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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 8, 2019 18:22:12 GMT 12
PACIFIC VOYAGING PROWESS HONOURED AT HISTORIC EARLY ARRIVAL As the Tuia 250 Voyage flotilla enters the Bay of Islands today it will pause and acknowledge Mangahawea Bay where compelling evidence of the immense voyaging reach and prowess of Māori and Pacific peoples has been found dating back to 1290 arrivals, say Co-chairs of the Tuia 250 National Coordinating Committee Dame Jenny Shipley and Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr. “Archaeological evidence uncovered at Mangahawea Bay on Moturua Island as part of Tuia 250 confirms what we know about the Pacific Ocean being a vast highway of travel, well before Pākehā came to Aotearoa New Zealand,” says Dame Jenny. www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1911/S00090/pacific-voyaging-prowess-honoured-at-historic-early-arrival.htm
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