Ngā waka Te Aurere, me Rainbow Warrior
Nā Henare Everitt
Nā Phillip Paea ngā pikitia
Ko ngā waka e rua nei, kotahi he waka Māori, kotahi he waka Pākehā. Ko te waka Te Aurere nā Te Hekenukumai Pūhipi i whakaae māna e tārai. Ko te whakaaro nui mō tērā i whakaputaina e Tā Hēmi Henare i te tau 1985. Ka tāraia e Te Hekenukumai te waka ki Aotearoa nei ā, ka mutu kātahi ka whakaterea ki ngā moutere o te Moananui-a-Kiwa. Ko te take i pēnei ai, kia mōhio te ao ki tēnei āhuatanga a ngā iwi Māori mō te whakatere waka, arā, ko te hoki kāinga atu i Aotearoa nei mā waka ki ngā moutere.
Ko te waka Rainbow Warrior (he kaipuke rā) i puta ake i raro i ngā kaupapa whakatikatika i te ao ki te taha pahū karihi. He kaipuke nō te ao whānui ia, ā, ko ngā tāngata o runga nō te ao katoa. I tae ake ia ki te wahapū o Tāmaki-makau-rau ki reira tau ai mō tētahi wā poto i mua i tōna rerenga atu ki te moutere o Mururoa.
I Mururoa hoki te hunga Wīwī e whakapahū karihi ana, e mahi tūkino ana i taua kāinga. Heoi, kāhore te kaipuke rā a te Rainbow Warrior i whai wāhi kia tutuki pai tōna haere. I whakatotohutia kē nā ngā mahi nanakia a tētahi tokorua, he tangata Wīwī tonu. I hāmenetia te tokorua rā e ngā ture o Aotearoa, ā, nō muri iho ka tōia te kaipuke ki waho atu o te whanga o Matauri ki reira takoto tokarārangi ai.