Te au Etu – Cook Islands Stars
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
Journey across the pacific ocean on board Vaka Hine Moana
Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice REID
Today we share a short piece from the late Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice REID. I would like to share with you briefly my story of spiritually as a result of participating in traditional ocean voyaging. In March 1995 a crew of 24 sailed on the maiden voyage of “Te Au O Tonga” which means “the […]
Te Mana O Te Moana voyage
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
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.