April 01, 2015
Pride in waka progress
The waka Haunui has stopped off in Ahuriri-Napier as it makes rapid pace in its circumnavigation of the North Island.
Ngahiwi Tomoana from Ngati Kahungunu Inc says it's great to have the Haunui alongside local waka Te Matau a Maui.
They will be part of a fleet leaving in mid-April for a festival in Rarotonga in May celebrating Polynesian navigation.
Mr Tomoana says the spectacle at the wharf is a big contrast from two years ago, when the iwi decided it needed to get behind the waka kaupapa.
Ngahiwi Tomoana says Ngati Kahungunu is keen to share what it is learning with other iwi.
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