How does Lata’s sail work?
Te Laa o Lata VTP’s Mimi George just had an article published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, about measuring performance of an...
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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
- 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 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
- 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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vakataumako
- Mar 11, 2016
- 2 min
Help Sail to Vanuatu this November
Aloha Tatou, The Vaka Taumako Project of Solomon Islands is preparing for a voyage from Taumako to Vanuatu in November, 2016. The aim of...
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vakataumako
- Aug 11, 2014
- 4 min
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...
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vakataumako
- Oct 15, 2013
- 1 min
Image & Reality in Polynesian Voyaging
Presented by Marianne George, Ph.D and Meph Wyeth Image and Reality in Polynesian Voyaging is a mesmerizing mixed media presentation of...
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vakataumako
- Jul 22, 2013
- 1 min
We, The Voyagers – Trailer
#penchansky #Voyaging #holau #Kaveia #trailer #Polynesian #video #vimeo #film #bbc
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vakataumako
- Jul 14, 2012
- 1 min
Te Lapa
In addition to their vast knowledge of asterisms, wind, waves, and currents, sailors of the Duff and Reef Island groups make use of a...
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vakataumako
- Sep 15, 2009
- 4 min
Te Matua’s Gift
Chief Kaveia with carving of his ancestor Lata Our aloha and condolences go out to family and friends of Paramount Chief Koloso Kaveia,...
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vakataumako
- Apr 17, 2009
- 2 min
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...
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vakataumako
- Apr 15, 2009
- 3 min
NAVIGATION AND PILOTING USING TE LAPA
III. NAVIGATION AND PILOTING USING TE LAPA – FLASHES OF LIGHT THAT EMANATE FROM LAND Elaborations on previously conveyed and demonstrated...
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vakataumako
- Apr 15, 2009
- 2 min
NAVIGATION USING SWELLS AND WAVES
II. NAVIGATION USING SWELLS AND WAVES – “HOKOHUA LOA AND HOKOHUA KIKO” Data was elaborated that added to and built upon previously...
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