by DND | Apr 24, 2015 | Education, Polynesian Voyaging Society
After months of anxiously following the Mālama Honua crews’ journey to Aotearoa the 2,500 students of the Manaiakalani School Cluster welcomed Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia to their community at Pt England Beach near Auckland, New Zealand. “We open the year with...
by DND | Feb 12, 2015 | Education, Polynesian Voyaging Society
With the art of wayfinding as the guide and the waʻa kaulua as their platform, the crews of Hōkūle’a and Hikianalia are inspiring new educational strategies in communities around the world. “So when we frame our thinking around the voyage, we have our two canoes,...
by DND | Jan 31, 2015 | Education, Polynesian Voyaging Society
“We recognize that education started really with our babies, and a lot of our babies werenʻt getting any preschool education at all. The heatlh of our people stems from getting our children educated, and I donʻt just mean academically, I mean educated culturally in...
by DND | Jan 9, 2015 | Education, Polynesian Voyaging Society
Nearly three decades ago, it was a sail of rediscovery. Now, Hōkūleʻa returned, carrying the message of Mālama Honua. Pwo Navigator Kālepa Baybayan says that, “Here we are in Whangarei. Weʻre going to be doing a number of outreach projects. We have an outreach program...
by DND | Nov 26, 2014 | Education, Polynesian Voyaging Society
While Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia were in Opua Harbor, some of the crewmembers took the time to visit the local community and engage with people who are doing their part to Mālama Honua. One place in particular is Opua School, where the students shared all of the things...
by DND | Oct 27, 2014 | Education, Polynesian Voyaging Society
“The kids’ favorite station when they come to the canoe is the canoe. I think we’ve always said, and we know from personal experience, that the canoe is the hook, the experience on the canoe is the hook,” said Hōkūleʻa crewmember Pomai Bertelmann. “The kalia I think...
