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Wednesday 17 September 2014 | Published in Environment
Cook Islands traditional double hulled voyaging vaka Marumaru Atua, photographed here by Varo Media, when she escorted Hokulea and Hikianalia during the Hawaiian canoes and their crew visit to the Cooks in July this year. 14091611
A memorandum of understanding signed between IUCN-Oceania (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and the Cook Islands Voyaging Society sets the course for vaka Marumaru Atua to sail to Sydney for the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014.
A memorandum of understanding signed between IUCN-Oceania (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and the Cook Islands Voyaging Society sets the course for vaka Marumaru Atua to sail to Sydney for the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014.
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