After being on land for almost a year, Te Aurere is touched by the healing hands of the Worldwide Voyage crew whose mission of Mālama Honua lead them straight to her. A project that would allow them to honor the kauri trees and their ʻohana waʻa of Aotearoa.
Master navigator Hector Busby created a life size star compass as a gift to future navigators and sailors in Aotearoa and throughout the Pacific – all for the continuation of voyaging.