Cook Islands Voyaging Society

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.

Marumaru Atua, Rarotonga 2010

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. "The Cook Islands Voyaging Society Strategic Plan 2018-2023" (PDF). Cook Islands Voyaging Society. p. 7. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. "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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