Life in Early Poverty Bay
Where Are the Maori Canoes Gone?
Where Are the Maori Canoes Gone?
One thing that puzzles Mr. Fyson is the absence of Maori canoes, which in the seventies and eighties were common on the river. They were of rather a small pattern, but were seen in large numbers. They were in constant request by those desiring to cross the river. He assumes that they have either been taken away or been washed out to sea.