Crew Profile: Tua Pittman
PVS Member Since
HOMETOWN:
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
PRIMARY DUTY:
Pwo Master Navigator
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
WORLDWIDE VOYAGE LEGS SAILED:
Leg 2: Hikianalia’s Voyage To California, Leg 3: Tahiti to Sāmoa
Tua is one of two Pwo Master Navigators from the Cook Islands, where he serves as Captain and Navigator on the vaka (voyaging canoe) Marumaru Atua. Tua was inducted in Pwo, the degree of the Weriyeng School of Navigation of Micronesia in 2008. He has sailed extensively around the Pacific sharing his traditional voyaging experiences.
Tua is also a sub Chief in the district of Takitumu of Rarotonga, holding the title of Teaia Mataiapo.
Tua is also a sub Chief in the district of Takitumu of Rarotonga, holding the title of Teaia Mataiapo.
Tua Pittman: Related Posts
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Worldwide Voyage | Voices of the Pacific
Leaders from around the Pacific gather in Hawaiʻi for the IUCN World Conservation Congress to discuss how we can collectively mālama honua. -
Our ʻOhana Waʻa in the Pacific
Since her launch in 1975, Hōkūleʻa has inspired these new waʻa communities, not only here in Hawaiʻi, but throughout all of Polynesia. -
Welcome to Rarotonga
Captain Tua Pittman welcomes the Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia crews to his island of Rarotonga.
