Give Me Your Children

by | Dec 30, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society

https://vimeo.com/114940436 “We have an enormous task in the issue of Mālama Honua I don’t believe that you’ll have people that will care for this earth if they don’t care. When is caring taught? When does that relationship to a place that you really...
Our ʻOhana Waʻa Throughout the Pacific

Our ʻOhana Waʻa Throughout the Pacific

by | Dec 29, 2014 | Polynesian Voyaging Society

Pwo Navigator, Kālepa Baybayan says that, “The crew make up for the second leg of the international Mālama Honua Voyage was made up of mostly members from ʻOhana Waʻa. We have ʻAha Pūnana Leo’s Hōkūalakaʻi crew, Kawaihae’s Makaliʻi of Nā Kālai Waʻa Moku o Hawaiʻi, Hui...
Makaliʻi: Canoe and Crew

Makaliʻi: Canoe and Crew

by | 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...
Makaliʻi Crew

Makaliʻi Crew

by | Aug 19, 2013 | Polynesian Voyaging Society

As Hōkūleʻa continues her journey throughout the paeʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, we mahalo the Makaliʻi ʻohana who have cared for our waʻa on Moku o Keawe. “The idea of building Makaliʻi came out after sailing on Hōkūleʻa. We decided that maybe it was possible to build something...