The crew members are greeted by friends and family as Waka Tapu departs from Viaduct Harbour, for a four-month return voyage to Rapa Nui (Easter Island), on August 17, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Crew members are farewelled by friends and family as Waka Tapu departs from Viaduct Harbour, for a four month return voyage to Rapa Nui (Easter Island), on August 17, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. The 10,000 nautical mile voyage will retrace the ancestors of Maori when they first travelled across the Pacific to make their home in New Zealand.