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Thirty years ago, a crew of rangatahi led by Hekenukumai Busby set sail on a bold voyage of rediscovery to Rarotonga and back, rekindling a knowledge which had been lost while also proving a point.
They left from Te Tai Tokerau on a double-hulled canoe named Te Aurere, a 60 foot waka hourua made of kauri logs lashed together with a large mast protruding from the centre.