Nō muri i te haerenga o Hōkūle‘a mai i Hawaii ki Tahiti, ki Hawaii anō i te tau 1976, ka whakaritea anōtia ētahi atu haerenga i Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. Kātahi ka whakamātau te Polynesian Voyaging Society mēnā i taea e ngā iwi o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa te heke i te taha rāwhiti o Poronihia ki Aotearoa me te hoki atu. Nō tā rātou haerenga angitū i ngā tau 1985 – 86 i tohu, ka taea noatia tērā haere. Heoi kāore he taunaki e tautoko ana i te ariā i hoki atu ngā tāngata mai i Aotearoa ki Poronihia ki te rāwhiti. Ko tērā e mōhio paitia ana, i hoki rawa rātou ki ngā moutere o Rangitahua (Kermadec).
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