Courageous mighty Maori mariners

Imagine landing on the beach. . ."I'm going to kiss the land because I made it to Aotearoa."
Tall native trees greeted the mighty maori mariners. Brave and courageous mariners suddenly saw the golden shoreline of the beach!
Next they had to cut the trees down into logs, and roll the waka on the logs so the waka can get onto the beach.
If I was a mariner I would build a waka and bring a friend and we would travel together . . .