Te au Etu – Cook Islands Stars
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The following diagrams show a compilation of common stars and Cook island star names. With so much variation between islands groups, we have chosen to show different names rather than adopting a single Cook Islands terms. Names come from Pukapuka, Manihiki and Tongareva, Rarotonga, Ngaputoru, and Mangaia, from recent conversations and stories and from historical […]
Sir Thomas Davis
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Journey across the pacific ocean on board Vaka Hine Moana
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Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice REID
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Te Mana O Te Moana voyage
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In 2012 as the Te Mana O Te Moana voyage was coming to an end, the idea of a reuniting the fleet in the Cook Islands to celebrate the 50th Anniversary was born while sitting round a coffee table at the Lime Lounge, in Honiara, Solomon Islands. In August 2014 the Cook Islands Voyaging Society […]
TAGATA PASIFIKA: Cook Island traditional ocean voyaging canoe
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We look back at the launch of Marumaru Atua at Salthouse Boatbuilders, the first of seven vaka Moana funded by Okeanos Foundation for the Sea.