Updates
Livestream: FestPAC Waʻa Ceremony
Watch the Wa'a Ceremony that kicks off the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, symbolizing unity as traditional canoes bring in representatives...
FestPAC Moananuiākea Pacific Conversations and Cultural Exchange
June 11–13 Hawaiʻi Convention Center The Polynesian Voyaging Society is pleased to participate in the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture. ...
2024 AAG Honorary Geographer Award Recognizes Hawaiʻi Navigator Nainoa Thompson
The American Association of Geographers (AAG) has announced Nainoa Thompson as this year's Honorary Geographer. This annual award recognizes...
Sail Plan Update Video
PVS CEO and navigator Nainoa Thompson shares an update about the next few months ahead and relaunch of Moananuiākea Voyage’s Pacific...
PVS Announces New Moananuiākea Sail Plan
Since Hōkūleʻa’s return to Hawaiʻi in December, the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) has been developing a new sail plan for the Moananuiākea...
Happy 49th Birthday Hōkūleʻa
Hauʻoli La Hanau Hōkūleʻa! 49 years ago today you slid into your ocean home for the first time. You have carried us near and far and awakened...
Screening of “Hōkūleʻa, Finding the Language of the Navigator”
To shift climate change, we have to understand how the systems of nature work. For the voyaging family, it’s the oceans. Screening of “Hōkūleʻa,...
Entering 2024 with Hearts Filled with Gratitude
Entering 2024 with hearts filled with gratitude. To all the communities and people who supported us over the first seven months of the Moananuiākea...
Announcing the 2024 PVS Membership Design
Our members have been the mainstay of support to PVS for five decades, allowing us to grow our legacy of wayfinding and voyaging beyond the...





