NgÄtokimatawhaorua
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
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 waka hourua (double-hulled canoe) of Kupe, the Polynesian discoverer of the islands now known as New Zealand; Kupe'
s canoe was later re-adzed and renamed Ngātokimatawhaorua. After almost three years of construction, it was completed in 1940 at the instigation of Te Puea Hērangi for the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. It was refurbished by master waka builder and navigator Hekenukumai Ngā Iwi (Hector) Busby in 1974 for relaunching during the Waitangi Day ceremonies at Waitangi, Northland and has been paddled periodically since that time. Ngā Toki can carry approximately 80 paddlers and 55 other passengers. It is the largest dugout canoe in New Zealand, measuring 35.7 metres (123 ft) long and up to 2 metres (6.56 ft) wide. It held the Guinness World Record for the world's longest canoe until July 12, 2006, when it was supplanted by a canoe built in Newport, Maine.
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- Whare Tiriti / The Treaty House monumenti · 0.2 km away
- Waitangi attraction · 0.3 km away
- Waitangi Treaty Monument monumenti · 0.7 km away
- Haruru Falls monumenti · 3 km away
- Pompallier Mission attraction · 4 km away
- Christ Church, Russell beni_culturali · 4 km away
- Bay of Islands Scenic Railway Line musei · 10 km away