The Cook Islands traditional voyaging canoe, Marumaru Atua, has made a grand return to her resting place off Rarotonga.
In September 2017, the vaka was damaged by fire.
Extensive fundraising efforts led to the vessel being shipped to Auckland where she spent almost half a year being repaired.
Posted on - 2019-06-27Tourism New Caledonia says hundreds of jobs are at risk over the reported attack on a yacht near Ouvea this week.
The organisation said the circumstances need to be clarified after local men firing a rifle confronted a luxury yacht with Australian tourists moored in traditional fishing grounds.
Reports said despite their stay having been cleared with customary authorities, the Australian tourists were assaulted, and the yacht was damaged.
Posted on - 2019-06-27A Vietnamese fishing vessel which was seized by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) was sunk at a depth of 17 metres to be used as an artificial reef in the waters of Kampung Tajau Laut, near here, Sunday.
Posted on - 2019-06-26