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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Y. Mara Teresa Hernndez

Polynesian pride: Three-day canoe voyage in mid-Pacific

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The causes are worthy, the course is daunting – almost 500 kilometers (about 300 miles) across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean in a large canoe.

It’s the Hoki Mai Challenge, which started Saturday in Rapa Nui, a territory in the Pacific that is part of Chile and is better known as Easter Island.

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