Work has begun to incorporate aspects of the traditional Samoan voyaging canoe (va’a) based culture and environmental education program into Samoa’s school curriculum. Staff from the Ministry of Education…
A whale researcher in the Cook Islands thinks climate change is affecting the annual humpback migration from Antarctica. Nan Hauser, who has been observing the migration for 23 years,…
The Cook Islands Voyaging Society was the recipient of Social Impact Funding Grant for Te Uki Ou kia Akamatutuia e kia Rangatira i te Teretere Moana (Developing Voyagers for…
Depending on the weather, Marumaru Atua’s skipper hopes to sail the vaka out of Avarua harbour this weekend, bound for the island of Mangaia for the investiture of Numangatini…
As the whole world is battling COVID-19, the Marshall Islands is still faced with a Dengue Fever outbreak that started on the atoll of Ebeye in July 2019, before…
Litokne Kabua, a young climate activist from the Marshall Islands, highlights the experience of small island communities living with the impacts of climate change. He implores world leaders to take action before it…
OPINION: Growing up, met with vindictive comments whenever we try to learn about our culture, it’s easy to just turn our back on it all – and that’s why…
Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr has been named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in this year’s Queen’s Honours. The master waka voyager, who has been sailing for over 35…
Captain Aunofo Havea Funaki is a Tongan trailblazer: She is the first female licensed captain in the Kingdom of Tonga and Polynesia; is a captain of yachts and vakas…
Earlier this month, before the travel restrictions relating to the emergence of the Corona virus in several Pacific island states took effect, our crew of Okeanos Palau sailed to…