by Jonathan Salvador | Nov 5, 2025 | Crew Reflection
We’ve felt sudden and vibrant shifts in our natural observances across the beautiful Moananuiākea/Te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa. Over the past week, we’ve experienced mostly overcast skies and have seen little to no sea life… but that has changed drastically. In just the...
by hokulea | Oct 23, 2025 | Moananuiākea Voyage
The Polynesian Voyaging Society’s traditional voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia departed Rarotonga on October 21 at approximately 3:45 p.m., beginning their deep-sea voyage to Aotearoa (New Zealand). The open-ocean crossing is expected to take about two weeks,...
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...