Waka hurdling

Waka hurdling, also sometimes called waka peke (jumping waka), is a Maori sporting competition of jumping unornamented river canoes (waka tīwai) (waka (canoe)) over wooden beams set in the water.[1] There have been attempts to revive the sport and keep the tradition going.[2] The Auckland Museum has a photograph of the sport and spectators.[3] The hurdles are made of long tree branches.[3] Albert Percy Godber photographed the sport in 1910.[4] The competition is part of the festivities of traditional Maori regattas.[5]

Waka hurdle race on the Waikato River, 1910

See also

References
  1. Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Hurdle race". teara.govt.nz.
  2. "Modern paddlers try to master traditional sport". Stuff.
  3. "[Waka hurdle race - Ngaruawahia Regatta] - Collections Online - Auckland War Memorial Museum".
  4. specified, Not (1 January 1910). "Maori waka hurdle race on the Waikato River at the Ngaruawahia Regatta". Maori waka hurdle race on the Waikato... | Items | National Library of New Zealand.
  5. Rewi, Tangiwai (2015). "The Ngāruawāhia Tūrangawaewae regatta: Today's reflections on the past". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 124 (1): 47–81. doi:10.15286/jps.124.1.47-81. JSTOR 44733636.


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