by DND | Mar 16, 2014 | Culture, Polynesian Voyaging Society
“I started to bring that canoe down here. The first year it was like, just rubber band together. And people said, ʻHo man! How are you going to repair this?ʻ Then we brought it last year, it was a little better, and today I have it here again for its third time,” said...
by DND | Mar 14, 2014 | Education, Polynesian Voyaging Society
The Polynesian Voyage Society’s booth at the 20th annual Honolulu Festival proved to be very popular as kamaʻāina and malihini connected with crew members as the Worldwide Voyage soon...
by DND | Mar 13, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
“The canoe is the mother. And the navigator is the father. And the crew members, that pretty much makes us all brothers and sisters. What makes Makali’i special is this relationship we have with each other.” This strong bond between canoe and crew has been a key...
by DND | Mar 10, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
Thirty nine years after her launching at Kualoa in 1975, Hōkūleʻa returned to the ocean as she embarks on the Worldwide Voyage. The next dry dock will be in Aotearoa, and she will return to Hawaiʻi in...
by DND | Mar 4, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
Being out on the open ocean with no land in sight and having limited resources, can be a scary experience for most. But for an up and coming navigator, the scary part is learning how to become a leader in this kind of environment. “It was a little uncomfortable for me...
by DND | Feb 24, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
The third grade class from the Arue 2 School learn about Faʻafaite’s voyage to...
