November 01, 2012
Kua tau atu ngā waka hourua ā Te Aurere me Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti ki uta ki Mangareva


I te rāhina, i tau tika atu rātou ki te tūnga tuarua nei ō te haerenga nui ki te pito ō te whenua, ki Rapanui.
Hei tā Jack Thatcher te kaihautu mo te Waka Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, he mama ake tēnei wahanga ō te haerenga ki haerenga nui mai Aotearoa ki te tūnga tuatahi, ki Tubuai.
Hei tā Thatcher, ka whai wāhi ngā ope ki te whakatika i ngā waka, me te tūtaki atu ki ngā tangata ō te wā kainga ō Mangareva i mua i te whakaritenga mō te haerenga ki Rapanui.
I te Mane, i whakapā atu mātou ki ā Hekenukumai Puhipi, te tohunga nana ngā waka nei i tārai, hei tāna, i te hari, i te koa ia i runga anō i te karere kua tae tika atu ana waka ki te wāhi okiokinga nei.