Pacific Navigation
A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics
More 5000 years ago expansion in the Pacific Ocean began. Navigation became an integral part of this migration process and produced some of the most sophisticated modes of nautical travel the world has ever seen. This topic focuses on Polynesian explorers and the extraordinary navigation skills they used to cross the Pacific Ocean. SCIS no. 1869064
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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Pacific voyaging
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Land of Voyagers
Services to Schools
Kupe and wheke
Victoria University of Wellington
Surfing waka
Alexander Turnbull Library
Hekenukumai Busby
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Polynesian voyages
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Waka
DigitalNZ
The arrival of the Māori in New Zealand
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Whai and navigation
Services to Schools
Roadside stories: Kupe in the Hokianga
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Waka landing places
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Tupaia's chart
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Different waka for different roles
Services to Schools
Maps in the stars
Services to Schools
Navigating oceans and cultures
Services to Schools
NZ bird migration and navigation
Services to Schools
Settling Polynesia
Services to Schools
Kupe sites
Services to Schools
Building a vaka
Services to Schools
A sustainable ocean going vaka
Services to Schools
Vaka Taumako project
Services to Schools
Statute of Kupe, his wife, and a tohunga
Alexander Turnbull Library
Double-hulled Tongan kalia
Alexander Turnbull Library
The star compass – kāpehu whetū
Services to Schools
Navigating with Sun, Moon and planets
Services to Schools
Navigating without instruments – introduction
Services to Schools
Waka revival
Services to Schools
Wayfinding revival
Services to Schools
Kupe and modern voyaging
Services to Schools
Pathway of the Birds
Services to Schools
Roadside Stories: Kupe and Cook in the Sounds
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Departure of the six canoes from Raratonga for New Zealand
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
The canoe is the people
Services to Schools
Pacific migrations
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Ideas about Māori origins
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Oceanic Facts and Features
The Coconet TV
Waka hourua 'Te Aurere Iti' (model voyaging canoe)
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Tupaia's Endeavour - The Feature Film
NZ On Screen
Sketch of double-hulled waka
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Pacific migrations
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Pacific migrations: The world’s first seafarers
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Pacific canoes
Services to Schools
Canoe sails from Tahiti to Tauranga guided by stars
Radio New Zealand
Tagata Pasifika - Hine Moana: A Journey Home
NZ On Screen
Canoes of the Marshall Islands
Services to Schools
Kupe’s anchor
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
A Canoe of the Sandwich Islands, the Rowers Masked. Plate 65. From the book: Folio of Plates to Captain Cook's Voyages
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Pacific Histories
DigitalNZ