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...
by Alison Andrews | Apr 23, 2017 | Hōkūleʻa History & Moʻolelo, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
As the famous Polynesian sailing canoe Hōkūleʻa voyages the world, we take a moment to celebrate earlier voyages and our kūpuna who sailed them. Eighteen years ago, Hōkūleʻa first visited Mangareva on the historic voyage to Rapa Nui that closed the Polynesian triangle...
by Alison Andrews | Apr 10, 2017 | Hōkūleʻa History & Moʻolelo, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
As Hōkūleʻa re-enters the Polynesian Triangle 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. Aboard Hōkūleʻa on this leg to Tahiti is crewmember Joey Mallott. In 2000, Joey voyaged...
by Todd Yamashita | Apr 4, 2017 | Hōkūleʻa History & Moʻolelo, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
As Hōkūleʻa re-enters the Polynesian Triangle 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. Hōkūleʻa is currently in Nuku Hiva, the birthplace of veteran voyager Tava Taupu. The...
by Todd Yamashita | Apr 3, 2017 | Crew Blogs, Featured, Hikianalia Updates, Hōkūleʻa History & Moʻolelo, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
By Kālepa Baybayan It’s exactly as I recall some 37 years ago, sailing through this region as a 23-year young voyager on my inaugural oceanic passage. The same equatorial climate that I now know as typical – blue sunny skies, calm easterly seas, and tradewind...