Skip to toolbar
  • Home
  • Browse All
  • Search
  • My History
  • Login
  • Upload
  • Crowdsource
  • More
  • Contact Us
  • Login
  • Register
  • Voting Results
28662
Open/Close Toolbox
  • Suggest an edit to this item
Format: Image
Parent Portfolio
  • 2018 Rā Whakamana
Image Tags
Add
no tags yet
    Recollections
    Add
    no stories yet
    Copyright
    1This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand License
    This licence lets you distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon this work, even commercially, as long as you credit us for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of the licences offered, in terms of what you can do with our works licensed under Attribution.
    Tweet this on TwitterShare this on FacebookShare this on LinkedInShare this on TumblrShare this via email
    Tools
    Full size thumbnailFit to screenFit to widthFit to heightRotate 90 degreesZoom to 100%
    Show Text / TranscriptionShow keyword hitsHighlight keywordsDownloadAdd to My CollectionLike this itemContact us about thisSuggest an edit to this itemCitation for this item
    Login | Register
    Campus Buildings
    Canterbury Agricultural College
    Life at Lincoln
    Lincoln Campus From Above
    Lincoln Farms
    Lincoln Township
    Lincoln University
    Maps and Plans
    Outdoor Classroom
    Special Events
    Telford Campus
    Campus & Community
    Accolades and Honours
    Alumni International Medal
    Alumni Reunions
    Bledisloe Medal Recipients
    Blues, Golds and Greens Awards
    Environment Address
    Graduation
    Lincoln Medals and Trophies
    Lincoln University Medal
    Ngāti Moki Trophy
    Open Day
    Presentations
    Rā Whakamana
    Sir Turi Carroll Lecture Series
    Celebrations & Events
    Class Photographs
    Group Photos
    Notable Alumni
    Recent Staff and Students
    Staff and Student Profiles
    Staff and Students
    The Kellogg Rural Leadership
    People & Portraits
    About Our Research
    Alumni Publications
    Art Collection
    CACLIN
    Calendar / Prospectus
    Graduation Programme
    Heritage and Histories
    Landscape Architecture
    Lincoln College Post Office
    Lincoln Envirotown Newsletter
    Lincoln Planning Review
    Meteorological Data
    News Archive
    Rā Whakamana Programme
    Ron Blackmore Collection
    Roy Edwards Collection
    Publications & Resources
    ANZAC Day
    Canterbury Earthquakes
    Commemoration
    Dedications
    Remembrance
    World War One 1914-1918
    World War Two 1939-1945
    Remembrance & Memorials
    Cricket
    Football
    Hockey
    Rowing
    Rugby
    Skiing
    Sports Day
    Sports Programme
    Students' Executive
    Swimming Sports
    Tennis
    University Choir
    University Clubs
    Sports & Clubs

    Menu

    • Campus & Community
      • Campus Buildings
      • Canterbury Agricultural College
      • Life at Lincoln
      • Lincoln Campus From Above
      • Lincoln Farms
      • Lincoln Township
      • Lincoln University
      • Maps and Plans
      • Outdoor Classroom
      • Special Events
      • Telford Campus
    • Celebrations & Events
      • Accolades and Honours
      • Alumni International Medal
      • Alumni Reunions
      • Bledisloe Medal Recipients
      • Blues, Golds and Greens Awards
      • Environment Address
      • Graduation
      • Lincoln Medals and Trophies
      • Lincoln University Medal
      • Ngāti Moki Trophy
      • Open Day
      • Presentations
      • Rā Whakamana
      • Sir Turi Carroll Lecture Series
    • People & Portraits
      • Class Photographs
      • Group Photos
      • Notable Alumni
      • Recent Staff and Students
      • Staff and Student Profiles
      • Staff and Students
      • The Kellogg Rural Leadership
    • Publications & Resources
      • About Our Research
      • Alumni Publications
      • Art Collection
      • CACLIN
      • Calendar / Prospectus
      • Graduation Programme
      • Heritage and Histories
      • Landscape Architecture
      • Lincoln College Post Office
      • Lincoln Envirotown Newsletter
      • Lincoln Planning Review
      • Meteorological Data
      • News Archive
      • Rā Whakamana Programme
      • Ron Blackmore Collection
      • Roy Edwards Collection
    • Remembrance & Memorials
      • ANZAC Day
      • Canterbury Earthquakes
      • Commemoration
      • Dedications
      • Remembrance
      • World War One 1914-1918
      • World War Two 1939-1945
    • Sports & Clubs
      • Cricket
      • Football
      • Hockey
      • Rowing
      • Rugby
      • Skiing
      • Sports Day
      • Sports Programme
      • Students' Executive
      • Swimming Sports
      • Tennis
      • University Choir
      • University Clubs
    Previous: 2018 Rhanae Ngawaka Citation Ngati MokiNext: 2018 Rā Whakamana 1222018 Rā Whakamana

