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The term ama is a word in the Polynesian and Micronesian languages to describe the outrigger part of a canoe to provide stability. Today, among the various Polynesian countries, the word ama is often used together with the word vaka (Cook Islands) or waka or va'a (Samoa Islands, Tahiti), cognate words in various Polynesian languages to describe a canoe.
Waka taua (in Māori, waka means "canoe" and taua means "army" or "war party") are large canoes manned by up to 80 paddlers and are up to 40 metres (130 ft) [4] in length. Large waka, such as Ngā Toki Matawhaorua [ 5 ] which are usually elaborately carved and decorated, consist of a main hull formed from a single hollowed-out log, along with a ...
This is a list of Māori waka (canoes). The information in this list represents a compilation of different oral traditions from around New Zealand. These accounts give several different uses for the waka: many carried Polynesian migrants and explorers from Hawaiki to New Zealand; others brought supplies or made return journeys to Hawaiki; Te Rīrino was said to be lost at sea.
Samoan double canoe, va'a-tele (the big canoe), was much larger, and consisted of two canoes, one longer than the other, lashed together with cross-bars amidships, and having the thatched shed or cabin built upon a stage that projected over the stern, instead of in midships, as in the Tonga canoes.
waka: canoe, boat [17] (modern Māori usage includes automobiles) whānau: extended family or community of related families [13] whare: house, building; Other Māori words and phrases may be recognised by most New Zealanders, but generally not used in everyday speech: hapū: subtribe; or, pregnant
The captains were Kaiwhetu and Wairere, [1] who landed the waka in Doubtless Bay. [2] The exact landing site of the Waipapa is contested. [2] Various accounts place the landing point at Rangiaowhia, Taipa, Oruru, [2] or Karikari Peninsula. [1]
Ngā Toki in its whare waka at Waitangi Ngā Toki Matawhaorua of Pewhairangi , often simply known as Ngā Toki , is the name of a New Zealand waka taua (large, ornately carved Māori war canoe). It is named after Matawhaorua , the canoe of Kupe , the Polynesian discoverer of the islands now known as New Zealand; Kupe's canoe was later re-adzed ...
Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe; Māori migration canoes, the ocean-going canoes that brought the Māori people to New Zealand; Waka taua, a Māori war canoe; Waka hurdling, a traditional Māori sport of jumping over canoes; Waka huia, a Māori treasure box; Waka (mythology), a Hawaiian lizard goddess; Waka language, an Adamawa language ...