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VTP talks sustainability at Fiji Talanoa
by H. Meph Wyeth From 14-18 July, the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, hosted a combined conference on climate change and...

vakataumako
Aug 11, 20144 min read
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Sustainability & How Ancient Vessels Are Better
Superior Design and Performance Features of Nga Vaka o Lata; Sustainability and How Ancient Vessels Are Better abstract by M. George and...

vakataumako
Jun 3, 20142 min read
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Holau Kaveia
Aloha Kakou! I am so happy to tell you the good news. At last, the educational vision of the late Chief Kaveia is being fully realized!...

vakataumako
Nov 30, 20122 min read
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The Cognitive and Cultural Dynamics of Taumako Navigation
A Preliminary Report by Dr. Marianne “Mimi” George Prepared for the National Science Foundation 2009 In the eight sections of this report...

vakataumako
Apr 17, 20092 min read
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Canoe Sailing in the Solomon Islands
You haven’t seen me on the river since the end of August. The reason is that I’ve been on Taumako, a remote island in the Solomon...

vakataumako
Jan 16, 20088 min read
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Cause for Celebration: Open House in Taumako
from Pacific Paddler Magazine, June 2002 – by Meph Wyeth Dateline: Duff Islands, Temoto Province, eastern Solomon Islands. Sunday 24...

vakataumako
Jun 15, 20022 min read
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The Art and Craft of a Polynesian Voyaging Canoe
from Pacific Arts Magazine, May 2000 by Heu’ionalani Meph Wyeth On the tiny island of Taumako (fig. 1) in the Solomon Islands’ eastern...

vakataumako
May 15, 20009 min read
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Authentic Polynesian Voyaging Canoe Sails Again
In August, 1998, the Te Puke named Vaka Taumako made its first voyage. For the first time in over forty years, a Polynesian voyaging...

vakataumako
Jul 14, 199921 min read
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The First Te Puke
How Lata built the first voyaging canoe as told by Paramount Chief Kruso Kaveia for Sailing New Zealand Magazine, July 1999 A man and his...

vakataumako
Jul 14, 19998 min read
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Return of the Te Puke
from Solomons, inflight magazine of Solomon Airlines, June 1998, Issue #25, page 34 by Meph Wyeth Thank God for your safe arrival here…...

vakataumako
Jun 15, 19984 min read
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The Return of Lata: Building an Authentic Polynesian Voyaging Canoe
by Mimi George, Ph.D. for Sea History Magazine, Spring 1998 How were stone-age Polynesian craft built and how did they perform at sea? ...

vakataumako
Feb 17, 199810 min read
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