Voyage of "Kura-hau-po" to New Zealand
We left Whatonga and his companions as castaways on the Island of Rangiatea, at which place they made a long sojourn, but eventually managed to return to their homeland. On their arrival there Whatonga found that Toi had sailed westward in search of him, and had not returned. Hence he resolved to go in search of him, and procured a deep-sea canoe named "Te Hawai," apparently an outrigger, for his voyage. This craft he renamed "Kura-hau-po." It is said that its hull was composed of four pieces—that is, it had one haumi at the bow end and two at the stern end. It was fitted with twenty-six thwarts and with pairi (side boards or washboards), and
was provided with two anchors and two bailing-places (puna wai). The vessel was treated with some vegetable gum, then dressed with shark-oil, after which it was painted with a preparation of red ochre. The paddles, bailers, and other gear all had special names assigned to them, as was usual in such cases. The crew consisted of fifty-two paddlers (two to each thwart), four caretakers of the vessel (whose duties are not explained), two anchor-tenders, four sail-tenders to attend to the ropes of the sails, two steersmen at the stern, and two fire-tenders, making sixty-six in all.
we made a banner and a paper waka-you can find this resource here
Then we made little wooden waka's with little painted peg people
