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Otago Daily Times

Waka heads for exhibition

REPORT: RUBY SHAW / PHOTOS: STEPHEN JAQUIERY cuts through a still Otago Harbour, paddled by members of Karitāne-based waka club Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki, before its installation in the Hocken Library yesterday. The waka sailed from Back Beach, Port Chalmers to the Dunedin Marina where it was taken by trailer to the Hocken Library. There it was dismantled and reassembled in the library where a welcoming ceremony was held. George Meikle. Club member and head curator — Māori Jacinta Beckwith (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) — said the installation was part of an upcoming exhibition, "Ruruku", which had been developed with Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki to share the club's story and taonga. "The show is a celebration of that, of kaupapa waka and the connections not only across the South Island, Aotearoa but also across the Pacific." It was the third "traditionally inspired" waka constructed with contemporary resources and methods the club had built and it was "beautiful" to see it on the harbour, she said. Lead builder George Meikle (Puketeraki rūnaka) said there was a "good group of people" who had worked on the waka, and it was great to see it on the water.