Name: Nga Waka o Nehera
Brand: Oratia Books
SKU: 9780947506056
Price: 22.74 GBP
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Nga Waka o Nehera

The first voyaging canoes

By (author): Jeff Evans

Published by Oratia Books

In Stock

£34.99

£22.74

Published: 01-Jan-2016
ISBN: 9780947506056

Paperback
224 Pages
b/w illus

Subjects:
Australasian & Pacific history
Folklore
myths & legends
Navigation & seamanship
Ships & boats: general interest

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Nga Waka o Nehera is the essential reference work to the traditions of Maori canoes that voyaged to New Zealand including lists of the waka, names of crew members and vessels, karakia and waiata, and maps. A must for lovers of history, students of Maori and nautical enthusiasts, the book is concisely written with Jeffs trademark clarity and solid research.

Jeff Evans is a well-known writer and photographer who works for leading clients in New Zealand and overseas. An authority on Maori canoes, Jeff is also the author of Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand, Nga Waka o Nehera: The first voyaging canoes and Maori Weapons in Pre-European New Zealand, and editor of Elsdon Best's Notes on the Art of War. Jeff lives in Te Atatu, Auckland with his family.