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Film selected by Cinematic European Film Festival

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Feb 25, 20221 min read

Film selected by Cinematic European Film Festival

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vakataumako

Feb 10, 20221 min read

Please sign up for this important Pacific Regional Workshop for Traditional Boat Builders

Please refer to the graphic to learn how to sign up for this workshop. You can reach out to contact@sustainableseatransport.org to...

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Attend the Pacific Traditional Boat Builders Regional Workshop on February 15th and 16th

vakataumako

Feb 7, 20221 min read

Attend the Pacific Traditional Boat Builders Regional Workshop on February 15th and 16th

At last, a trans-Pacific workshop to talanoa sustainable vessels, and what works and could be most helpful now in traditional and hybrid...

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Listen to Moeata Galenon, the first female Maohi Navigator on the Faafaite, share her journey

vakataumako

Feb 7, 20221 min read

Listen to Moeata Galenon, the first female Maohi Navigator on the Faafaite, share her journey

OUT NOW! Listen here: https://nativestories.org/maohi-vaa-navigator-moeata.../ Moeata Galenon, the first female Maohi Navigator on the...

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HVTA members building the computer lab structure at Takulu kainga of Taumako

vakataumako

Jan 31, 20221 min read

HVTA members building the computer lab structure at Takulu kainga of Taumako

In January, the Executive Director of Holau Vaka Taumako Association, Luke Vaikawi, took these photos of HVTA members building the...

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Expert Interview with Mimi George on the voyaging revivals of Oceania

vakataumako

Jan 27, 20221 min read

Expert Interview with Mimi George on the voyaging revivals of Oceania

On February 3rd at 5pm, Mimi George will speak about how ancient navigation and boat building is useful today. To watch, please purchase...

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Kaua'i Children's Theater acknowledges the "Real Moana"

vakataumako

Nov 21, 20211 min read

Kaua'i Children's Theater acknowledges the "Real Moana"

The "Real Moana" acknowledged in the program of the Kauaʻi Childrens Theater production of Moana Jr. This show is GREAT - on stage live...

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Captain Luke Vaikawi brings materials for Halevaka

vakataumako

Nov 18, 20211 min read

Captain Luke Vaikawi brings materials for Halevaka

Captain Luke Vaikawi, Executive Director of Holau Vaka Taumako Association, has picked up the donated solar power system to bring to the...

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vakataumako

Nov 14, 20211 min read

Tim Tan of Honiara makes 4 Aloko blades

Tim Tan of Honiara made these 4 Aloko blades for smoothing the outside of a hull or a flat surface, or for cutting a tree by using it...

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Canoes of the Marshall Islands is in the news

vakataumako

Nov 8, 20211 min read

Canoes of the Marshall Islands is in the news

Kommoltata Team pictured. Facebook Post

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vakataumako

Nov 8, 20211 min read

KUAM News reports on 500 Sails of Saipan

On this week's episode of Pacific Matters, we are bringing you into the water with 500 Sails on Saipan and we catch up with the crew a...

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Ancestral Voyaging Knowledge online event in partnership with UNESCO

vakataumako

Nov 5, 20211 min read

Ancestral Voyaging Knowledge online event in partnership with UNESCO

UNESCO and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development unveil a webinar on past, present and future knowledge capacity in...

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vakataumako

Nov 1, 20211 min read

S.V. Lata Building Progress Report in October

October progress building ama for SV Lata...with a 100 gallon seawater tank and a 50 gal fresh water tank in the center compartment....

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vakataumako

Oct 23, 20211 min read

Master Sailors invited on Woodlark Island to share circumnavigation story by Sailau canoe

Another brilliant voyage of Tawali Pasana. Congratulations! Master sailors, Justin and Sanakoli John from Milne Bay Papua New Guinea were...

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Micronesian Voyaging Society Yokohama explains important voyaging history of the Chechemeni

vakataumako

Oct 18, 20211 min read

Micronesian Voyaging Society Yokohama explains important voyaging history of the Chechemeni

14 years after the 1975 Chechemeni Edition Satawal~Nuclear sailing, 1989, Chechemeni captain, Reppan sailed towards the Asian Pacific...

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Micronesian Voyaging Society Yokohama visits the museum to see the canoe ’Chechemeni’

vakataumako

Oct 18, 20211 min read

Micronesian Voyaging Society Yokohama visits the museum to see the canoe ’Chechemeni’

大阪の国立民族博物館に仕事で行ってきました。１９７５年沖縄海洋博へミクロネシアのサタワル島から航海してきたチェチェメニ号もここに展示されています。 The society went to the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka...

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What awards have we won for our films? Take a look below!

vakataumako

Oct 15, 20211 min read

What awards have we won for our films? Take a look below!

By request, here are some of the film festival awards and screening laurels of WE, THE VOYAGERS: OUR VAKA and WE, THE VOYAGERS: OUR...

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vakataumako

Oct 11, 20211 min read

Hale Vaka site handover

Kids of Taumako at Takulu during the Hale Vaka site handover. Enjoying themselves and having their meal. Photos by Luke Vaikawi Facebook...

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Luke Vaikawi resigns VTPSI/VVA and confirms HVTA

vakataumako

Oct 8, 20211 min read

Luke Vaikawi resigns VTPSI/VVA and confirms HVTA

Luke Vaikawi, Executive Director of Holau Vaka Taumako Association, the charitable orgranisation, has approved posting of the first and...

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Luke Vaikawi returned to Honiara, waiting to cross to Taumako

vakataumako

Sep 30, 20211 min read

Luke Vaikawi returned to Honiara, waiting to cross to Taumako

Luke Vaikawi, Executive Director of the Holau Vaka Taumako Association charitable organization, has returned to Honiara from 2 weeks in...

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