About Te Aurere
This famous waka hourua (double-hulled canoe) reignited the practice of voyaging in Aotearoa.
Mātaki: He pae kōrero - tō Te Aurere haerenga tuatahiWatch: Panel discussion – Te Aurere’s maiden voyage
Ka huritao ngā kaumoana taketake o Te Aurere ki te haerenga ki Rarotonga i te tau 1992 i waere ai ngā ara moana ki Aotearoa hei whai mā ētahi.
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The original crew from the waka hourua Te Aurere recall its 1992 voyage to Rarotonga, which would chart the course for future voyaging in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Hei whakanui i te rewatanga o te wharetoi o Manu Rere Moana, ka tōpū mai anō ngā kaumoana taketake o Te Aurere, e 30 tau i muri anō i te haerenga tuatahi.
Te Aurere, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga 1992, Image courtesy of Te Tai Tokerau Tārai Waka Inc and Jack Thatcher
Nā Tā Hekenukumai Ngāiwi Busby, arā nā Papa Hek anō i whakahoki mai ki Aotearoa te mahi tārai waka me te whakatere waka, i runga tonu anō i ngā āwhina a Mau Piailug, tohunga o Satawal. Nō te tau 1992 ka tatū iho te moemoeā a Hekenukumai: koia ko Te Aurere - te waka hourua tuatahi kia tāraia ki Aotearoa i te 600 tau – ka rewa ki te moana.
Te Aurere's Maiden Voyage Crew 1992, Image courtesy of Te Tai Tokerau Tārai Waka Inc and Jack Thatcher
Ki te taha o ngā kaituruki pae kōrero a Ngawaiata Evans me Keringawai Evans-Larkin, atu i te taha mauī ko Jack Thatcher rātou, ko Sam Hauwaho, ko Stanley Conrad, ko Craig Subritzky, ko Martin Bercic, ko Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp, ko Pita Turei.
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