Tales of Taonga - Tupaia

As a key part of the history of the Moana, the story of one of our most travelled ancient navigators has come to the fore.

This is the extraordinary story of Tupaia, the Tahitian 'Arioi' master navigator who travelled with Captain Cook around the Pacific and was the key for Cook to communicate with Pacific people.

Tupaia made a map of the Pacific, which was considered 'unreadable' until just a few years ago, here is Tupaia Polynesian view of the world ...