by PVS Admin | May 24, 2017 | Leadership, News, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
The Polynesian Voyaging Society is saddened to announce that Ben Finney, co-founder and first president of the organization, passed away on May 23, 2017 in Honolulu surrounded by family. He was 83 years old. Services are pending. Nainoa Thompson. Nainoa Thompson,...
by Bryson Hoe | Apr 17, 2017 | Leadership, Newsletter, Teachers, Video Stories, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Reflecting on the months leading up to her first voyage to Rapa Nui, Navigator Haunani Kane said, “So we all found out that we were going to Rapa Nui maybe two months beforehand and Nainoa, even at those initial meetings, he continuously told us that in order to...
by Todd Yamashita | Mar 26, 2017 | Leadership, News, Newsletter, Teachers, Voyaging, World Wide Voyage
Pwo navigator and president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society Nainoa Thompson was honored yesterday evening with the 2017 Explorers Club Medal, the most prestigious recognition in exploration. The award was presented to Thompson at the 113th Explorers Club Annual...
by Bryson Hoe | Dec 30, 2014 | Leadership, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
“We have an enormous task in the issue of Mālama Honua I don’t believe that you’ll have people that will care for this earth if they don’t care. When is caring taught? When does that relationship to a place that you really understand a love for home,...
by Bryson Hoe | Dec 26, 2014 | Leadership, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
“This voyage launched over 2,000 years ago. This voyage is in the wake of the world’s greatest explorers and navigators of the time, of the whole earth and that is an argument that we can stand on. That first canoe that came here, 2400, 2500 miles from Kahikinui, was...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 10, 2014 | Crew Blogs, Leadership, World Wide Voyage
Written by Pomai BertelmannIn many ways he is the kaula – the rope that binds, the man who possesses many intuitive skills. He is one of a few who can harness the energies of the ocean, land, and sky and center them all on the deck of the canoe. We come from a...