by Bryson Hoe | Feb 3, 2015 | Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kālepa Baybayan Aloha mai kākou Otatara Pā sits on a bluff of what was once a great bay, Te Whanganui a Orotu. A pā is a fortified enclosure with an exterior stockade built for defensive purposes. A second pā, Hikurangi, is located higher on the bluff. The...
by Todd Yamashita | Jan 29, 2015 | Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kālepa Baybayan Three kilometers inland along the winding banks of the Ngauroro River sits the 102 year-old marae, Kohupātiki, Flounders in the Mist. The 10-crew of Hōkūle’a along with the young crew from the escort vessel Tranquility have settled into the...
by Bryson Hoe | Jan 8, 2015 | Education, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
Nearly three decades ago, it was a sail of rediscovery. Now, Hōkūleʻa returned, carrying the message of Mālama Honua. Pwo Navigator, Kālepa Baybayan says that, “Here we are in Whangarei. Weʻre going to be doing a number of outreach projects. We have an outreach...
by Bryson Hoe | Dec 29, 2014 | Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
Pwo Navigator, Kālepa Baybayan says that, “The crew make up for the second leg of the international Mālama Honua Voyage was made up of mostly members from ʻOhana Waʻa. We have ʻAha Pūnana Leo’s Hōkūalakaʻi crew, Kawaihae’s Makaliʻi of Nā Kālai Waʻa Moku o Hawaiʻi, Hui...
by Bryson Hoe | Oct 22, 2014 | Featured, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
The one thing that grounded me was that my father was there. He was my rock, and I knew that no matter what happened, I was safe because I was with him. “ʻO wau ʻo Kalā Baybayan, no Lahaina mai au. My connection to the canoe and to voyaging began from even...