by Alison Andrews | Feb 2, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, World Wide Voyage
By Shawn Mālia Kanaʻiaupuni Greetings from the Galapagos islands to all of our ʻohana at home in Hawaiʻi and around the world. I started writing this blog on our fifth day on the ocean after leaving Panamá. We were heading South for the most part, turning westward on...
by Todd Yamashita | Feb 1, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, World Wide Voyage
By Shawn Mālia Kanaʻiaupuni Hōkūleʻa’s visit to Panamá was chock full of activity spotlighting ocean and indigenous connections. For Leg 27 crew, Sunday, January 15, 2017 celebrated these connections with the community, who gathered to honor the arrival of the...
by Todd Yamashita | Oct 7, 2016 | Cultural, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
by Todd Yamashita There is a rebirth of sorts happening on Molokai where local organizers have put culture front and center as a means of celebrating the world’s paddling community as well as honoring the island’s iconic leaders. Drawing over a thousand attendees,...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 14, 2016 | Cultural, Education, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
As Hōkūle‘a continues forth on her Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage, the crew and founding board members of ʻAha Pūnana Leo—a Native Hawaiian nonprofit dedicated to revitalizing the Hawaiian language for future generations in Hawaiʻi—honored a relationship that spans...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 15, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kaʻai McAfee-Torco Being from Hawaiʻi, my parents taught me that you always bring gifts when you visit someone’s house. Whether it’s malasadas, cocoa puffs or flowers, never show up empty handed. I think there might be rules like this in different places or...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 1, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kaʻai McAfee-Torco: On July 30, 2016, we made a brief visit to the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine where I was pleasantly surprised to see the teal Smithsonian flag that’s visible near the entrance, representing it as an affiliate of the Smithsonian...