Voyaging Waka ... Migrations , Past and Present . carving , history , sailing etc - Tiki Carving

T Toataiaha Member Otautahi , Te WahiPounamu Joined: May 26, 2008 Posts: 248	T Toataiaha Posted posted on Mon, Jun 2, 2008 9:46 PM My first , and to date most intimate involvement , was in 1980 , when I stopped into see a friend in Pahiatua NZ . Greg Whakataka Brightwell . He was building the waka haurua 'HawaikiNui' , a double hulled pahi type vessel . Thats me in the foreground , I had been adzing the raumutu (gunwale) on the stools to the left , but the photographer wanted a tight shot :) In the heart of my soul . I would that I had been born in Celtic lands But I was born here . a Celt in Maori lands . And my heart is content [ Edited by: Toataiaha 2008-06-02 21:47 ]

My first , and to date most intimate involvement , was in 1980 , when I stopped into see a friend in Pahiatua NZ . Greg Whakataka Brightwell .
He was building the waka haurua 'HawaikiNui' , a double hulled pahi type vessel .

Thats me in the foreground , I had been adzing the raumutu (gunwale) on the stools to the left , but the photographer wanted a tight shot :)

In the heart of my soul . I would that I had been born in Celtic lands
But I was born here . a Celt in Maori lands . And my heart is content

[ Edited by: Toataiaha 2008-06-02 21:47 ]

Post #384227 by Toataiaha on Mon, Jun 2, 2008 9:46 PM