by Bryson Hoe | Nov 14, 2015 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
A Ceremony of Friendship was held today at 2 p.m. South Africa Time (2 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time) at the V&A Marina to officially welcome and celebrate the historic arrival of Hōkūleʻa to Cape Town, South Africa. Themed Crossing Oceans & Connecting People,...
by Bryson Hoe | Apr 27, 2015 | Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
HONOLULU – Polynesian ceremonies took place in preparation for Hōkūleʻa’s departure from the Pacific. The legendary voyaging canoe and her crew will depart Aurere, Aotearoa (New Zealand) for Sydney, Australia during the next good weather window, expected...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 22, 2014 | Updates, World Wide Voyage
The voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrived in Whangarei, Aotearoa (New Zealand) at approximately 3:00pm on November 21, 2014 (Hawai‘i Standard Time). The canoes departed from Waitangi, where the vessels and crew were hosted by the local Maori community...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 15, 2014 | Featured, Photo Galleries, World Wide Voyage
When intrepid Hōkūleʻa crewmembers first sailed to Aotearoa (New Zealand) 29 years ago using the traditional Polynesian art of non-instrument navigating, they reopened an ancestral route and rekindled the genealogical connection between Hawaiians and Māori. Yesterday,...
by Bryson Hoe | Nov 9, 2014 | Crew Blogs, World Wide Voyage
Written by Jacko Thatcher.I have a tradition that I follow whenever I voyage to islands I haven’t been to before—I drop a small kohatu (stone) into the waters of those Islands to allow me and mine to connect with these places. Sunrise on November 2. When a watch...