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He Hekenga Tūhura | A Voyage of Discovery
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8m 4s
Tribute to master navigator Sir Hector "Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi Puhipi" Busby, a Māori navigator and traditional waka builder in New Zealand recognized as a leading figure in the revival of traditional Polynesian navigation and ocean voyaging using wayfinding techniques, and Pius "Mau" Piailug a Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal who contributed to the emergence of the second Hawaiian cultural renaissance and to a revival of Polynesian navigation and canoe building in Hawaii, New Zealand, Rarotonga and Tahiti.