by Todd Yamashita | Mar 2, 2018 | Events, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Download event program. A reminder to please join us tomorrow morning, March 3, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in celebrating the life and legacy of PVS Founder Ben Finney. WHAT: Celebration of Ben Finney’s Life WHEN: Saturday, March 3, 2018, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. WHERE: Marine...
by Todd Yamashita | Feb 9, 2018 | Events, Featured, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
The family of Ben Finney, along with the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS), invites friends, colleagues and the public to celebrate his life. Finney co-founded PVS to build the Hōkūle‘a and show how the first people reached Hawaii and other islands. “Ben provided the...
by Todd Yamashita | Nov 20, 2017 | Events, News, Photo Galleries, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Kicking off a week-long visit to the Friendly Isle, crewmembers aboard Hōkūleʻa arrived on Molokai yesterday evening after sailing approximately 12 hours and 90 nautical miles from Hāna, Maui. Greeted by family and community members, the voyagers’ arrival is the start...
by Todd Yamashita | Jul 31, 2017 | Events, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Aloha Friends, Partners and Supporters of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage, we are pleased to announce that the Polynesian Voyaging Society will be participating once again in the All At Once Jack Johnson Summer Tour. Jack Johnson grew up surfing and playing guitar...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 7, 2017 | Education, Events, Newsletter, Teachers, Video Stories, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Byron Mallott Alaska Lt. Governor Alaska Lt. Governor Byron Mallott was born in Yakutat, Alaska, the ancestral home of his mother’s Tlingit clan. Mallott is clan leader of the Raven Kwaash Kee Kwaan Clan of Yakutat. His wife, Toni, was born and raised in the...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 7, 2017 | Education, Events, Newsletter, Teachers, Video Stories, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
The Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu van Furth The Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu van Furth is a preacher, teacher, writer and retreat facilitator, and an Episcopal priest. Shortly after her marriage to Marceline van Furth in 2016, she handed in her license to serve in the Diocese...