Tulano, Tokelauan Sailor and Navigator
Friday, 27 March 2009
Tulano is in the Solomons right now, sailing a vaka lualua this weekend. That seems a long way off from London right now. Tulano, you are an inspiration for us all, you have learned navigation
The Tokelau and canoetokelau referenda!
Monday, 15 October 2007
Tokelau is preparing for a referendum on independence- important times. On October 25th, the outcome will be announced from Atafu.
And at the same time, Tulano and I are making some important
Cool Earth
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Here at canoetokelau we love trees; well, you have to if you want to build vaka- a really effective and long lasting use of wood that can make for fantastic carbon neutral transport. These days,
Love the Ocean
Saturday, 26 May 2007
There’s a programme on right now about Hawai’i, and i’m saddened and embarassed by the state of the ocean that we all claim to love. This throwaway
UN Secretary General talks Tokelau
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Ban Ki Moon was talking today about non self governing territories, and these days. that means Tokelau. A second Tokelau referendum on self government is coming, and the UN likes that a lot.
Tokelauan Myths
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Tulano has translated two Tokelauan myths for your enjoyment here- you’ll learn something about Tokelauan culture... and maybe even how to make fire too! Malo te galue, Tulano.
Pacific Tsunami news
Tuesday, 3 April 2007
I missed this whilst travelling in Italy- a tsunami hit the Solomons on sunday at 20:40 GMT and a large number of people have lost their lives. Thankfully, aid is starting to reach the afflicted
.tk web danger!
Saturday, 17 March 2007
you might want to think before you click onto that .tk web domain... it’s proving to be one of the most abused top level domains, used for lots of phishing and junk mail- that’s about as un
Olosega in the news again
Tuesday, 13 March 2007
Faipule Kolouei O’Brien was mentioned on the radio new zealand international website talking about Olosega- Swains to some people- saying that if Tokelau votes for independence, one of the first
Pitbull training
Friday, 9 March 2007
On a rare day off, i thought i’d go for a ride in the sunshine and work off some winter insulation. Heading up to Waterloo, a flash of fur came out of my peripheral vision and an “excitable” pitbull
