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Definitions
Waka Taua War Canoe Waka hourua Voyaging Canoe
Waka Tapu
Waka Pinakaku War Canoe Waka Taurua Double hulled Uruao Mythical
Waka Pitau War Canoe Waka Ama Outrigger canoe Waka mamae  
Wakapatu   Waka Tere Sailing canoe Waka takitaki mate  
    Waka Noa     Waka Maori
Waka Tete   Ordinary Canoe Korea waka or canoe   Waka Pakeha
Waka Tiwai Ordinary Canoe Reti or Reti reti old term for waka    
Waka Kopi Ordinary Canoe Kaupapa canoe fleet    
Waka Kopapa Ordinary Canoe        
Waka Korea Ordinary Canoe Waka Tarere Ceremonial Canoe    
Waka Koti Ordinary Canoe       Waka Chatams
Waka Roki Common Canoe       Waka puhara
          Waka korari
          Waka rimu
Waka Tangata Tapu removed- women allowed to crew... constructed from fibreglass and used in waka sports   Waka Rima
  Waka ra
  Waka pahi
Waka Mokihi (Mogi) Made from raupo (bulrushes) and harakeka (flax) (Waitaki River)    

 

rakautu or rakaupaparu sail 25-foot sailing waka known as a tipairua  
ra turuturu matua foresail rango are the rollers used in the launching of a waka  
 re tauaki aft sail    
W1. one person single hull  
W2. two person single hull
W3. three person single hull
W4. four person single hull
W6. six person single hull
Waka Taurua
WT12 . twelve person double hull
Waka Tere
WT4 four person single hull sailing
WT6 six person single hull sailing
WT12 twelve person double hull sailing
  Ref...... The Maori Canoe by Elsdon Best
     
 





        
Waka associated:  Ngatokimatawhaorua  at Waitangi
and Ngatokimatawhaorua at Kerikeri
Waka associated: Te Toki-o-tapiri Akarana Te Tuatara Ngapuhoro Te Kairangai Ruapuki Te Rangi-tu-makohakoha (waka makutu) Auckland
Kaipara (Waka Taua) Te Reihe Te Maero Te Kahu Te Whakatakaru

Waka on the Waikato

 

Waka Taua

Waka Tiwai

Waka Tiwai
Hoheroa Sweeny    Erueti
Kia Ora Airship Moto Ka
Maramarua Chicken Pox Papa Rata
Matiu Hanita Haere kia-kite Rheumatic
Ngati Hine Haeremai Te Pupiri Kana

Ngatokimatawhaorua Kamu Te Wai-nui-atane
Rangatahi Kauri Vioret
Raparoa Kauri Gum Whawhakia
Tauanui Kimiora

Tamanaho Kimiatu  
Tangi te Kiwi Kawah

Taharetikitiki (x Wellington) Manukoriki

Taharetikitiki 2 Mary Marjory

  Mirima Tiri  
Te Aio o Nukutaimemeha                   Motuka  
Te Pupiri Kana Maurea Whawhapia
 Te Winika Momoni  
  Parapareke  
Aruiteuru   Mythical
Huruhurumanu   Mythical
Aotea became Tumanako    
Takatimu became Te Rangatahi    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                     
Auckland War Memorial Museum    Te Toki-a-Tapiri

 

Tuhi Mata
Tuarua
Kamokano
Te Kouiti
Nukutaimemeha

 

 


Notes 

In 1852 1,792 canoes entered the harbour of Auckland, bringing to market by this means alone 200 tons of potatoes, 1,400 baskets of onions, 1,700 baskets of maize, 1,200 baskets of peaches, 1,200 tons of firewood, 45 tons of fish, and 1,300 pigs besides flax, poultry and vegetables . . . (Swainson, 1853:142).

In 1843 the missionary Richard Taylor counted over a hundred canoes beached for one hui, or gathering, along a remote upper tributary of the Wanganui

53 small vessels were registered as being in native ownership and the annual total of native canoes entering the Waikato was more than 1,700. This was the golden age of Maori agriculture. (New Zealand Law Society, 1989, p. 7)

Quoted: "The wheat was transported in two separate halves of a large canoe. The ends of the halves were boarded up to form two barges. The reason for this being that the whole canoe was too long to be used for the purpose. Possibly this was one of the waka that the Ngati Haua, when the abandoned their pas at Waharoa in 1840 and having no further use for their waka, presented to the Ngatipaoa at Tahuna"

 

