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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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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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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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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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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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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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