Six voyaging waka from around the Pacific made their way onto Auckland's Ōkahu Bay today in a celebration of Pacific unity.
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Native Affairs Summer Series 2014- Waka
Over the next 10 weeks the Native Affairs Summer Series will look back at the stories we have told in 2014.
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Hōkūleʻa & Hikianalia arrive to the Bay of Islands- Feature
If it wasn't for the double-hulled canoe Hōkūle'a making its initial voyage to NZ perhaps the Māori world would not have been inspired to revive the knowledge and skills of our ocean-voyaging ancestors.
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Te Tii Marae welcomes voyaging canoes Hōkūle'a and Hikianalia
Around 100 people gathered at Te Tii Marae in Waitangi to welcome the voyaging canoes Hōkūle'a and Hikianalia as they sail across earth's oceans to join and grow the global movement toward a more sustainable world.
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Ocean voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrive in Bay of Islands
Today, the legendary ocean voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa and its sister canoe Hikianalia arrived in the Bay of Islands.
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Native Affairs- Young Guns
Waka, Va'a, Wa'a and Vaka are all Polynesian names for the outrigger canoe. On these single and double-hulled waka, Polynesians migrated all around the Pacific but we've been racing in them well before the arrival of Pākehā.
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Te Matau a Māui waka receives much needed makeover
Double-hulled waka "Te Matau a Maui" was lifted out of the water into dry dock this week, for a makeover.
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Mālama Honua voyage to promote more sustainable future
The voyage, Mālama Honua or "Care for the Earth", is estimated to take three years on its worldwide voyage across the oceans to grow the global movement toward a more sustainable future.
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NewsTainui canoe 'Te Winika' sustains damage only to its stern
Waikato Museum has confirmed the damage to Tainui canoe, Te Winika, is to its stern only. The 200-year-old waka was undergoing restoration work when linseed oil-soaked rags used on the project burst into flames last Sunday.
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200-year-old Tainui waka damaged in Museum fire
A 200-year-old Tainui waka was one of the items damaged in a fire which broke out at Hamilton's Waikato Museum last night.
