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Canoe Sailing in the Solomon Islands
You haven’t seen me on the river since the end of August. The reason is that I’ve been on Taumako, a remote island in the Solomon...

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Jan 16, 20088 min read
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Sailing With Lata: The Original Polynesian Voyager
Sailing With Lata: An Exhibit at Kauai Museum Mimi, Larry, and Meph have been hard at work hanging photos, arranging artifacts, and...

vakataumako
Apr 30, 20072 min read
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Cause for Celebration: Open House in Taumako
from Pacific Paddler Magazine, June 2002 – by Meph Wyeth Dateline: Duff Islands, Temoto Province, eastern Solomon Islands. Sunday 24...

vakataumako
Jun 15, 20022 min read
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The Art and Craft of a Polynesian Voyaging Canoe
from Pacific Arts Magazine, May 2000 by Heu’ionalani Meph Wyeth On the tiny island of Taumako (fig. 1) in the Solomon Islands’ eastern...

vakataumako
May 15, 20009 min read
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The First Te Puke
How Lata built the first voyaging canoe as told by Paramount Chief Kruso Kaveia for Sailing New Zealand Magazine, July 1999 A man and his...

vakataumako
Jul 14, 19998 min read
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Return of the Te Puke
from Solomons, inflight magazine of Solomon Airlines, June 1998, Issue #25, page 34 by Meph Wyeth Thank God for your safe arrival here…...

vakataumako
Jun 15, 19984 min read
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The Return of Lata: Building an Authentic Polynesian Voyaging Canoe
by Mimi George, Ph.D. for Sea History Magazine, Spring 1998 How were stone-age Polynesian craft built and how did they perform at sea? ...

vakataumako
Feb 17, 199810 min read
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