top of page
Search
vakataumako
Dec 14, 201720 min read
Ancient Searoads and Commitments to Sustainability in Eastern Polynesia
by Mimi George Part One: Malama Honua, Gershon II and Rapanui I am a cultural anthropologist and sailor, focused on voyaging traditions....
46 views0 comments
vakataumako
Dec 3, 20179 min read
Holau Vanuatu, Eruptions, and the Next Voyages
In 2005, ninety-six year old Paramount Chief Koloso Kaveia announced his plan to sail (holau) to Vanuatu on a TePuke. He had taught his...
15 views0 comments
vakataumako
Sep 23, 20171 min read
Vaka Taumako Project at UC Irvine
Dr Mimi George of the Vaka Taumako Project will give the keynote presentation “Lata’s Wayfinding System and Climate Science” followed by...
3 views0 comments
vakataumako
Aug 27, 20171 min read
Holau Vanuatu – Voyage to Vanuatu
Aims: Voyagers of Taumako, SE Solomon Islands will sail their ancient vessel to North Vanuatu because they want to: re-connect long...
9 views0 comments
vakataumako
Aug 25, 20171 min read
Vaka Taumako in Pacific Paddler Magazine
We’re in Pacific Paddler Magazine this month. Mahalo! #paddler #canoe #Vaka #solomon #tepuke #Taumako #pacific #Polynesian #SolomonIslands
6 views0 comments
vakataumako
Jul 19, 20171 min read
Check out our Kickstarter!
We’re raising funds to help Taumako videographer Dixon Wia, who’s busy documenting the Polynesian voyaging traditions of his ancestors,...
2 views0 comments
vakataumako
Jun 26, 20172 min read
Summit of Voyagers in Honolulu
Mimi and Meph helped welcome Hokule`a home on 17 June, and then exhibited at the Convention Center conference on ocean voyaging 18-20...
2 views0 comments
vakataumako
Jun 22, 20173 min read
Vaka Valo Association is in Charge! Their Programs are Underway!
The Vaka Taumako Project (VTP) of the Pacific Traditions Society, under Direction of cultural anthropologist and sailor Marianne “Mimi”...
77 views0 comments
vakataumako
Jun 16, 20171 min read
Lata’s Children
We’re in this month’s Hana Hou Magazine! A BIG MAHALO to Derek Farrer, author of the “Lata’s Children” article on page 100 of the...
8 views0 comments
vakataumako
Jun 13, 20172 min read
Tepuke from Taumako arrives in Santa Cruz
LUOVA, TEMOTU PROVINCE: For the first time in over thirty years, a Taumako voyaging canoe arrived at Santa Cruz Island’s northwestern tip...
23 views0 comments
vakataumako
Jan 30, 20173 min read
Meph’s Report from Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
by Meph Wyeth Mimi and Meph spent most of November in Solomons and, in Meph’s case, northern Vanuatu. They hoped to participate in Holau...
19 views0 comments
vakataumako
Jan 2, 201723 min read
Calling The Wind of Reunion
Chief Kaveia’s Guidance by Mimi George For 16 years Chief Koloso Kaveia of Taumako (Duffs Group of SE Solomon Islands), strived to train...
31 views0 comments
vakataumako
Oct 26, 20161 min read
Heritage Expeditions joins the Vaka Taumako Project
The “Spirit of Enderby,” a 50 passenger cruise ship of Heritage Expeditions, will visit Duff Islands (Taumako) on Nov 1st. They will be...
11 views0 comments
vakataumako
Oct 26, 20161 min read
Holau Vanuatu featured in The Island Sun
Holau Vanuatu – VTP’s voyage to Vanuatu – was in the news this week in The Island Sun newspaper in the Solomon Islands. island sun –...
4 views0 comments
vakataumako
Sep 6, 20161 min read
Doc Simon interviewed in The Island Sun
Vaka Taumako Project’s Dr. Simon Salopuka was recently interviewed by The Island Sun newspaper of Solomon Islands. You can read this...
12 views0 comments
vakataumako
Sep 6, 20161 min read
VTP at the World Conservation Congress
A few fresh pics of Drs. Salopuka and George presenting at the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation...
2 views0 comments
vakataumako
Aug 24, 20161 min read
Sailing With Lata/Laka: Presentation at East West Center
Come See how Ancient Polynesian Voyaging is still practiced today. Drs. Simon Salopuka and Mimi George of the Vaka Taumako Project of...
5 views0 comments
vakataumako
Aug 1, 20161 min read
Video: Lashing a Te Puke voyaging canoe
In this video, students at the Lata Voyaging School lash the riser box onto a traditional Te Puke voyaging canoe using coconut fiber...
73 views0 comments
vakataumako
Jun 16, 20161 min read
Hard at Work on the new Vaka
Simon just sent us these photos of the hard working crew of Taumako artisans building a new Te Puke at Taumako. In March and April many...
8 views0 comments
vakataumako
May 12, 20161 min read
From the Archives: The Return of Lata
In answer to recent requests, here is a scan of the 1999 Sailing New Zealand article “The Return of Lata: An Authentic Polynesian...
18 views0 comments
bottom of page