We are excited that Marumaru Atua is going back in the water for 2026. 2025 is the first year we had to keep her our due to our Captain being unavailable and having to leave overseas. Given the responsibilty to look after the canoe and maintain its safety for the Vaka and Crew, she was put on dry dock for 2025. This highlights the fragile nature of missing key people to run a Conoe and it is a key goal to have new Captains and succession plans in place.
Earlier this month, the Australian National Maritime Museum facilitated the first-ever Oceania Maritime Museum Administrators Course in Suva, Fiji bringing together 17 passionate professionals from across Oceania to share expertise, build skills and work collectively on the opportunities and challenges facing our maritime histories.
The Koʻolauloa ʻOhana Waʻa Training Camp was created with a simple but powerful purpose: to build connections within the voyaging community and inspire new generations of voyagers. Founded and coordinated by Kahia Walker, the four-day training camp has quickly become a space where culture, learning, and unity come together on
A collaborative effort to preserve and share invaluable Cook Islands voyaging heritage is gaining momentum, with the Cook Islands Voyaging Society (CIVS) digitizing rare footage originally recorded by filmmaker Nick Henry. The CIVS digitization project, supported by key partners and contributors, aims to make this cultural treasure accessible to the
The history of ocean voyaging across Te Moana Nui a Kiva is embarking on a new era as Marumaru Atua – Cook Island Voyaging Society digitises its video tape archives.
The Vaka is currently sitting in Aitutaki Island but our hopes is to get her restored and returned to Rarotonga for display and educational teaching and admiration for the past and present Voyagers.
