Canoe restoration

Cook Islands MP wants govt help for canoe restoration

It was estimated repairs would cost about $US170,000 and MP Tama Tuavera said the government should assist the Cook Islands Voyaging Society to pay for it.

He said Te Marumaruatua, the double hulled canoe which has been traditionally navigated thousands of nautical miles around the Pacific, has served the country honourably and brought pride to the Cook Islands.

He said the canoe was a national treasure that belongs to the people of the Cooks which the government has a duty to help save.