The sea connects us. Our roots hold us.
A celebration of culture, identity and the relationships that carry us across generations. Misima is a place to remember where you come from — and to discover what draws you here.
For daughters and sons who grew up here, grandchildren discovering their roots, and families carrying Misima across the world. We honour the matriarchs and maternal lines that connect generations, and the leaders who serve our communities. Wherever your journey has taken you, there is a place for you here.
Find your connection to Misima
Across oceans.
Across generations.
Find your way homeTrade carries more
than things.
Canoes carry people. Exchange carries relationships. Generations carry identity.
Misima is part of the Kula exchange network of the Massim. Her connections reach across the water through trade, kinship and voyaging. Our matriarchs and maternal lines hold that wider story close to home, alongside the leaders, families and custodians who carry it forward.
The stories we carry.
Women & communityWomen, land and the stories we carry
A documentary project places a Misiman woman’s experience at the centre of the story.
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History & exchangeGardens, canoes and an island economy
Long before industrial mining, Misima was connected by cultivation, seamanship and exchange.
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Historic photographsBwagoia, 16 June 1974
A university archive preserves a dated view of the harbour entrance.
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Some journeys
ask us to slow down.
A canoe against open water. Light through coconut palms. Time to listen to the story behind a place. Misima invites the sailor, the thoughtful traveller and the person looking for a little stillness to begin with curiosity and connection.
A shore to remember.
Panuwa.
Place. Village. Home.
A word can carry a little of home across the sea.
Discover words from the Misima Dictionary, share them with the next generation, and learn with the people who speak the language.
News from home.
The mine redevelopment, airport, hospital and the journeys that connect Misima.
What we carry from home
is worth sharing.
A daughter’s story. A son’s memory. A matriarch’s knowledge. A family photograph.
Help the next generation know the island that is part of them.