New Zealand - Maori Culture - Maori War Canoe - Canoe full and people watching from shore - 1910 Taheretikitiki (Waka taua) - A waka taua (war canoe) - Built by the Ngāti Whātua people of the Waitematā - Later given to King Tawhiao (Reference: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/39417210#:~:text=Taheretikitiki%20(Waka%20taua),related%20items%20to%20this%20topic) Maori People - The indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand - Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia - Arrived in New Zealand in several waves of waka (canoe) voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350 - Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed their own distinctive culture (Reference: Wikipedia) --------------------- Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections D_TWS_0011 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/29443