The Menehune and the Birds

The worldwide voyage of the Hokulea continues as it visits New York’s Billion Oyster Project. Then on to Nova Scotia to experience the highest tides in the world at Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy.

After voyaging more than 27,000 nautical miles, Hawaiʻiʻs iconic oceangoing canoe Hōkūleʻa arrives in the New York City, carrying the message of Mālama Honua - Caring for Island Earth. Amidst the towering skyscrapers of the Manhattan skyline, drums, oli, and hula rang...

Hōkūleʻa sails across the Indian Ocean and arrives in South Africa, the birthplace of humanity.

Hōkūleʻa crewmembers dive the Great Barrier Reef, before leaving Australia to sail into the Indian Ocean and arriving in Bali, Indonesia.

Hōkūleʻa and her crew reach out to the community of Aotearoa, sharing the waʻa with thousands of people, before leaving Polynesia to cross the Tasman Sea and arrive at Sydney, Australia.