by hokulea | Oct 14, 2025 | Moananuiākea Voyage
As part of the Moananuiākea Voyage, the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) announces that voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will soon depart Rarotonga, Cook Islands, for Aotearoa (New Zealand). This next leg of the voyage marks a historic return to Māori waters...
by Jonathan Salvador | Aug 21, 2025 | Crew Reflection
I felt greatly honored and privileged to be invited to represent the PolynesianVoyaging Society as a crewmember on Hōkūleʻa on LEG 14 of the Moananuiākea Voyage inFrench Polynesia and Cook Islands this summer from July 19 to August 23. As a new crewmember, I am...
by hokulea | Aug 21, 2025 | Moananuiākea Voyage
Yesterday morning at 8:00 a.m., Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrived at Avatiu Harbor in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Their last visit to Rarotonga was in 2014 during the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. The canoes cleared customs shortly after sunrise...
by hokulea | Aug 18, 2025 | Moananuiākea Voyage
After more than a week of preparing the canoes and waiting for a favorable weather window, the voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia departed Bora Bora yesterday and are now bound for Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Depending on weather conditions, the canoes could...
by hokulea | Aug 11, 2025 | Moananuiākea Voyage
Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia arrived in Bora Bora on August 9 after a two-day sail from Tautira, Tahiti. Bora Bora is the final port of call in French Polynesia before continuing on to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. The canoes departed Tautira,...