by Alison Andrews | May 11, 2017 | Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
This week, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia visited Mataiea and were greeted by Alpha Tearii, mayor of Mataiea and minister of Marine and Land Resources, and with an overwhelming show of support by the community. In a grand welcoming ceremony, over 500 third graders and...
by Alison Andrews | May 9, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Crew Blog by Nāʻālehu Anthony At 1300 HST on 06 May 2017, our voyaging crews met at Terminal 3 for this last international leg of the Worldwide Voyage. I am humbled to amongst the 31st crew to sail Hōkūle’a, bringing her home to Hawaiʻi after almost 40,000...
by Alison Andrews | May 5, 2017 | Education, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Summer 2017: Project Wayfinder is excited to announce a 4-day Educator Training in Hawaiʻi! WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY Where: A 4-day educator training will be held on O’ahu at the University Lab School. (Here is a campus map pointing to University Building 3, more...
by Alison Andrews | May 3, 2017 | Hōkūleʻa History & Moʻolelo, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
After Hōkūleʻa’s first successful voyage from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti in 1976, Nainoa Thompson flew to Tahiti to join the crew that would bring Hōkūleʻa back home. In the little village of Tautira, observing the stars as his ancestors would have done, he discovered the...
by Alison Andrews | May 2, 2017 | Hōkūleʻa History & Moʻolelo, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
As Hōkūleʻa returns to Tahiti on the last legs of her Worldwide Voyage, we take a moment to celebrate earlier voyages and the crew who helped her find her way. This moʻolelo, written by documenter Sam Low, takes us back to Hōkūleʻa’s first voyage to Tahiti and Nainoa...