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Massive war Waka challenges Endeavour tall ship into Waitangi

Ngāpuhi waka tane (war canoe) with over 80 people on board challenges the Captain Cook Endeavour tall ship replica at Waitangi while being escorted by dolphins. It’s really hard to describe what it is like to have such a massive waka approaching you with a verbal haka challenge being thrown at you, This massive waka then slowly circled us with the Maori on-board paddling and continuing their challenge at the same time – it so emotional. I literally started getting tears in my eyes and I noticed that every single kiwi on board and even some of those from other cultures were also getting blurry eyed as well. I found out the following day that the Ngāpuhi waka tane (war canoe) at Waitangi only goes into the water for Waitangi Day, and this year it didn’t even do that as they couldn’t get the minimum 80 crew for it. So for the local Maori to come together to rightfully challenge the Endeavour is quite something. And I bet this will be the last time for a while before another ship receives such a strong traditional Maori challenge while at sea.