 He made a historic voyage to Aotona (Rarotonga) in what are now the Cook Islands to obtain the highly prized feathers of a red parrot as gifts for his son and daughter.The voyage was done in a great outrigger canoe named Va'ahiva that had 140 rowers.Of these, 100 die of hunger before they reach Aotona, where they capture enough parrots to fill 140 bags with their feathers.