What to bring - clothing, footwear etc

Any footwear, including bare feet, is fine on the waka but lower heels or flats are better if wearing shoes.  Bring clothing suited to the conditions as the deck is open - although we do have plastic ponchos for sudden showers, and sunscreen on board.

Auahi kore-smoke free

No smoking on the waka!


Accessibility

Te Aurere is a genuine ocean-going canoe and was designed for able-bodied sailors.  At present the waka is not accessible by wheelchair from the pontoon.   A design solution is being sought. 


TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Acceptance of passengers for all sailings is subject to Arawai’s Terms and Conditions, click here for details


  1. *if there is no wind the waka is able to motor to ensure that passengers do get out on the water.  Prior notice will be given if adverse conditions do not permit taking the waka out from the Museum.

Your captain Stanley Conrad, one of the most respected captains of traditional, ocean-going canoes in the Pacific, invites you to join him and his crew for this unique Maori cultural experience.  Discover the vessels that ancient Polynesians used to populate the Pacific and how they found their way using the stars and other signs long before compasses and GPS! 

Sail 2: “Wayfinding 101”

Take a one hour experience on the Waitemata Harbour and find out how Maori navigated double-hull voyaging canoes like Te Aurere to Aotearoa-New Zealand 800 years ago.  This unique introduction to traditional navigation includes:

  1. BulletFormal greeting in Maori on arrival at the Museum

  2. Bulletinstruction on how the stars, sun, waves, winds, currents, flight paths of birds, and extended landfall are used to navigate

  3. Bulletsailing technique following stars, use of swells, and more

  4. Bulletdemonstration of sailing the waka

  5. Bulletexplanation of the design and construction of the waka.

Available most weekends over the summer (subject to operating conditions*).  Starts at Maritime Museum at 1pm.  Meet at Reception at 12:50pm.

Costs:  Adult=$80,  Child=$15,  Family=$145 (Two adults, two children)

Click here to make a booking or call us on 0800 4ARAWAI (0800 427 292)

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