At just 16-years-old, Nikita Rouse is quickly making waves in the world of va’a and she is set to represent Fiji at the ...

The pair came across strange-looking “sticks” protruding from the sand that turned out to be part of a waka, an ocean-voyaging Polynesian canoe. Traditional wakas played a crucial role in ...

Now, one of those boats, known as a waka, has been found in hundreds of pieces in New Zealand’s Chatham Islands. Experts say the artifact could be one of the most significant discoveries of its ...

Photo from Justin Maxwell via Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage “Waka is the Māori word for canoe,” according to the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. The term can refer to a wide ...

On a remote island of New Zealand, a dad and son searching for salvageable wood noticed some “strange-looking” sticks — and found a significant historic site. Follow-up excavations uncovered ...