by Bryson Hoe | Nov 13, 2014 | Cultural, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
For 200 years, people have debated what the waka looked like that arrived in New Zealand. Now we have a pre-European, a pre-contact canoe that is being directly dated. As Hōkūleʻa and HIkianalia sail into the future of voyaging, exciting findings around the world...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 10, 2014 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, World Wide Voyage
Written by Toiora HawiraI feel honored to be sailing in the wake of Hōkūleʻa to my home land of Aotearoa with the thought in mind that she represents the revitalization of this art of wayfinding. Tena ra kautau e te hunga e whai nei I nga kupu whakamarama I runga I te...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 8, 2014 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, World Wide Voyage
Written by Pomai Bertelmann.A plaque sits in the aft hatch of the canoe and memorializes all those who committed themselves and their lives to the legacy of waʻa. These men and women sacrificed, so that we could be here today, sailing on this vast ocean of...
by Bryson Hoe | Oct 9, 2014 | Cultural, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
By ʻOiwi TV It’s hard to just go out and look at the beauty of the islands and look at the beauty of the culture. You need to participate. “What we have here are some samples of various types of hooks but also the pahiapu, the lure that is from the honu...
by Todd Yamashita | Sep 10, 2014 | Ask the Crew a Question, Cultural, World Wide Voyage
ARVE error: Mode: lazyload not available (ARVE Pro not active?), switching to normal mode Malama Honua Public Charter School teacher and students ask Brad Wong how crewmembers show aloha and mālama on the canoe. Periodically during the voyage, we will highlight the...
by pvshawaii | Jul 29, 2014 | Cultural, World Wide Voyage
This post was written by Pomai Bertelmann. You never know what the day will bring, all you know is that what is experienced will be a blessing.After a restful sleep under the watchful eye of Mouʻa Rotui on Moʻorea the ʻohana waʻa were mākaukau for the day’s...