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Double-Hulled Canoe The canoe is to be a double-hulled one, as were the canoes which originally came to New Zealand. There are still some people, he said, who have the knowledge to make canoes, and who know the correct karakia to recite in connection with this. No-one knows exactly where Hawaiki is, but the immediate setting-off place is generally agreed to be Tahiti, and before this, perhaps, Hawaii. Hawaii has a special interest for Mr Metekingi because of the Polynesian Village which the Mormon Church is building there at present. He is a member of the Mormon faith, and would very much like to there for the opening of this Village next September.

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Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 41

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Double-Hulled Canoe Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 41

Double-Hulled Canoe Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 41