BUILDING OF CANOE
KERIKERI CRAFT DELAYED CARVERS BUSY IN WAIKATO # No work has been carried out for some time on the largo Maori Ceutennial canoe that now lies at Kerikeri. It is stated that the carvers, who are to complete the building of the canoe, are still engaged on other canoes in the Waikato.
The construction of tho canoe, which is being carried out by the Maori people, is proving a more expensive undertaking than was anticipated, and it is said that the funds in hand aro depleted and that the Maoris are finding the supply of more money a heavy burdon.
The canoo that js being built at Kerikeri now lies in three sections, the centre section being 74ft. long. The canoe, when completed, will be 120 ft. long. The sections have lain in the waters of the Kerikeri inlet for some months to season tho kauri wood, but these have now boon hauled out and are lying on the bank, protected from the sun by sholters.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23273, 16 February 1939, Page 14
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168BUILDING OF CANOE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23273, 16 February 1939, Page 14
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