by DND | Jun 13, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
My sea legs are very short, but I just love learning. My name is Austin Kino. I’m 25 years old, and I was born and raised in the valley of Wailupe on the south side of Oʻahu. Our family’s really big on the ocean, specifically with canoe paddling. So...
by DND | Jun 10, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
I didn’t really know about Hawaiʻi until I ended up moving…So I found Okinawa, which happened to be the place where Hōkūle’a arrived as her first stop in 2007, and that’s how I started getting involved. “My name is Jenna Ishii, and I grew...
by DND | Jun 9, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
If you’re given this opportunity to learn and to practice that no one else in the world gets, I think you have to be understanding of that. My name is Erica Lehua Kamalu. I always go by Lehua. I actually heard about it [the Worldwide Voyage] from my sister, who said,...
by DND | Jun 5, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society
Meet apprentice navigator Jason Patterson who is currently voyaging to Tahiti onboard...
by DND | May 16, 2014 | Education, Polynesian Voyaging Society
Education is a core element of this voyage and trained educators will be on-board every leg of the journey. For the first international leg to Tahiti, Noelani Kamalu has taken on the big responsibility of this role. “I believe one of the reasons why I have the...
