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An all-female Pacific-crewed research vessel which set sail from Aotearoa last month has arrived in Tonga.
Co-led by Tongan captain Aunofo Havea and Fealofani Bruun, the first Sāmoan woman to qualify as a yacht master they sailed Hinemoana II from the Bay of Plenty to Tongatapu conducting research on whale populations during its voyage.
RNZ Pacific's Grace Fiavaai has the story.