Watch: Panel discussion – Te Aurere’s maiden voyage
The original crew from the waka hourua (double-hulled canoe) Te Aurere recall its 1992 voyage to Rarotonga, which would chart the course for future voyaging in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Mātaki: He pae kōrero - Te toi o te whakatere wakaWatch: Panel discussion – The art of traditional navigation
Areare mai ki ngā mauri o te mātauranga waka hourua o Aotearoa nei, i a rātou ka matapaki i te pūtaiao tau o ngā terenga waka hourua ki te tuauriuritanga o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.
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Hear from the knowledge holders of traditional navigation in Aotearoa New Zealand as they discuss the ageless science that has sustained deliberate exploration of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the vast Pacific Ocean, in ocean-going waka.
Mātaki mai i ngā mauri kōrero o te waka hourua, i a Jack Thatcher rātou ko Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, ko Stan Conrad, ko Heemi Eruera, ko Manihera Forbes, i a rātou ka wānanga i ngā kāhui whetū mō te whakatere waka: ko Te Waka o Tamarēreti me Te Waka o Māui.
Ko Tākuta Wayne Ngata te kaiwhakarite i te pae kōrero.
He mea whakahoki mai ēnei mātauranga ki Aotearoa, nā ngā tohunga whakatere waka a Mau Piailug rāua ko Tā Hekenukumai Busby, arā ko Hek Busby, ka kaha kitea nei ki tā mātou whakaaturanga o Manu Rere Moana.
Muri i a rāua he tohunga tupuranga hou te kawe tonu nei i ngā mahi a ō rātou wheinga.
Atu i te taha mauī ki te taha matau: ko Manihera Forbes, ko Heemi Eruera, ko Jack Thatcher, ko Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, ko Stanley Conrad, me tō rātou kaiwhakarite ko Wayne Ngata.
Transcription to come.
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