WEB Sites
http://www.maoriart.org.nz/noticeboard/nga_waka
http://www.grijalvo.com/Garvan/waka.htm
Waka 45m Waiapu River Clive River Nga Tukemata O Kahungunu
Unnamed waka Te Awamutu Museum Te Aio o Nukutaimemeha Built 1998
   Modern named waka  1990 
Arikinu Porangahau Tamatea Te Aniwaniwa Porirua
Awatea Hou Mercer Te Arawa Hutt City
Ki Te Rangi Mahuhu Te Awanui Rotorua
Kurahaupo Picton Te Iaroa Ngaruawahia
Mataatua Puhi Matauri Bay Te Ikanui a Rauru Gisborne
Ngatokimatawhaorua Waitangi Te Kotuiti Tuarua Tauranga
Rangatahi Ngaruawahia Te Raukura Kaiaua
Rangi Mata Levin Tinana Wellington
Taheretikitiki Ngaruawahia Toi O Mataatua Whakatane
Takitimu I Chatham Islands Tuhimatakamokamo Te Awamutu
Te Ahi Kakarik Tauranga Tumanako Auckland
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


Hawaiikinui Pahiatua 1981. Greg Whakataka-Brightwell was the originator of
the six year project to build this waka and navigate from Tahiti to Aotearoa
by traditional methods

Te Aurere

Te Karangatahi Waka built in Australia

Ohiwa harbour Waka associated: Hangi-hongi-o-te-hoariri
 
Wanganui Waka Tauwhare-puru Te Pokaikaha
Huia Te Auroa. Te Rangimatoru
Kiekie Te Kurahaupo Te Upoko-o-Tutamauwhenua
Kiwi Te Maatua Te Wehi o Te Rangi
Moa Te Mahuhu Te Whaitomuri
Oneroa Te Makawhiri Te Whakaengarangi
Parinui Te Mata O Hoturoa Wakanui  
 Stewart Te Matakourua Weka  
 Tau Whenua    
There are six waka in the W(h)anganui Museum
  Te Aroha    Taiko        
Whakatane Waka associated: Hangi-hongi-o-te-hoariri
Lake Waikaremoana
Hine-Waho Ruhanui Tarakewhetu
Tuteanga Tuteihonga Tamatea
Tarake Rakatuwhenua Hinerakei
Reimata-nui Tutonga  
 


Otaki   Waka Taua Te Hamaria Tiki Tiki Rerewaitui 

 

South Island

Waka associated with Te Rauparaha Parinuiowhiti Waikahua Waikatohu

 

Nelson Te Awatea

Otago Museum

Waka Taua Te Paranihi

Bought from Wanganui Te Paranihi was called 'Tauria Komene'. However, in 1880 it was changed to 'Te Paranihi' in honour of when the waka was used to transport the Premier of New Zealand, Mr John Ballance, up the Wanganui river. The new name is actually a Maori translation of 'Ballance'.

Akaroa Two waka tiwai ? in a private museum..

 


 

Chatam Waka
Many of the waka on the list are of the migratory waka
Karaangatai Tohoro-i-ongongo Kimi Manu-kau-moana
Tama-kororo Hape Rangimata Mapouriki
Tupu-ngaherehere Tihauwea Mano Mata-rangi
Matarangi Kotoko Okahu  
Poreitua Pou-araki   waka humare Te Rangimata

For comparison with Canadian Log Boats see http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/watercraft/wainteng.html

 


At present not updated Waka All

Airship 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Akarana

 

 

 

Aotea became Tumanako

 

 

 

Arikinu Porangahau

Tamatea

 

 

Awatea Hou

Mercer

 

 

Chicken Pox 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Erueti Waka Tiwai

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Haere kia-kite

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Haeremai

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Hangi-hongi-o-te-hoariri

Ohiwa harbour

 

 

Hangi-hongi-o-te-hoariri

Whakatane

 

 

Hape 

Chatam

 

 

Hawaiikinui

Pahiatua

1981

 

Hinerakei Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

 

Hine-Waho

Lake Waikaremoana

 

Hoheroa Sweeny 

Waikato

Waka Taua

 

Huia 

Wanganui

 

 

Kamokano

 

 

 

Kamu 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Kana 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Karaangatai

Chatam

 

 

Kauri 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Kauri Gum 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Kawah 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Ki Te Rangi

Mahuhu

 

 

Kia Ora  

Waikato

Waka Taua

 

Kiekie

Wanganui

 

 

Kimi 

Chatam

 

 

Kimiatu 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Kimiora

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Kiwi 

Wanganui

 

 

Kotoko 

Chatam

 

 

Kurahaupo

Picton

 

 

Mano 

Chatam

 

Manu-kau-moana 

Chatam

 

Manukoriki 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Mapouriki 

Chatam

 

Maramarua 

Waikato

Waka Taua

Mary Marjory

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Mataatua Puhi

Matauri Bay

 

