Cook Islands Voyaging Society

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Marumaru Atua, Rarotonga 2010

The Cook Islands Voyaging Society (CIVS) is a non-profit organisation in the Cook Islands dedicated to the promotion of polynesian navigation, cultural ancestry,and environmental knowledge for future generations.[1] It builds and sails replicas of traditional double-hulled voyaging canoes, undertaking voyages throughout Polynesia using traditional navigation techniques.

The society was established in 1992, and formally incorporated in 1993.[2] It was initially led by former Cook Islands prime Minister Tom Davis. In 1994 Davis led the design and construction of the society's first replica voyaging canoe, Te Au o Tonga.[2] Te Au o Tonga was later used by the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea as a model for a group of fibreglass-hulled replicas, including Marumaru Atua.[2] Marumaru Atua was gifted to the society in 2014.[3]

Since 2018 the society has collaborated with NGO Korero te Orau to run a school holiday programme on traditional voyaging and vaka knowledge.[4]

In December 2019 the society was featured in an exhibit at the Cook Islands National Museum on the revival of voyaging in the Cook Islands.[5]

The society is funded by the Cook Islands government, international NGOs, and public donations.[1][6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "The Cook Islands Voyaging Society Strategic Plan 2018-2023" (PDF). Cook Islands Voyaging Society. p. 7. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "History of Voyaging". Cook Islands Voyaging Society. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Marumaru Atua". Okeanos Foundation for the Sea. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ "'We are all in the same boat'". Cook Islands News. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. ^ Melina Etches (18 December 2019). "Voyaging history on show". Cook Islands News. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Cook Islands vaka secures nearly $NZ500,000 in funding". RNZ. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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