaatua waka (canoe). The Mātaatua settlers established settlements in the Bay of Plenty...

known as Te Ika-a-Māui. In some traditions, his canoe (waka) became the South Island, known as Te Waka a Māui. His last trick, which led to his death,...

associated with Paikea), around 1450CE. He was given command of the Tākitimu waka (canoe), and took it down to the South Island where he landed at the Arahura...

(often found in the names of New Zealand rivers) waiata singing, song waka canoe, transport whakapapa genealogy, ancestry, heritage whānau extended family...

greeting), mana (power or prestige), puku (stomach), taonga (treasure) and waka (canoe). The Māori language of the indigenous Māori people has been an official...

fishing – fishing from a kayak Outrigger canoeing – sport in which an outrigger canoe (vaʻa, waʻa, and waka ama in Tahitian, Hawaiian, and Māori languages...

perhaps Marama, shouted out "Hoturoa, your canoe is tainui ('very heavy')". Tainui was one of the last waka to leave Hawaiki for New Zealand. It departed...

In Māori tradition, Aotea is one of the canoes (waka) in which Māori migrated to New Zealand; it is particularly associated with the tribes of Taranaki...

Whānau-ā-Apanui Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom Rohe (region) Eastern North Island Waka (canoe) Tauira-mai-Tawhiti, Mātaatua, Arawa Population 11,808 Website http://www...

Tūmatakōkiri faced a new threat from the Ngāti Apa tribe, who launched frequent waka canoe attacks on the Nelson region from their home base in the Kapiti coast...

to one or both sides of the main hull. They can range from small dugout canoes to large plank-built vessels. Outrigger boats can also vary in their configuration...

refers to a grouping of Māori iwi descended from the crew of the Tākitimu waka (canoe). Today, private and merchant craft can choose to fly the Flag of New...