Waka tracing ancestral path returns to Aotearoa
54 days after leaving Hawke's Bay on an epic ocean journey, Te Matau a Maui was welcomed back to Aotearoa this morning. The doubled-hulled voyaging waka was tracing the ancestral path of the Ngati Kahungunu waka Takitimu. The navigation used only the moon, stars, sun, winds, ocean swells and bird life. For skipper Te Kaha Hawaiki-rangi it's the culmination of more than a decade of training in celestial navigation. Te Kaha Hawaiki-rangi spoke to Lisa Owen.
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