The discovery of Aotearoa / Jeff Evans; foreword by Francis Cowan.
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TextPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : Reed, 1998Description: 128 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0790006499
- 9780790006499
- Kupe -- Legends
- Brightwell, Matahi -- Travel -- New Zealand
- Cowan, Francis -- Travel -- New Zealand
- Hawaiki-nui (Canoe)
- Maori (New Zealand people) -- History -- To 1840
- Navigation -- Polynesia -- History
- Polynesians -- Migrations
- Navigation -- Polynesia
- Māori (New Zealand people) -- Boats
- Tohunga kōkōrangi
- Hekenga
- New Zealand -- Discovery and exploration -- Maori
- 919.9304
- DU410 .E93 1998
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 919.9304 EVA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A163082B |
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Diagram on inside back cover.
Part one covers "the causes and characteristics of Polynesian migration, the location of the Maori homeland, the legend of Kupe, traditional Polynesian navigation, and the preservation of seafaring knowledge in Maori tradition"--Back cover.
Part two gives ... "a first-hand account of the building and sailing of the voyaging canoe Hawaiki-nui which sailed from Tahiti to Aotearoa in late 1985"--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index.
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