Kupe - Voyaging by the Stars

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Kupe - Voyaging by the Stars

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According to Māori legend Aotearoa was found by the explorer Kupe, chasing a wheke (octopus) from Ra'iatea, Tahiti. This documentary follows Northland building contractor Hekenukumai 'Hector' Busby, as he leads the construction of a waka hourua (a double-hulled canoe) and retraces Kupe's course, across the Pacific, back to Rarotonga. Before 'Te Aorere' and her crew depart, Busby travels to Taihiti to learn of navigation methods that the great Polynesian ocean voyagers used, then returns home ...

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Video

Date created

1993

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/kupe-voyaging-by-the-stars-1993

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