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Polynesian canoes relive epic Pacific migration

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Nearly 1,000 years after the last of the great Polynesian migration journeys across the Pacific, a group of descendants set sail in a fleet of replica canoes on Sunday to relive the voyages. 

Four double-hulled canoes with crews of up to 16 people each departed from Auckland to sail 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) to the French Polynesian island of Raiatea. 

Raiatea is believed to have been the departure point for the last great Polynesian migrations to New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island around 700 to 1,000 years ago  …  Details

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