Day 4 – Tāua e Moana Voyage update
It was a relaxing Saturday with great weather so a good chance to dry clothes and sails. On Saturday night the crew attended the family service of Kenith Henry who hosted a kai kai for the Marumaru atua. The crew would like to show their appreciation and condolences to the Henry family. During this time Shane […]
Day 3 – Tāua e Moana Voyage update
Kia OranaWe had an 8am start this morning with breakfast (last nights left over chicken) and a crew brief. We then started to clean de vaka and prepare for the departure on Monday to Penrhyn. Filling up the food stock and drinking water and give mama a good clean. The crew had some time off […]
Day 2 Update – Tāua e Moana Voyage
Kia Orana,Day 2 in Aitutaki, after a wet and thunderous night it was nice to be docked safely in Aitutaki harbour. The schools of Aituaki were supposed to come to the vaka this morning but because of wet weather we went to them. Our team broke up into 3 stations each teaching something from the […]
Tāua e Moana Voyage – Day 1 Update
Popongi tatou katoatoa, Apologies for the late updates due to some small technical issues to our uuplus email, but this have been rectified. We are now parked in Arutanga wharf awaiting our day program. The trip from Raro was a good shake up for the canoe and the crews. Seas were up to 3.5m to 4 […]