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 energy, generosity and commitment in the room showed what’s possible when our region collaborates. We hope this marks the beginning of many more opportunities to connect, strengthen capacity and raise the profile of maritime heritage across our shared ocean.
Vinaka Vakalevu to our wonderful hosts at the Fiji Museum, to every participant (and their families), and to the Lloyd’s Register Foundation – Global Maritime Histories: Case Studies for Change program for enabling this important work.
Participants included:
Tahiti – Tamara Maric | New Zealand – Emily Nicholson | New Caledonia – Valerie Vattier | Cook Islands Voyaging Society – Tetini Pekepo | Samoa – Vaiwilmalua Maotua | Fiji – Mereoni Camailakeba & Mereia Luvunakoro | Papua New Guinea – Hamaru Turia | Kiribati – Teraaiti Euta | Lagimaama Barbara Makuati-Afitu & Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai | Guam – Bill Jeffrey | ICMM – Felicity Ferguson | Australia – Ian MacLeod | ANMM – Matt Poll, Richard Wesley, Emily Jateff
Building Voyaging Futures Through Connection and Waʻa Magic
March 27, 2025
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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 and off the water.
