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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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Nov 14, 20211 min read
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S.V. Lata Progress Report
S.V. Lata report of Nov 11 decking onto ama and complete water ballast tanks. Facebook Post

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Nov 11, 20211 min read
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WE, THE VOYAGERS: OUR VAKA is an official selection at the CARE Awards!
Film: WE, THE VOYAGERS: OUR VAKA Festival: CARE Awards Facebook Post

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Nov 10, 20211 min read
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Canoes of the Marshall Islands is in the news
Kommoltata Team pictured. Facebook Post

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Nov 8, 20211 min read
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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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Nov 8, 20211 min read
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Guam International Film Festival holds Preserving Traditions Panel
Guam International Film Festival filmmakers panel features Mimi George. Take a watch below! Facebook Post YouTube Link

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Nov 6, 20211 min read
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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...

vakataumako
Nov 5, 20211 min read
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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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Nov 1, 20211 min read
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Best Documentary Feature Award to We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka!
Congrats to all crew of Lata! Paris Independent Film Festival Facebook Post

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Oct 28, 20211 min read
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We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka submitted to a diversity-centric film festival
We have submitted We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka to the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival. Los Angeles has a large population of...

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Oct 27, 20211 min read
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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...

vakataumako
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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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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Oct 18, 20211 min read
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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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Oct 18, 20211 min read
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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...

vakataumako
Oct 15, 20211 min read
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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...

vakataumako
Oct 11, 20211 min read
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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...

vakataumako
Oct 8, 20211 min read
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We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka is an official selection to the Paris Independent Film Festival!
We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka screening from Paris to world. Congrats crew of Lata! Facebook Post

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Oct 5, 20211 min read
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CARE Awards selects We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka
So happy that the crew of Lata is welcomed in the CARE Awards. "Amazing news! We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka was just selected by CARE Awards...

vakataumako
Oct 1, 20211 min read
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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...

vakataumako
Sep 30, 20211 min read
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Both films in International Migration & Environmental Film Festival
BOTH Our Vaka and Our Moana films are in the International Migration & Environmental Film Festival (IMEFF)! Congratulations to the crew!...

vakataumako
Sep 9, 20211 min read
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