Māori navigators
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Traditional Māori navigators use celestial bodies, as well as ocean currents, winds and other natural signs, to guide them across vast distances of ocean, with no GPS and no technology, not even a watch.
Hinerapa Rupuha captained the double-hulled canoe Ngāhiraka Mai...

![Hinerapa Rupuha captained the double-hulled canoe Ngāhiraka Mai Tawhiti from Samoa to Tonga in 2025. [Photo: RNZ / Baz Macdonald] Hinerapa Rupuha](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/hinerapa_rupuha_.jpeg?itok=y32_GFG9)