Whetu Maram: Bright Star
For Maori, the canoe underpins our Release Date: Wednesday 6th July
culture. We once built waka/canoes
from giant trees and sailed the vast
Pacific by the stars. These arts were
lost to us for 600 years. Then the stars
re-aligned and three men from far
flung islands revived our place as the
greatest navigators on the planet, a
Hawaiian, a Micronesian and Hek
Busby, “The Chief” from Aotearoa/
New Zealand.WHETU MARAMA: BRIGHT STAR is
the story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi
Puhipi, aka Hek Busby, and his
significance for Maori in rekindling
their wayfinding DNA and for all
New Zealanders in reclaiming our
place as traditional star voyagers on
the world map.