Marumaru Atua / Cook-Islands
Our Purpose...Our World... Our Purpose...Our World... / 26 February 2012
Day 8. Kia orana tatou, To matou au metua, tokorua, tuangane, tuakana, tuaine, taeake akaperepere. Teia matou ta kotou au tamariki o Marumaru atua te mii aroa atu nei ia kotou. Meitaki maata no ta kotou pure e te aroa ia matou (Greetings to our dear parents, husbands, wives, b... Read the rest
Ensenada,whales, dolphins and the fog... / 30 January 2012
Kia Orana tatou! Our sail from Shelter Island Marina in San Diego, our Vaka's home away from home for the last 5 months or so, to our first port of call in Mexico was a nice smooth one. We were all scheduled to leave the marina at 1pm but as usual with a fleet of pacific... Read the rest
Featured Crew member: Brown Apera Pori Makea
I began my voyaging in 2008 on board Te Au O Tonga from Rarotonga to PagoPago for the 10th south pacific performing arts festival, then onto Niue. 2011 I am voyaging from Rarotonga to Tahiti and onto Hawaii. In Rarotonga I am a tour guide with captain Tama's cruises and also work as a volunteer with our Cook Islands Whale Research organisation. From August to November we monitor the whales migration through our waters. Man must stop whaling altogether and protect our anc... Meet the other Crew Members
