by Bryson Hoe | Oct 5, 2015 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS – The crew of the Hōkūleʻa set sail for South Africa, the most ambitious leg of the Mālama Honua Worldwide voyage yet. The performance-accurate deep sea voyaging canoe was built in the tradition of ancient Polynesian navigators 40 years ago...
by Bryson Hoe | Oct 1, 2015 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kālepa Baybayan Bordering the Tropic of Capricorn at Latitude 20˚30’ South and Longitude 57˚30’ East, Mauritius sits as a jewel in the Indian Ocean. Along with sister islands Saint Brandon, Reunion, and Rodrigues, Mauritius is part of the Mascarene island...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 30, 2015 | Environment, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
“Reef conservation is a local marine environmental NGO. We started up in 2004 and our projects were based around education and sensitization of the Mauritian public and school children,” explained Kathy Young, Project Manager at Reef Conservation Mauritius....
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 29, 2015 | Education, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
Hōkūleʻaʻs latest destination, Mauritius, is a small island nation about 1,200 miles off the South East Coast of Africa. Much like our island homes in the Pacific, Mauritius has also faced the harsh consequences of environmental decline over the past decades. One of...
by Bryson Hoe | Sep 29, 2015 | Newsletter, Updates, World Wide Voyage
“It is the 68th anniversary of Outrigger. And to be able to celebrate our deep values and aloha spirit and the hospitality, that connects perfectly with what Hōkūleʻa is all about,” said Bitsy Kelley, vice president of corporate communications at Outrigger...