PACIFIC TRADITIONS SOCIETY

THROUGHOUT 2024 PACIFIC TRADITIONS SOCIETY (PTS) GAVE SUPPORT TO HOLAU VAKA TAUMAKO ASSOCIATION (HVTA) AND PASANA GROUP (PG) FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AS WELL AS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR CANOE HOUSES. PTS BEGAN THE PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE GERDA HENKEL STIFTUNG FOUNDATION. M. GEORGE SAILED TO ALOTAU ON ONE OF THE 3 PG SAILAU THAT SAILED THERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL KANU AND KUNDU FESTIVAL. THE PG SAILAU WERE CREWED BY YOUNG PG STUDENTS WHO PLACED 1ST, 2ND AND 4TH OUT OF 82 SAILAU THAT RACED IN THE FESTIVAL, MOST BEING CREWED BY ADULTS. IN FEBRUARY M. GEORGE, HEUIONALANI WYETH AND L. VAIKAWI TRAVELED TO LUMOLUMO, BASILAKI ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA TO HELP PG FINALIZE REGISTRATION OF THEIR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. IN MARCH PTS MOVED S.V. LATA HULL IN A CRADLE, HER MAST, RIGGING AND OUTRIGGER FROM ITS DRY STORAGE AT HONOKOHAU HARBOR TO A PRIVATE FARM IN KAPA`AU. EFFORTS CONTINUED THROUGH THE YEAR TO ARRANGE FOR THE VESSEL TO BE SOLD OR DONATED TO AN EDUCATIONAL CONCERN. SEVERAL CONTAINERS OF SV LATA SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT WERE CARRIED TO HVTA AND PG AS LUGGAGE OF TRAVELERS WHENEVER FLYING THERE. IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER L. VAIKAWI, AN HVTA VOLUNTEER, A FISHER NAMED AMOS WAIARU, AND M. GEORGE, PARTICIPATED IN THE NORTHERN PEOPLES FISHING CONFERENCE OF SNOWCHANGE COOPERATIVE LOCATED IN FINLAND. IN SEPTEMBER D.B. BOSI, H WYETH AND M. GEORGE TRAVELED TO LONDON AND BOSI AND GEORGE PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAINING FOR THE ENDANGERED MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE PROGRAM OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. NUMEROUS PRESENTATIONS, CONSULTATIONS, AND GRANT PROPOSALS WERE MADE IN PERSON AND IN ZOOM MEETINGS, IN WHICH PTS INTRODUCED HVTA AND PG VOYAGING EDUCATION LEADERS AND PROPOSED FUTURE PROGRAMS. LATER IN SEPTEMBER KYLE MCDONALD, D.B. BOSI, M. GEORGE, AND H. WYETH MADE PRESENTATIONS AT U.C. SAN DIEGO AS PART OF THE EMBODIED PACIFIC EXHIBIT, IN WHICH A PANDANUS SAIL MADE BY TAUMAKO WEAVERS WAS PRESENTED TO THE KUMEYAAY NATION. PRESENTATIONS AT U.C. LOS ANGELES FOR A PROGRAM ABOUT WOMEN VOYAGERS AND ANCESTRAL GUIDES WERE ALSO MADE. IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER M. GEORGE AND INTERN ZOE FOSTER TRAVELED TO LUMOLUMO TO DELIVER AND FACILATE INSTALLATION OF A STARLINK AND AN ELECTRIC SOLAR SYSTEM.