Navigation: Star compass
The waka hourua (double-hulled ocean vessel) Te Aurere sailed across the Pacific using traditional navigation techniques passed down by tūpuna (ancestors). Discover more about traditional navigation.
Mahi whakatere: Ki te whakatere ma tō ringaNavigation: Navigate by hand
Ākona te whakatere waka mā te ringa, mā te hau, me te whakamahi i ngā taura o tō waka.
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Find out how you can navigate using your hand, the wind in your waka, or by the ropes.
Hautū mā tō ringa
E tere ai i a koe tō waka, hikina tō ringa toro, ka inea te whare kei te paerangi.
E 360 ine te paerangi. E 32 ngā whare, nā reira he 11.25 ine ia whare.
He rerekē te rarahi o ngā matimati me ngā ringa o ia tangata. Kia mōhio pū koe ki ngā inenga whare tika kei tō ringa.
Whakaakona te mahi ine whare mā tō ringa i runga i te kāri ki tēnei o ngā whakaaturanga.
Ko ngā pikitia whakaari nā Toka Tamihere, e whai ana i ngā tauira a Mahara Nicholas me ngā mātauranga a Jack Thatcher, kaiwhakatere Pwo.
Inea te wā
Ka āhei anō koe ki te whakamahi i tō ringa toro ki te ine i te wā.
I roto i te kotahi haora ka rere te rā mā te 15 ine.
E toru haora rawa i muri i te whitinga o te rā, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i tēnei tikanga ki te ine i te takanga o te wā.
Ko ngā pikitia whakaari nā Toka Tamihere, e whai ana i ngā tauira a Mahara Nicholas me ngā mātauranga a Jack Thatcher, kaiwhakatere Pwo.
Ngā matohu kahokaho
He matohu kei runga i ngā kahokaho oTe Aurere me Ngahiraka-Mai-Tawhiti hei tohu i ngā whare kei te kāpehu whetū.
Ko ngā pikitia whakaari nā Toka Tamihere, e whai ana i ngā tauira a Mahara Nicholas me ngā mātauranga a Jack Thatcher, kaiwhakatere Pwo.
He pueru mātirotiro
He tohu pānui te pueru, te rimu rānei ka herea ki ngā taura o runga te waka hourua.
Mā te pānui i te pueru mātirotiro kua kite ake te kaiwhakatere i te kaha me te ahunga o te hau.
Ko ngā pikitia whakaari nā Toka Tamihere, e whai ana i ngā tauira a Mahara Nicholas me ngā mātauranga a Jack Thatcher, kaiwhakatere Pwo.
Ngā taura
E whakamahia ai te taura hei taputapu whakatere, me kimi te kaiwhakatere i te whetū tika mō taua whakaterenga. Ka tika te ahunga o te waka hourua mā te tīaroaro.
Ko ngā pikitia whakaari nā Toka Tamihere, e whai ana i ngā tauira a Mahara Nicholas me ngā mātauranga a Jack Thatcher, kaiwhakatere Pwo.
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