A founding member of the Polynesian voyaging society, the father, Billy Richmond, then worked on the construction site of the Hokule'a canoe.

The only Polynesian on board a crew made up of Micronesians, Michel Pouira Kreiner continued the journey for several months and visited the corners of this inaccessible archipelago.

[8] He leaves the management of his business to his sons and throws himself headlong into what he perceives as a mission ; safeguarding and promoting its ancestral culture, which it considers to be a heritage in danger of extinction.

According to Mau Piailug's instructions, it adorns the bow of the canoe with a sculpture of an albatross, a symbol of the bond that unites the peoples of the Pacific.

Miko himself steers the canoe to Satawal Island, where on March 18, 2007, Mau Piailug presides over a traditional Pwo ceremony for the navigators.

Five Hawaiians and eleven others are inducted as master navigators, including Mau's son, Sesario Sewralur [10] current captain of the canoe Alingano Maisu .

Without a written title deed, he chose to settle on the land of his paternal ancestors in Arue, in a traditional bamboo house with a large vegetable garden.

[14] Within this collective Miko finds artists such as Max Tohitika, Julien Magre, Massimo Colombini, Moana Heitaa and the sculptors Pitore and Teva Victor .

[16] According to a text by Jean-Louis Poitevin, “The CCTP intended “ giving the desire for image a central place in the cultural and social life of Tahiti.

Within the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi governed by King Aleka [19] he transformed into a real activist, and entered into open conflict with the local and French authorities.