This is a list of Māori Maori: [[Waka (canoe)|waka]] (canoes). The information in this list represents a compilation of different oral traditions from around New Zealand. These accounts give several different uses for the waka: many carried Polynesian migrants and explorers from Hawaiki to New Zealand; others brought supplies or made return journeys to Hawaiki; Maori: [[Te Rīrino]] was said to be lost at sea.