We are the crew of Lata, the Polynesian culture-hero who built the first voyaging canoe and navigated across the Pacific. We use only...

We are making “We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka” accessible for the lowest possible data cost. We’ve prepared a 60MB version for FREE access....

We are the crew of Lata, the Polynesian culture-hero who built the first voyaging canoe and navigated across the Pacific. We use only...

Thanks to a generous donation, Pacific Traditions Society has contracted with Oceans People to build a 38' proa as an all-seasons ...

Vaka Taumako Project’s Dr. Simon Salopuka was recently interviewed by The Island Sun newspaper of Solomon Islands. You can read this...

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In this paper, I relate how I was taught about and experienced mana in the forms of wind and weather behaviors. I highlight the role of...

Editorial Anthropologists, folklorists, and those in some social and behavioural sciences will be long familiar with the terms ‘emic’...

Today the tepuke paddle called foe VAKA and foe MANU were collected in the forest in preparation for the MACFEST event. Preparation of...

Taumako Voyagers Are Coming to MACFEST - (Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival) in Honiara July 1-10. A voyaging leader, 2 youths, and...

by Mimi George Part One: Malama Honua, Gershon II and Rapanui I am a cultural anthropologist and sailor, focused on voyaging traditions....

In 2005, ninety-six year old Paramount Chief Koloso Kaveia announced his plan to sail (holau) to Vanuatu on a TePuke. He had taught his...

Dr Mimi George of the Vaka Taumako Project will give the keynote presentation “Lata’s Wayfinding System and Climate Science” followed by...

Aims: Voyagers of Taumako, SE Solomon Islands will sail their ancient vessel to North Vanuatu because they want to: re-connect long...

We’re in Pacific Paddler Magazine this month.  Mahalo! #paddler #canoe #Vaka #solomon #tepuke #Taumako #pacific #Polynesian #SolomonIslands

We’re raising funds to help Taumako videographer Dixon Wia, who’s busy documenting the Polynesian voyaging traditions of his ancestors,...

Mimi and Meph helped welcome Hokule`a home on 17 June, and then exhibited at the Convention Center conference on ocean voyaging 18-20...

The Vaka Taumako Project (VTP) of the Pacific Traditions Society, under Direction of cultural anthropologist and sailor Marianne “Mimi”...