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Waka will be part of NZ history curriculum, PM pledges at Waitangi 4 Feb, 2021 09:28 PM 5 minutes to read Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugs Tai Tokerau s oldest Māori Warden, Henare Hape, 82, of Whangārei. Photo / Peter de Graaf Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugs Tai Tokerau s oldest Māori Warden, Henare Hape, 82, of Whangārei. Photo / Peter de Graaf Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has pledged that waka and the deliberate discovery of Aotearoa by Polynesian navigators will form part of New Zealand s new school history curriculum. Ardern made the promise during a visit to the waka camp at Bledisloe Domain, near Paihia, which draws hundreds of kaihoe (paddlers) from around the country each year in the lead-up to Waitangi Day. ....
Bay News: Waitangi Day 2021 - festival schedule, events, Eru and the waka 3 Feb, 2021 11:00 PM 8 minutes to read Ngātokimatawhaorua - the large canoe that was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Photo / Te Rawhitiroa Bosch Northern Advocate Eru and the Waka If you d been standing on a beach in 1940 at the launch of the largest canoe in the world, you would have seen 12-year-old Eru Patuone Heperi. He was the youngest paddler on board and his father was one of the carvers who helped create the significant waka. Eru Patuone Heperi comes ashore at Waitangi in 2020. At 12 years old he was the youngest paddler on board when Ngātokimatawhaorua was first launched. At 92, he was the oldest paddler on board. Here he is flanked by the late Wiremu Wiremu (left) and his great nephew Tapua Gudeon (right). Photo / Te Rawhitiroa Bosch ....