by Dennis | Nov 17, 2012 | Cultural, Environment, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Crew learning history about area Today our Maui crew members enjoyed a beautiful day at the Waihe’e Coastal Dunes & Wetlands Refuge. We joined a regular volunteer work day (every Friday) with the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (HILT) and helped to clear...
by Dennis | Nov 10, 2012 | Cultural, World Wide Voyage
Te Aurere Te Ara ki te Pito o te Whenua | Voyage to Rapanui: Two maori waka hourua (double hulled sailing canoe) departed Mangareva on Nov. 7, bound for Rapanui. The two are Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, captained by Jack Thatcher, senior navigator; and its elder sibling Te...
by Dennis | Oct 8, 2012 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Hikianalia departed Salthouse Boat Builders, Greenhithe, New Zealand at 1:30 pm, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 (New Zealand daylight savings time) or 2:30 HST, Monday, October 8, 2012. We are sailing together with Faafaite, the Tahitian voyaging canoe, to Papeete, Tahiti,...
by Dennis | Sep 24, 2012 | Cultural, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
By Brad Wong, Crew member for the Hikianalia voyage from Aotearoa to Tahiti On Monday September 18, 2012 a group of 15 crew members headed north to visit the towns of Waitangi and Aurere to learn about the history of canoes and the first voyage of Hōkūle‘a to...
by Dennis | Sep 15, 2012 | Cultural, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Voyaging Leadership from all over the Pacific infused Hikianalia with their mana and drew from hers in return. The launch ceremony for Hikianalia took place on Saturday, September 15th, under solid cloud cover, strong winds and intermittent rains – perhaps a...
by Dennis | Aug 31, 2012 | Cultural, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Hikianalia – a new sister canoe for Hōkūle‘a – will be launched this year in Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand) and sailed to Hawai‘i to join Hōkūle‘a on her upcoming Worldwide Voyage as a support vessel and an additional educational platform. The canoe is...