Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n Vaka Moana From T\u0101rai P\u014d to Takitimu is a graphic novel sharing the story of the ancestral waka of Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu.<\/p>\n
A waka that took M\u0101ori across the Pacific to Aotearoa is the focus of a Hawke\u2019s Bay graphic novel to inspire future generations.<\/p>\n
\n Vaka Moana – From T\u0101rai P\u014d to Takitimu shares the story of the ancestral waka of Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu, the Takitimu and its many other names as it
\n travelled across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa\/the Pacific Ocean from Samoa to Tonga, Fiji, Tahiti and Rarotonga before bringing the ancestors of Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu to Aotearoa New Zealand.\n <\/p>\n
The book draws on p\u016br\u0101kau\/ancient k\u014drero passed down through generations, honouring the many island homelands, navigators, and storytellers connected to the waka.<\/p>\n
Launched by \u0100tea a Rangi Educational Trust, the aim of the book is to engage tamariki and rangatahi with ancient forms of k\u014drero and to help them recognise the enduring links between the people of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa\/the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n
\u0100tea a Rangi Educational Trust co-founder Piripi Smith said some people might not be familiar with the entire story of this waka before it became known as Takitimu or before it came to Aotearoa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hawkes Bay Today 29 Dec, 2025 09:30 PM2 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2840,88282,12889,1958,3273,26348,37151,1976,65805,127065,2720,111,43,139,32141,8476,14620,69,1118,13572,49026,6642,1361,6382,49756],"class_list":["post-208356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-across","tag-ancestral","tag-aotearoa","tag-focus","tag-future","tag-generations","tag-graphic","tag-hawkes","tag-inspire","tag-kahungunu","tag-mori","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-ngti","tag-novel","tag-novels","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-pacific","tag-tale","tag-tells","tag-that","tag-took","tag-waka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}