    Te Waka o Aoraki

    Expand/collapse
    Description

    Te Waka o Aoraki: This treasure was executed in kauri by George Vincent Edwards, master carver, of Ngai Tahu and Ngati Erekehu ancestry. The work is a scaled down version of a waka taua (war canoe) and is modelled on the ancestral canoe Takitimu. The carving is in a style called 'tuere', common to both northern New Zealand and the far south. Tradition has it that Takitimu was wrecked near Deep Cove in Fiordland. The tapu associated with this event was subsequently broken, resulting in a number of unfortunate incidents in the district.
    Te Waka o Aoraki, together with its greenstone anchor, was gifted to Lincoln University by the Centre for Maori Studies and Research, after being blessed by the Reverend Maurice Grey, at a ceremony on March 16th 1995.Those honoured in the presentation were the Chancellor, Sir Alan Wright; the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bruce Ross; and Mr Waka Sterling, kaumatua of  Taumutu runaka.
    The carved images making up Te Waka o Aoraki follow traditional practice. 
    Thus at the bow, the prow piece (tauihu) consisted of three areas, the first being a horizontal slab, the underside of which was carved with the spirits or gods of the underworld (Te Rarohenga). The upper surface of this usually had the figures of Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother, and Ranginui, the Sky Father, carved thereon. Above this was a vertical tracery with two spirals; a figure in the middle and a figure at each end. The figure at the front was usually the God of War, Tumatauenga. He, plus the other two figures, represented the children of Papa and Rangi, who forced their parents apart to allow light into the world and to enable the third and present state of the world, that of Te Ao Marama (The World of Light) to come into being. The third figure faced down the canoe to the rear with a foot on each side strake. These were alternately carved with manaia (spirit beings) and human masks. Manaia, which look like a bird with an almost circular beak, two arms and two legs, are mostly protective benevolent beings but may sometimes be malevolent.  
    At the rear of the waka was the vertical sternpost (taurapa).  This consisted of spiral lattice work with two heavy ribs running from part way, down to the base. These ribs represented the two states of man - that of the gods, or man as a deceased ancestor (Ira Atua), and that of living man (Ira Tangata). The ribs were attached to two manaia. The one at the top was a spirit messenger from the god of immortal life, Te Hikioi, while the one at the bottom was a lizard, representative of  death. Te Waka o Aoraki was presented complete with an anchor of greenstone. Waka normally had anchors made of common rock but the greenstone used here has special significance, and as a taonga in its own right, 

    The greenstone anchor features as part of the Rā Whakamana ceremony and can be seen in several of the other images in this collection.from the 2017 event.

    OrganisationLincoln UniversityKeywordsRā WhakamanaMaori achievementMaori graduationPhotographerDavid HollanderVersionPhotographic Original
    OCREdit+-Close
    Click on the image to add
    a tag or press ESC to cancel
    Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho (1st Apr 2019). Te Waka o Aoraki. In Website Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho. Retrieved 22nd May 2022 11:03, from https://livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz/nodes/view/28662
    Content on this site is available for reuse | Contact us
    Privacy Policy | Terms of Use
    Content on this site may be subject to Copyright, please contact Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho before any reuse if you are unsure.
    RECOLLECT is Copyright © 2011-2022 by Recollect Limited | Page rendered in 1.8388 seconds