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Te Wharekura 45

Te Wharekura 45

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Te Wharekura 45

Nā Matahi Whakataka Brightwell ngā kōrero
Nā Wiremu Kaa rāua ko Cass Tangaere i whakamāori

This collection is a translated version of the book called 'Waka.' It provides information about the double hull canoe, about Hawaiki-nui and the journey from Tahiti to New Zealand in 1986.

Te Wharekura 45

He mihi 

He mihi atu tēnei ki a Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell nāna nei ngā kōrero Pākehā mō te waka a Hawaiki Nui. Ki a Wiremu Kaa nāna i whakamāori ngā kōrero a Matahi, a, ki a Cass Tangaere i hoki mō ana whakamāori i ngā Hei Mahi. He mihi atu hoki ki a Ranginui Walker mō ētahi o ana kōrero i tana pukapuka Ka Whawhai Tonu Mātou, i tāria e Penguin o Ākarana i te tau 1990 

This resource is no longer in print. You may be able to find it in the resource room in your kura.

Ngā pūrākau kei roto i te puka nei: 

  • Waka 
  • Te hangaanga i te waka 
  • Mō ngā waka Māori 
  • Te rerenga o te waka 
  • Te nohonga i te waka

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Waka

Nā Matahi Whakataka Brightwell. 

Nā Wiremu Kaa i whakamāori. 

I te ahiahi ka kaha haere te ngāngā mai o te tai. Ko ngā kapua kei te pango haere, ā, kei te puta ngā hau kino. Kua āhua wetiweti te taunga o tō mātau waka i waho mai o Motiti, i kō mai hoki o te tomokanga ki te whanga o Tauranga. Ka puta te māharahara mēnā ka mau tonu rānei ngā herenga o tō mātau waka. Tērā pea ka pakaru takiwā noa iho ngā moemoeā me ngā wawata o te rōpū waka. Inā hoki kua kauria te rua mano maero o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa, ā, nā ngā uauatanga i tino mōhio ai mātau ki ngā āhuatanga katoa o te moana. Ahakoa kei te kaha tō mātau māuiui, me tā mātau whawhai tonu ki te hoe whakawaho anō, ki te pupuri i te waka kia tau rānō ngā riri a Tangaroa me Tawhirimatea, ka huri ngā whakaaro ki ngā mātua tīpuna i heke mai i ēnei huarahi, ahakoa noa rā i puta ngā kino, i ū tonu rātau ki Aotearoa nei. 

Te Tīmatanga

I whānau ahau i Te Oreore i te tau 1952. Ko aku kāwai nō Ngāti Porou, nō Ngāti Raukawa, nō Ngāti Tūwharetoa, nō Ngapuhi me Te Arawa. He kāmura hanga whare taku matua. Ētahi atu o ana mahi he whakairo, he hanga waka. Mai i te kura tuatahi ki te kura tuarua, ka puta aku mahi tohu mō te hanga āhuatanga i runga pepa. Mutu rawa atu taku kura, mōhio tika tonu ahau ko te tino hiahia o taku ngākau, he mahi whakairo. 

Nō te tīmatatanga o te whakairo i a Toa Rangatira, te whare tipuna o te marae i Takapuwāhia i Porirua i te tau 1976, ka tū ahau hei akonga mō te mahi whakairo. Ko Kohe Webster rāua ko Rua Kaika aku kaiako. Inā mutu ngā mahi o te awatea, ka noho mātau i ngā pō ki te whakaputa whakaaro. I whakatakotoria e Kohe ōna whakaaro mo te whakaara mai i te mahi hanga waka a o tātau mātua tipuna. I mahara ahau kua ngaro noa atu ēnei mahi, engari, i aua pō i tahuri mātau ki te waihanga i ētahi āhuatanga mo te hanga waka Māori. 

Nā ēnei kōrero o te pō, i puta ai te māramatanga ki ahau mō ngā waka o ngā tīpuna i ahu mai i Hawaiki. Ka puta mai hoki te hiahia ki ahau ki te hanga i tētahi waka Māori nui pērā, e rua nei ōna takere me ōna hēra hei rerenga i te Moana Nui a Kiwa. 

Ko ngā kōrero mai a Kohe rāua ko Rua ki ahau, me tīmata ahau ki te kimi i ētahi rākau tino nui. Ka tautoko tonu rāua i ahau. I āhua taupatupatu taku ngākau tērā pea e kore tēnei e taea, ahakoa i pupū ake te rikarika mō tēnei mahi. 

I tau rawa ngā tīpuna Māori ki te whenua o Hāmoa me Tonga mō te mano tau, i a rātau e kōpikopiko ana i te Moana Nui a Kiwa. I tīmata mai aua haerenga i te rua rau tau i muri iho i a Karaiti. I roa te wā e hūnuku haere ana ngā waka, ā, tae rawa ana ki ngā moutere i te takiwā o Te Fenua Enata te wā o te toru rau tau. Nō muri mai ka huri whakarunga nga waka ki Hāwai'i, me te ahu atu anō hoki ki Rapanui. Nō ngā tau o te ono rau tēnei. Nō te waru rau tau a Aotearoa ka hekengia. Mīharo ana hoki tērā me te ārikarika o te rerenga o ngā iwi katoa ki te nohonoho i ngā moutere o te Moana Nui a Kiwa. Pau katoa te Moana Nui ā Kiwa nui tonu, i a rātau haerenga, me ngā moutere hoki i riro i a rātau hei kāinga noho, ahakoa he moana te nuinga o tēnei rohe, tekau paihēneti tēnei o ngā whenua o te ao whānui. I roto katoa tēnei i te ono rau tau, ā, i mua hoki o te rerenga o Columbus. 

Ngā Kupu Whakamārama

A – K 

A

amatiatia outrigger 
Aotea Great Barrier Island 
ārikarika the amount, the many 
āwhā storm 
 

H

hanake to come 
haumātakataka hurricane 
hau roa trade wind 
hoe aratika steering system 
hotu o te moana sea swell 
huka pūkeri blizzard 
hūnuku voyage, move 
 

K

kahokaho whakaora safety rail 
kahu kautere life jacket 
kaitātaki person in charge 
kākati wai māori pack of fresh water 
Kihi, Kiowi Bristle thighed curlew 
Koekoeā Long-tailed cuckoo 
Kōpū Venus 
Kōtaha Frigate bird 
kotokoto booms on boat 
kōutu to bail out (of water) 
kuiti peninsula 
Kuriri Pacific golden plover 
 

About this resource

This resource is no longer in print. You may be able to find it in the resource room in your kura.

Taumata: Taumata 6, Taumata 7, Taumata 8 
Kaupapa: Rārangi Pukapuka 
Kohinga: Te Wharekura 

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