MAORI RAFT CANOE.—This Maori raft canoe, or mokihi, built in Timaru by Messrs H. S. McCully and Pita Paipeta, has been presented to the Canterbury Museum. Almost 18ft long and made of bundles of raupo lashed together, it is a type of craft which the Maoris used to travel down and cross shingle rivers. The art of building this sort of canoe is fast dying out.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26328, 24 January 1951, Page 8
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66MAORI RAFT CANOE.—This Maori raft canoe, or mokihi, built in Timaru by Messrs H. S. McCully and Pita Paipeta, has been presented to the Canterbury Museum. Almost 18ft long and made of bundles of raupo lashed together, it is a type of craft which the Maoris used to travel down and cross shingle rivers. The art of building this sort of canoe is fast dying out. Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26328, 24 January 1951, Page 8
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