Global Hoku ~ Stories of Hope

Drug Use Down, Hope Up: A Canoe Journey Inspires Native Youth Reversing the trauma of assimilation isn’t easy, but tribes believe that bringing ancestral values directly to the youth is the answer.

Arrival at Rangiroa Update via ʻŌiwi TV On June 15, 2014, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia sighted Arutua in Tuamotu Archipelago. A day later, the waʻa travelled to Rangiroa and

Songs of the Sea Through Marine Acoustics A marine acoustic device onboard Hikianalia will lend insights into the amount and impact of anthropogenic sounds to the world\'s oceans.

Oceans apart Hawaii News, Honolulu, Honolulu News, Sports, Editorial, Features, Travel and... Hawaii conservationists Tuesday welcomed a proposal by President Barack Obama to create the world's largest marine sanctuary in the Central Pacific, calling it a significant step toward prote

Life at sea as Hokulea, Hikianalia reach halfway point The voyaging canoes Hokulea and Hikianalia are nearly halfway to Tahiti on their voyage around the world. Here's a glimpse of what it's been like on board. The photos, provided by Polynesian Voyaging Society and Oiwi TV, are from day five at sea. The "kitchen" on the canoes consists of a couple of b…

Local Connection: Hokulea's Historic Voyage By: Rick Blangiardi   We are inspired and in awe of what the Polynesian Voyaging Society has embarked upon during the official launch last week of the Hokulea and Hikianalia. Over the next three years,

Video: Hōkūleʻa Arrives in Maunalua Hōkūleʻa was welcomed into Maunalua Bay at Kawaihoa by paddlers from Hui Nalu Canoe Club. After towing into the bay and dropping her sails and masts she made her way under a bridge to dock at Hawai...

Top leadership of the Polynesian Voyaging Society getting ready before a press conference to be seen later on Hawai‘i local news

photo: Haunani Kane

Hokulea visit opens month of maritime excitement Instructors wanting to arrange field trips or tours for the Hokulea sailing canoe are urged to do so, quickly, said Dennis Chun of the Kauai Community College.

"If we want to care for the earth, then fundamentally we will never do that if we canʻt care for our canoes, if we canʻt care for those who sail these canoes, and if we canʻt for those islands that these canoes are supposed to represent." http://pacificvoyagers.org/nainoa

Pacific voyaging family strong and unified – Nainoa Thompson | Pacific Voyagers “In the Pacific, we have never been more stronger as a voyaging family as we have been today,” – navigator and modern voyaging pioneer Nainoa Thompson describes a great future for voyaging with the emergence of the seven Pacific Voyagers canoes. He says in...

From Hawaii Nature Center "Climate Change: Youth Perspectives"

Climate Change: Youth Perspectives Hawai'i Climate Change Awareness PSA No.3 Middle school students from the Hawai'i Nature Center's Climate Change Camp in June 2011 created this public servic...