by Todd Yamashita | Jun 6, 2019 | Malama Honua, News, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
There is a new restoration effort to mālalma the waters of Puʻuloa (Pearl Harbor) using oysters. The U.S. Navy, O‘ahu Waterkeeper and the Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center have seized on a novel approach using native oysters to mālama our waters here...
by Bryson Hoe | May 9, 2018 | Newsletter, Teachers, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
Kehaulani Lum, a lineal descendant of the Puʻuloa area, explained, “For our ʻohana this has really been a profound, profound moment because we didn’t expect it. We’re so grateful for Hōkūleʻa coming and we really hope they will come again and that this...
by Todd Yamashita | Feb 23, 2018 | Featured, Hōkūleʻa History & Moʻolelo, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Stories of Place, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
On February 12, 2018, the legendary canoe Hōkūleʻa sailed into the waters of Pearl Harbor, also known as Ke Awa Lau o Puʻuloa. Prior to mooring, crewmembers offered a hoʻokupu (customary gift) of fresh fish for one of the few remaining ancient Hawaiian fishponds in...
by Todd Yamashita | Feb 12, 2018 | Featured, Malama Honua Selects, News, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
For the first time in Hōkūleʻa’s 42-year history, the legendary canoe sailed into the waters of Pearl Harbor this morning and was welcomed by the Puʻuloa community, elected officials and the US Navy at Rainbow Bay Marina. Entering the mouth of Pearl Harbor at...
by Todd Yamashita | Feb 12, 2018 | Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Today’s update comes to us from none other than master navigator Nainoa Thompson en route to Puʻuloa, more commonly known today as Pearl Harbor. The sail from Sand Island marks a historic first for the 42 year old deep sea voyaging canoe that has never before...