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    • 2013 Waka Tapu Polynesian triangle route - Aotearoa to Rapanui.
    Rights: Gringer Published 13 November 2014 Size: 59 KB Referencing Hub media

    The Waka Tapu completed the last leg of the Polynesian triangle from Aotearoa to Rapanui and back in 2013. All three sides of the Polynesian triangle have now been navigated, linking Aotearoa, Hawaii and Rapanui.

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      The Waka Tapu voyage

      Navigator Jack Thatcher commanded the two waka hourua that sailed from Aotearoa (New Zealand) to Rapanui (Easter Island) and back. Te Aurere and its supporting vessel Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, known ...

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