nga waka taua o Tainui
As an ex-kaihoe (paddler) of nga waka taua o Tainui (war canoes of tainui.) It .felt like a huge honour and privelege to rowing those big
waka up and down the the waikato river. For our ariki then and now. now our king and geusts. The names of the t
Amazing story what an honour it would have been to be a paddler of a waka. How old were you when you were a paddler and how did you get selected?
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly I was fifteen but before that I was a
Deletebailer(a person who ensures the big waka doesn't sink).
It's all got geneology the selection process. What I mean by that since my dad was a (kaihboe)paddler. It was hereditary
selection. It was an inherited position.