Mele Murals: Blanche Pope Elementary

Hoʻomalu ʻia e nā liko. Another Mele Murals project has begun. This time taking place at Blanche Pope Elementary School in Waimanalo. Those involved began the Mele Murals process by taking a huakaʻi, or journey, to a nearby spring to connect with the land and to ask...
Hōkūle‘a Mālama Honua Exhibition

Hōkūle‘a Mālama Honua Exhibition

On Friday, May 6th, the opening reception was held for a new exhibition about Hōkūleʻa’s Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. “This exhibition is called Hōkūleʻa Mālama Honua. It’s part of a month-long celebration that the Honolulu Museum of Art is putting on. The focus for...

Hālau Kū Māna Voyage 2016

The 9th grade class from Hālau Kū Māna have been taking Papa Waʻa or Canoe Class from the instructors of the Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy all school year. As a cumulative hōʻike or showcase, the students, teachers, and KVA instructors went for a 5 day inter-island...
Heidi Sails Home

Heidi Sails Home

As Chief Operating Officer at the Polynesian Voyaging Soceity Heidi Guth works relentlessly to make sure the voyage is logistically sound, and on a special sail from Natal Brazil to her home in the U.S. Virgin islands she took the opportunity to join the crew on the...