Waka ama word search
Six paddlers in time, a call to change sides and the ama keeping the waka upright. Twenty words from the outrigger canoe, the sport of Lake Karāpiro and the open sea.
- Crew
- Huli
- Hull
- Iako
- Kaihoe
- Karakia
- Karāpiro
- Lanes
- Life jacket
- Marathon
- Outrigger
- Paddle
- Splash
- Sprint
- Start line
- Steerer
- Stroke
- Team
- Training
- Waka ama
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- Crew
- Huli
- Hull
- Iako
- Kaihoe
- Karakia
- Karāpiro
- Lanes
- Life jacket
- Marathon
- Outrigger
- Paddle
- Splash
- Sprint
- Start line
- Steerer
- Stroke
- Team
- Training
- Waka ama
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About this word search
Waka ama is outrigger canoe racing, and the sprint nationals at Lake Karāpiro near Cambridge bring together thousands of paddlers every January. The ama is the float on one side, joined to the hull by the iako.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen, with words across, down and diagonally, never backwards. Life jacket is the longest at ten letters, then outrigger and start line at nine. Crew, iako, hull, huli and team are four letters each. Hull and huli differ by one letter, so check twice. Waka ama becomes WAKAAMA, with two As side by side.
Ask a paddler in the class to draw a waka with its ama and iako, then label the drawing with words from the list.
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