The discovery of Aotearoa
By: Jeff Evans; foreword by Francis Cowan.
Publisher: Reed
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Kupe -- Legends.; Brightwell, Matahi -- Travel -- New Zealand.; Cowan, Francis -- Travel -- New Zealand.; Hawaiki-nui (Canoe); Maori (New Zealand people) -- Origin.; Maori (New Zealand people) -- History -- To 1840.; Navigation -- Polynesia -- History.; Polynesians -- Migrations.; New Zealand -- Discovery and exploration -- Maori.
Genres: Legends.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-126) and index.
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.