What started as a “normal day” salvaging wood in New Zealand eventually led to a large-scale excavation that uncovered more ...

The term can refer to a wide range of boats made by “ancestors of ... show the pile of partially excavated wood. Many fragments of a historic wooden canoe seen during the Chatham Island excavation.

The New Zealand Herald reports that a father and son duo combing a local beach for wood may have made one of the most important discoveries in New Zealand history. The pair came across strange-looking ...

Because wooden boats don’t typically last long ... on knowing which tribe controlled the area at the time it was made. Canoes were among the most important objects made by Tlingit, Haida and ...