Matarangi 

Chatam

 

Mata-rangi 

Chatam

 

Matiu Hanita 

Waikato

Waka Taua

Maurea 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Mirima Tiri 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Moa 

Wanganui

 

Momoni 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Moto Ka 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Motuka 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Nga Tukemata O Kahungunu 

Clive River

 

Ngapuhoro

Auckland

 

Ngati Hine

Waikato

Waka Taua

Ngatokimatawhaorua

 Kerikeri

 

Ngatokimatawhaorua

Whitangi

 

Ngatokimatawhaorua

Waitangi

 

Ngatokimatawhaorua 

Waikato

Waka Taua

Nukutaimemeha                    

 

Okahu 

Chatam

 

Oneroa  

Wanganui

 

Papa Rata 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Parapareke

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Parinui 

Wanganui

 

Parinuiowhiti 

 

Te Rauparaha

Poreitua 

Chatam

 

Pou-araki 

Chatam

 

Rakatuwhenua Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

Rangatahi 

Waikato

Waka Taua

Rangatahi 

Ngaruawahia

 

Rangi Mata

Levin

 

Rangimata 

Chatam

 

Raparoa 

Waikato

Waka Taua

Reimata-nui Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

Rheumatic 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Ruhanui Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

Stewart 

Wanganui

 

Taharetikitiki 

Waikato

Waka Taua

Taharetikitiki  

Wellington

Waka Taua

Taheretikitiki 

Ngaruawahia

 

Taiko   

Te Aroha 

 

Takatimu became Te Rangatahi

 

Takitimu I

Chatham Islands

Tama-kororo 

Chatam

 

Tamanaho 

Waikato

Waka Taua

Tamatea Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

Tangi te Kiwi 

Waikato

Waka Taua

Tarake Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

Tarakewhetu Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

Tau Whenua 

Wanganui

 

Tauanui 

Waikato

Waka Taua

Tauwhare-puru 

Wanganui

 

Te Ahi Kakarik

Tauranga

 

Te Aio o Nukutaimemeha

Built 1998

 

Te Aio o Nukutaimemeha                

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

Te Aniwaniwa

Porirua

 

Te Arawa

Hutt City

 

Te Aurere

 

 

Te Auroa 

Wanganui

 

Te Awanui

Rotorua

 

Te Awatea

Nelson

 

Te Hamaria Tiki Tiki Rerewaitui

Otaki

Waka Taua

Te Iaroa

Ngaruawahia

 

Te Ikanui a Rauru

Gisborne

 

Te Kahu

 

 

Te Kairangai Ruapuki

Auckland

 

Te Karangatahi

 

 

Te Kotuiti Tuarua

Tauranga

 

Te Kouiti

 

 

Te Kurahaupo 

Wanganui

 

Te Maatua 

Wanganui

 

Te Maero

 

 

Te Mahuhu

Wanganui

 

Te Makawhiri 

Wanganui

 

Te Mata O Hoturoa 

Wanganui

 

Te Matakourua 

Wanganui

 

Te Paranihi

 

Waka Taua

 

Te Pokaikaha 

Wanganui

 

 

Te Pupiri Kana 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Te Pupiri Kana 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Te Rangimata

Chatam

Waka Humare

Te Rangimatoru 

Wanganui

 

 

Te Rangi-tu-makohakoha

Auckland

Waka makutu

Te Raukura

Kaiaua

 

 

Te Reihe 

 

 

 

Te Toki-o-tapiri

Auckland

War Memorial Museum

 

Te Tuatara

Auckland

 

 

Te Upoko-o-Tutamauwhenua 

Wanganui

 

 

Te Wai-nui-atane 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Te Wehi o Te Rangi 

Wanganui

 

 

Te Whaitomuri

Wanganui

 

 

Te Whakaengarangi 

Wanganui

 

 

Te Whakatakaru

Kaipara

Waka Taua 

 

Te Winika 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Tihauwea

Chatam

 

 

Tinana

Wellington

 

 

Tohoro-i-ongongo 

Chatam

 

 

Toi O Mataatua

Whakatane

 

 

Tuarua

 

 

 

Tuhi Mata

 

 

 

Tuhimatakamokamo

Te Awamutu

 

 

Tumanako

Auckland

 

 

Tupu-ngaherehere 

Chatam

 

 

Tuteanga Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

 

Tuteihonga Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

 

Tutonga Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

 

Vioret 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Waikahua

 

Te Rauparaha

Waikatohu

 

Te Rauparaha

Wakanui  

Wanganui

 

 

Weka 

Wanganui

 

 

Whawhakia 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

Whawhapia 

Waikato

 Waka Tiwai 

 

 

 

Updated 25/10/2006