Starting with Mataatua Puhi in 1990, Hekenukumai has built 27 waka.  This includes ten in Hawai’i at the annual Festival of Canoes held on Maui every May, at which he has been carving waka since 1999. 

Hekenukumai’s waka built in Aotearoa are:

1. Mataatua Puhi, waka taua (1990)
   

2. Te Ika a Maui, waka taua (1992)
   

3. Te Aurere, waka hourua (1992)
   

4. Te Aurere Iti, waka hourua (1997)
   

5. Te Au Kaha, waka taua (2001)
   

6. Wairoa, waka taua (2002)
   

7. Un-named, waka tiwai (2005)
   

8. Uerangi, waka taua (2005)
   

9. Whanau Moana, waka tangata (2006)
   

10. Raukura, waka taua (2006)
    

11. Un-named, waka tiwai (2006)
    

12. Hine Moana, (2007)
    

13. Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, waka hourua (2008)
    

14. Whakaarangi, waka taua (2009)
    

15. Te Hono ki Aorearoa, waka taua (2010)
    

16. Te Hononga E Kore E Whati, waka tetekura (2011)  
    

17. Te Rerenga Kotare, waka taua (2011)  
    

Hekenukumai has also substantially overhauled a number of waka including, most recently,  Ngatokimatawhaorua (Otaua) and Mataatua Toi (Whakatane)  in  2010.