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Holau Vaka Taumako Association

Pacific Traditions Society with Kyle McDonald

This project traces its origin back to the collaboration between the people of Taumako and the Hawaii-based nonprofit Pacific Traditions Society, initiated in 1993 by Paramount Chief Koloso Kaveia who recruited Dr. Marianne “Mimi” George.

In 2019 artist and technologist Kyle McDonald joined the effort as a volunteer in hopes of finding