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Tetini Pekepo Attends Maritime Museum Workshop in Fiji

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.

Building Voyaging Futures Through Connection and Waʻa Magic

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.

Historic Voyaging Footage Brought to Life: CIVS Digitisation Project Underway

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 public while seeking funding to complete the ambitious endeavor.

Rat Free Takutea, on It’s way

Stage one of the Takutea Rat Eradication Project has successfully concluded, with the feild team arriving back in Atiu and Rarotonga aboard the Marumaru Atua last Saturday morning. This project is a collaborative effort between the Takutea Trust, Atiu Island Government, Cook Islands Voyaging Society, Island Conservation, National Environment Service, and Te Ipukarea Society, with the aim […]

Cook Islands reps attend training to preserve audiovisual taonga

New Zealand’s audiovisual archive Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision supported by Manatū Taonga (New Zealand Ministry for Cultural Heritage) are providing two digitisation kits to the Cook Islands. The two local organisations receiving the kits are the Ministry of Cultural Development (MOCD) and the Cook Islands Voyaging Society. As part of the handover, three members […]