Daily Blog 9: Tutere Moetaua
Kua mataora au I te teretere mai na runga ite moana no te mea ka rauka iakoe ite aravei i toou au taeake tuketuke. kua rauka mai matou e rua ika i nanai i te Tapatri kua mataora. Mea kaimanga te katoatoa rava te manga e te vai. mataora tikai au te trip to Hawaii […]
Daily Blog 7: Hulu Nunokawa
our new hawaiian brother @kanehunamoku Since my earliest memories I have had an outright hatred of mosquitoes. This feeling has not been returned by winged tormentors who have always seemed to find me exceedingly delicious. They have hounded me across my entire existence and by the time we left Raro I had spent at least […]
Daily Blog 8: Moana Rakei
Kia orana Ko Moana Rakei toku ingoa I am so happy to participate in this trip going to Hawai’i. This is my first time to go to Hawaii and also going on a long trip on the vaka. I am very grateful to be part of this program. I have been away from my homeland […]
Daily Blog Day 6: Metua Mitchell. First Blue Water sail.
Nothing prepares you for this. Day 6 now and I’ve learnt a lot about the sea, the way clouds work and where the stars present themselves. From day 1 its been all about trying to get enough rest to maintain energy as we go. I feel like we have been eating like kings for the […]
Daily Blog 5: Vavia Puapii
Kia orana everyone. For day five on the ocean we came through a lot of big squalls! It’s just been really rough, raining all through the night always filling up our bunks with water. Some big waterfalls down there. But aside all of that, everyone is enjoying the trip. We’re all eating well, no one […]
Daily blog 3 – Keli’i Kaneshiro
I’m finally started to get adjusted to life at sea. the first day was probably the most challenging. Sea sickness, keeping your balance, finding things, using the bathroom, #1 and #2, the changing sleep schedules. They are the most basic things that you take for granted when on land. I’m surround by a bunch of […]
Daily Blog 4 – Oliver Oolders
Ollys blog Kia Orana, today my watch began at 3.00am with Vavia, Steak, Tama and Hulu. It was a real stary morning which was appreciated heaps because our last night watch was windy and very wet with no stars to help guide us, so everybody was happy as this morning. We finished our watch at […]
Daily Blog 1 – Tama Tuakanangaro
Tama Tuakanangaro – Te Puna Marama Voyaging Foundation trainee Kia orana everyone. Teia te mataora nei au i to matou teret Iere’anga na runga i te moana. Inana’i, kua akaruke atu matou ia Rarotonga i te popongi. Kua mataora tikae au i ta matou au anga’anga tei rave atu i runga i te vaka. Mei te tamoumou […]
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 […]
Blog 14 – Suwarrow Voyage – Te Ipukarea Society – Rat Baiting Programme
