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These are the Pacific Islands Kiwis can travel to this winter
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These are the Pacific Islands that Kiwis can travel to this winter
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Sacred Ships: the Drua of Fiji - Bringing you Truth, Inspiration, Hope
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Waqa Tabu–Sacred Ships: the Fijian Drua - Bringing you Truth, Inspiration, Hope
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John Mitchell
The Ratu Finau inside the
Fiji Museum.
Picture: fijimuseum.org.fj
PART 1
THOUSANDS of years before the arrival of the first group of explorers, traders and settlers to our shores, indigenous seafarers ruled one of the largest and untouched frontiers on earth – the Pacific Ocean.
These fearless sailors and sea-going warriors explored the marine world around them, traded food and goods and engaged in endless battles, many of which influenced the course of Pacific and Fijian history that we know today.
But amongst the many things that helped shape civilisation in Oceania was the capability of the mighty double-hulled drua, the finest sea-going vessels ever designed, built and driven by Pacific Islanders.