Maohi Vaa Navigator – Moeata Galenon
Native Stories
English - February 06, 2022 17:00 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 69 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Moeata Galenon, the first female Maohi Navigator on the traditional canoe Faafaite.She shares her journey of becoming a crew member of Faafaite, to becoming the first female navigator on the vaa, after she sailed from Tahiti to Aotearoa/New Zealand with co-navigator Titaua Teipoarii in 2019 without using any instruments. She shares on the importance of indigenous knowledge in navigating and in perpetuating our cultures.