Te puna wai kōrero

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Year
1991
Reference
46242
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1991
Reference
46242
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:29:15
Broadcast Date
06 Feb 1991
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Busby, Hekenukumai (b.1932), Interviewee

Nga Mahi a te Tohunga Waihanga Waka
Waiata : Pipi, pipi, manu e.
An interview with Master Waka Builder, Hekenukumai Puhipi (Hec Busby),
na nga Iwi o te Taitokerau about canoe building.
From the tree to the Sea, Navigation, Ancestral voyages of Kupe, Nukutawhiti, the naming of Hokianga, contruction of Waka at Aurere for Return Voyage of Māori to Hawaiiki - taputapu-atea in Rarotonga, crew numbers and adornments.
Kaikōrero : Hekenukumai Busby (in te Reo).

Ngā mahi a te Tohunga Waihanga Waka.
Waiata: Pipi, pipi, manu e.
He uiui me Hekenukumai Puhipi (Hector) Busby.
Ka whakamāramahia mai a Hekenukumai Puhipi (Hector) Busby i ngā āhuatanga ka pā i tōna mahi hanga waka mai i te tīmatanga o te rākau, te turukitanga o te rākau, te whakairotanga o ngā rākau.
Mai i te ngāhere, ki a Tangaroa.
Ka kōrero mō te haeretanga tuatahi mai o Kupe ki runga i te waka o Nukutawhiti, me te whakamāramatanga o te tapa i te ingoa o te akau o Hokianga. Te hanga o te waka ki Aurere.
Ko ngā kaihoe o te waka, Te Toi o Mataatua te kinaki mō ngā kōrero o te tohunga nei a Hekenukumai Puhipi (Hector) Busby.