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- Jun 27, 2018
- 1 min
MACFEST~Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival
Taumako Voyagers Are Coming to MACFEST - (Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival) in Honiara July 1-10. A voyaging leader, 2 youths, and...
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vakataumako
- Dec 14, 2017
- 20 min
Ancient Searoads and Commitments to Sustainability in Eastern Polynesia
by Mimi George Part One: Malama Honua, Gershon II and Rapanui I am a cultural anthropologist and sailor, focused on voyaging traditions....
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vakataumako
- Dec 3, 2017
- 9 min
Holau Vanuatu, Eruptions, and the Next Voyages
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...
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vakataumako
- Sep 23, 2017
- 1 min
Vaka Taumako Project at UC Irvine
Dr Mimi George of the Vaka Taumako Project will give the keynote presentation “Lata’s Wayfinding System and Climate Science” followed by...
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vakataumako
- Aug 27, 2017
- 1 min
Holau Vanuatu – Voyage to Vanuatu
Aims: Voyagers of Taumako, SE Solomon Islands will sail their ancient vessel to North Vanuatu because they want to: re-connect long...
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vakataumako
- Aug 25, 2017
- 1 min
Vaka Taumako in Pacific Paddler Magazine
We’re in Pacific Paddler Magazine this month. Mahalo! #paddler #canoe #Vaka #solomon #tepuke #Taumako #pacific #Polynesian #SolomonIslands
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vakataumako
- Jul 19, 2017
- 1 min
Check out our Kickstarter!
We’re raising funds to help Taumako videographer Dixon Wia, who’s busy documenting the Polynesian voyaging traditions of his ancestors,...
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vakataumako
- Jun 26, 2017
- 2 min
Summit of Voyagers in Honolulu
Mimi and Meph helped welcome Hokule`a home on 17 June, and then exhibited at the Convention Center conference on ocean voyaging 18-20...
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vakataumako
- Jun 22, 2017
- 3 min
Vaka Valo Association is in Charge! Their Programs are Underway!
The Vaka Taumako Project (VTP) of the Pacific Traditions Society, under Direction of cultural anthropologist and sailor Marianne “Mimi”...
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vakataumako
- Jun 16, 2017
- 1 min
Lata’s Children
We’re in this month’s Hana Hou Magazine! A BIG MAHALO to Derek Farrer, author of the “Lata’s Children” article on page 100 of the...
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vakataumako
- Jun 13, 2017
- 2 min
Tepuke from Taumako arrives in Santa Cruz
LUOVA, TEMOTU PROVINCE: For the first time in over thirty years, a Taumako voyaging canoe arrived at Santa Cruz Island’s northwestern tip...
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vakataumako
- Jan 30, 2017
- 3 min
Meph’s Report from Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
by Meph Wyeth Mimi and Meph spent most of November in Solomons and, in Meph’s case, northern Vanuatu. They hoped to participate in Holau...
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vakataumako
- Jan 2, 2017
- 23 min
Calling The Wind of Reunion
Chief Kaveia’s Guidance by Mimi George For 16 years Chief Koloso Kaveia of Taumako (Duffs Group of SE Solomon Islands), strived to train...
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vakataumako
- Oct 26, 2016
- 1 min
Heritage Expeditions joins the Vaka Taumako Project
The “Spirit of Enderby,” a 50 passenger cruise ship of Heritage Expeditions, will visit Duff Islands (Taumako) on Nov 1st. They will be...
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vakataumako
- Oct 26, 2016
- 1 min
Holau Vanuatu featured in The Island Sun
Holau Vanuatu – VTP’s voyage to Vanuatu – was in the news this week in The Island Sun newspaper in the Solomon Islands. island sun –...
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vakataumako
- Sep 6, 2016
- 1 min
Doc Simon interviewed in The Island Sun
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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vakataumako
- Sep 6, 2016
- 1 min
VTP at the World Conservation Congress
A few fresh pics of Drs. Salopuka and George presenting at the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation...
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vakataumako
- Aug 24, 2016
- 1 min
Sailing With Lata/Laka: Presentation at East West Center
Come See how Ancient Polynesian Voyaging is still practiced today. Drs. Simon Salopuka and Mimi George of the Vaka Taumako Project of...
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vakataumako
- Aug 1, 2016
- 1 min
Video: Lashing a Te Puke voyaging canoe
In this video, students at the Lata Voyaging School lash the riser box onto a traditional Te Puke voyaging canoe using coconut fiber...
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