The canoes of New Zealand have been described in great detail by Elsdon Best great work “The Maori Canoe”. It is certainly the most profound, best-documented, and most complete study on any Oceanic canoe.
I would also like to add the work by Jeff Evans, an acquaintance of mine, “Waka Taua, The Maori war canoe”, published in 2000.
The canoes of New Zealand have been described in great detail by Elsdon Best great work “The Maori Canoe”. It is certainly the most profound, best-documented, and most complete study on any Oceanic canoe.
I would also like to add the work by Jeff Evans, an acquaintance of mine, “Waka Taua, The Maori war canoe”, published in 2000.
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This drawing depicts a traditional Maori double-hulled canoe (Waka Unua) under a double spritsail, sketched in 1769 by Herman D. Spoering Jr.. an artist and naturalist aboard Captain James Cook”s Endeavour.
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Haunui canoe- New Zealand.
Built in Auckland in 2009 by Salthouse Boat Builders and funded by the Okeanos Foundation of the Sea, the 72-foot vessel was modeled on the Cook Islands voyaging canoe Te Au O Tonga. Originally named Va’atele for American Samoa, it was damaged in a 2009 tsunami before being acquired by Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr and renamed Haunui.
This style vessel belongs to a specific design type modeled after the Te Au O Tonga (Cook Islands) and was constructed in a fleet of seven exemplars , Hikianalia being one of them.
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New-Zealand- Maori Chief with Beached Waka by Augustus Earle.
The image shows the historic artwork WAR SPEECH (painted in 1838) by British artist Augustus Earle, depicting a Ngapuhi Maori war party gathered at the Bay of Islands in New-Zealand around 1827-1828.
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This image shows a 19th-century French wood engraving titled” Pirogue de le Nouvelle-Zelande” (New Zealand canoe) drawn by the artist Louis Le Breton and originally published in the French periodical Le Magasin Pittoresque in 1847.
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“Two Maoris standing by a boat with an elaborate design” by Alexander Sinclair 1842-1843. This sketch was later used to produce a postcard of it.
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Natives carrying a canoe into the sea. A ship can be seen in the distance. Sketch by Alexander Sinclair.
The image shows Te-Toki-a-Tapiri, (the Axe of Tapiri) a sacred Māori war canoe (waka taua) displayed at the Wellington Museum. Built around 1836 for Te Waaka Tarakau.
New-Zealand Waka Taua, or traditional Maori war canoe model at the Vatican.
It features intricately carved wooden prows and stern posts (Tauihu and Taurapa) characteristic of Maori canoes.
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Black and white steel engraving titled “Le Schooner entoure de pirogues” (The schooner surrounded by canoes). Created from expedition illustrations associated with French maritime explorations of the Pacific such as Dumont d’Urville or Louis de Freyconet’s voyages in the early-to-mid 19th century.
Maori war canoe (waka Taua) titled “A war canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End Foreland”. Drawon by botanical artist Sydney Parkinson during Captain James Cook’s first circumnavigation of the globe aboard the HM Endeavour (1768-1771)
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The image shows a historical engraving titled “Native Games at Te Papa Camps, Tauranga, New Zealand: War Canoes Competing for Prizes” from 1866, based on a sketch by Lieutenant Horatio Gordon Robley of the 68th Regiment, published in THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/224695?page=1&rtp=1&ros=1&asr=1&assoc=all&mb=c
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Sydney Parkinson Maori War Canoe, 1769, Cook's first voyage.
