What is the meaning of waka ama?
outrigger canoeing
Waka ama is the New Zealand term for the sport of outrigger canoeing. The name distinguishes an outrigger canoe from other types of waka (canoes).
Where did waka ama originate from?
NEW ZEALAND
WAKA AMA IN NEW ZEALAND In New Zealand the first official waka ama club, the Mareikura Canoe Club, was founded on the east coast by Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell in 1985 after he observed and was inspired by Va’a racing in Tahiti. There are now more than 85 clubs spread from Kaitaia to Invercargill.
How long is a waka ama?
Waka Ama can be either a social pastime or highly competitive or a mixture of both. Waka ama racing involves both sprints, normally contested over 500, 1000 and 1500 metres in multiple lanes (and on flat water) or marathons contested over longer distances from 10 to 100kms and normally in the ocean.
What is waka in Māori?
Waka is the Māori word for canoe. The ancestors of Māori were among the greatest of canoe builders, navigators and mariners. Over the course of several thousand years, long before they came to New Zealand, Māori ancestors swept out of South-East Asia and Oceania into Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.
How many types of waka are there?
The Moriori people of the Chatham Islands used four types of Wakas: waka pūhara, waka rimu, waka pahī, and waka rā.
What does the name waka mean?
Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand. Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe. Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe.
What is Ngapuhi waka?
The Ngāpuhi waka taua (war canoe) Ngatokimatawhaorua, built for the 1940 centenary of the Treaty signing, was the largest of five waka in the Bay of Islands waters for Waitangi Day 2002.
Where did the first waka land in NZ?
Hokianga Harbour
Using the stars and ocean currents as his navigational guides, he ventured across the Pacific on his waka hourua (voyaging canoe) from his ancestral Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki. It is said that Kupe made landfall at the Hokianga Harbour in Northland, around 1000 years ago.
What do the carvings on a waka mean?
Carvings in Wakas Historically used for voyages or going to war, they were spiritual and ornately carved with traditional designs. When the Maori came to New Zealand from wider Polynesia, they traveled in these wakas to our shores. The large wakas are called waka taua and were typically used as war canoes.
What were Māori waka made of?
tree trunks
Waka are built from tree trunks. In Polynesia, waka were narrow and not very stable, because they were carved from narrow trees. Some canoes had outriggers at the side to keep them steady. But New Zealand had vast forests of big trees such as tōtara and kauri.
Where is the country of waka?
Wakka Wakka, or Waka Waka, people are an Aboriginal Australian community of the state of Queensland.
Is waka a Japanese name?
Waka (和歌, “Japanese poem”) is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature….Forms of waka.
| Name | Form | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Bussokusekika | 5-7-5-7-7-7 | A tanka with an extra phrase of 7 on added to the end |
Who was in New Zealand before Māori?
Before that time and until the 1920s, however, a small group of prominent anthropologists proposed that the Moriori people of the Chatham Islands represented a pre-Māori group of people from Melanesia, who once lived across all of New Zealand and were replaced by the Māori.
Who was the first Māori in NZ?
The first people to arrive in New Zealand were ancestors of the Māori. The first settlers probably arrived from Polynesia between 1200 and 1300 AD. They discovered New Zealand as they explored the Pacific, navigating by the ocean currents, winds and stars.
What are the names of the 7 waka from the Great Migration?
The seven waka hourua that arrived to Aotearoa were Tainui, Te Arawa, Mātaatua, Kurahaupō, Tokomaru, Aotea and Tākitimu.
What is a hei matau?
A hei matau is a bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a highly stylised fish hook typical of the Māori people of New Zealand.
When will the waka ama NZ event sanctioning process be effective?
Click here for an update on the Waka Ama NZ Event Sanctioning process. The updates and amendments to the Waka Ama NZ Event Sanctioning process are effective as of 1 February 2022. more stories…
What is the waka ama zoom consultation?
As a part of the Sport NZ Waka Ama Strengthen and Adapt Plan, Waka Ama NZ is hosting an online zoom consultation for our Clubs and their members in each Region. TPOTI, AROCA & TUOTR whānau you are up next week! Official race results up now from the James Bhutty Moore-Morial Race 2022!
Is waka ama cancelling the 2022 secondary school nationals?
Due to the current Covid Omicron outbreak and Aotearoa being in the Covid Protection Framework Red setting for an unknown period of time, Waka Ama NZ has made the very difficult decision to cancel the 2022 Secondary School Waka Ama Nationals. This months prize is donated by Ruahine Kayaks, check out their listing on our Equipment Suppliers page.