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Pacific voyagers sail to join Te Manava Vaka festival

Tuesday 5 May 2015 | Published in Other Sports

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Pacific voyagers sail to join Te Manava Vaka festival
Traditional master navigator Tua Pittman (top left) meets with Vaka Marumaru Atua crew on a warm Auckland morning before the crew departed yesterday for Rarotonga.

Vaka voyagers hoisted their sails yesterday and set out for Rarotonga for the inaugural ‘Te Manava Vaka Festival’ organised as part of the Cook Islands 50th anniversary celebrations.

Vaka voyagers hoisted their sails yesterday and set out for Rarotonga for the inaugural ‘Te Manava Vaka Festival’ organised as part of the Cook Islands 50th anniversary celebrations.


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