Maurai first set his feet on board of a traditionally based double-hull Polynesian sailing canoe in September 2014, when he sailed from Rarotonga, Cook Islands, to Australia aboard Marumaru…
Traditional navigator Peia Patai has trained Pacific Islanders from more than seven countries to become open ocean sailors since the Auckland-based Okeanos Maritime Training Program first began in February…
Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans is a public art programme bringing messages of ocean conservation into streets around the globe. Now, it’s taking over the streets of Gisborne. Contemporary…
There’s a call for more young people to learn traditional navigation in New Zealand. The Te Toki Voyaging Trust is running short sailings to raise funds for a three…
24 emerging Maori and Pacific voyagers have been selected to sail on board Haunui Waka to Norfolk Island in September 2018. The voyage provides deep-sea training ahead of a…
The waka hourua Tairawhiti ‘floating classroom’ The waka hourua Tairawhiti “floating classroom” sailed from Gisborne port yesterday on its first official education voyage for students. On board were 17…
A life on the ocean began when a nine-year-old saw an old waka taua on the Waitematā harbour As part of its Waka Odyssey, the 2018 New Zealand Festival…
The Okeanos Maritime Training Center opened its doors in Auckland at the beginning of February and welcomed the first group of students from Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Tahiti. According…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Centuries before the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman and Britain’s Captain James Cook arrived in what became New Zealand, there was Kupe, a 10th-century navigator from…
A waka voyage down the North Island’s East Coast sailed through a surprising amount of microplastic pollution – and its leader wants action on the ocean scourge. Hawke’s Bay-based…