Illustration depicts a taniwha erupting from a river threatening a Māori warrior armed with a greenstone club ( mere ) and a dictionary held as a shield who is quoting the dfinition 'waka: n. canoe, vehicle, conveyance, trough, box..."

Refers to a Winston Peters comment “How can you have a waka on the road?”

Illustrates an article in NZListener 16 March 2024 'CAN WE HAVE A WORD? -
Puzzled by the meaning of something in a piece of local writing? You could look it up in a New Zealand dictionary. If there was one. - By Paul Little