Tag: Sailing
Tokyo 2020 Day Five: Pacific athletes – who to watch and...
Day Five of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics is all about rugby sevens and whether Fiji can defend their gold medal from 2016.
Rugby Sevens...
Indonesia’s strict foreign researchers laws lead to deportation of rafting...
By Djemi Amnifu in Jakarta
A group of sailing enthusiasts attempting to conduct a rafting expedition from the Timor Sea to Darwin, Australia, has been...
Story of Pacific ‘reconnection’ destined for the big screen
By Michael Andrew and Sri Krishnamurthi
The true story of one of the Pacific’s great waka builders and sailors has been captured in a stirring...
Reviving the ‘lost skills’ of traditional waka Pacific voyaging
Waka (or va'a) voyager and environmental advocate Schannel van Dijken talks about the Pacific and Samoan ocean sailing traditions and the challenges of climate...
18 Timorese freedom-seekers recall courageous voyage
By Vannessa Hearman and Jose da Costa
In 1995, 18 East Timorese youths sailed illegally to Australia in a small fishing boat. After five nights...
American migrant sailor boosts Tongan America’s Cup challenge dream
Report by Pacific Media Centre
The world’s oldest and wealthiest race has an unlikely challenger, an ancient Tongan kalia. An American sailor, resident in Tonga’s...
