How does Lata’s sail work?
Te Laa o Lata VTP’s Mimi George just had an article published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, about measuring performance of an...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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vakataumako
Mar 11, 20162 min read
Help Sail to Vanuatu this November
Aloha Tatou, The Vaka Taumako Project of Solomon Islands is preparing for a voyage from Taumako to Vanuatu in November, 2016. The aim of...
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vakataumako
Aug 11, 20144 min read
VTP talks sustainability at Fiji Talanoa
by H. Meph Wyeth From 14-18 July, the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, hosted a combined conference on climate change and...
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vakataumako
Oct 15, 20131 min read
Image & Reality in Polynesian Voyaging
Presented by Marianne George, Ph.D and Meph Wyeth Image and Reality in Polynesian Voyaging is a mesmerizing mixed media presentation of...
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vakataumako
Jul 22, 20131 min read
We, The Voyagers – Trailer
#penchansky #Voyaging #holau #Kaveia #trailer #Polynesian #video #vimeo #film #bbc
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vakataumako
Jul 14, 20121 min read
Te Lapa
In addition to their vast knowledge of asterisms, wind, waves, and currents, sailors of the Duff and Reef Island groups make use of a...
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vakataumako
Sep 15, 20094 min read
Te Matua’s Gift
Chief Kaveia with carving of his ancestor Lata Our aloha and condolences go out to family and friends of Paramount Chief Koloso Kaveia,...
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vakataumako
Apr 17, 20092 min read
The Cognitive and Cultural Dynamics of Taumako Navigation
A Preliminary Report by Dr. Marianne “Mimi” George Prepared for the National Science Foundation 2009 In the eight sections of this report...
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vakataumako
Apr 15, 20093 min read
NAVIGATION AND PILOTING USING TE LAPA
III. NAVIGATION AND PILOTING USING TE LAPA – FLASHES OF LIGHT THAT EMANATE FROM LAND Elaborations on previously conveyed and demonstrated...
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vakataumako
Apr 15, 20092 min read
NAVIGATION USING SWELLS AND WAVES
II. NAVIGATION USING SWELLS AND WAVES – “HOKOHUA LOA AND HOKOHUA KIKO” Data was elaborated that added to and built upon previously...
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