Te Puna Marama Voyaging Foundation
Workshops run by Te Puna Marama Voyaging Foundation specifically to: discuss, collect and document Indigenous Cook Islands Star Names/Celestial names, voyaging, meteorological, scientific terms.
The findings from these navigation workshops will be incorporated in the Teretereanga vaka program to teach traditional sailing and navigation in the Cook Islands in te reo Maori using the floating classroom vaka motu (traditional voyaging canoe) “Paikea”. These resources will form the basis of developing a recognised and “certified” training program in te reo and a school/training centre to be run by the Foundation’s Trustees with the aim of training future navigators of the Cook Islands.
