Polynesian Voyaging Society

Nainoa Thomspon, CEO of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, and Chamorro navigator Ron Acfalle pay tribute to Grand Master Navigator Sesario Sewralur after his passing.

Nainoa Thomspon, CEO of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, and Chamorro navigator Ron Acfalle pay tribute to the late Grand Master Navigator Sesario Sewralur; musical artist Tavana becomes the new owner of beloved bar and music venue Anna O’Brien’s.

After the New Year crew members will resume training while the canoes are in dry dock.

The program has grown, with this year’s Hoʻākea event attracting more than 1,000 fourth graders and teachers from public schools in the Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani Complex Area on Oʻahu.

A local exhibit called “E Ola Mau Hōkūleʻa - Half a Century of Voyaging” celebrates the spirit of voyaging and traditional wayfinding in honor of the 50th anniversary of Hōkūleʻa.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will remain docked at the Auckland Marina until mid-January, when they will be moved to dry dock, which is expected to take about two weeks.

After sailing for more than two weeks, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia reached New Zealand. Crew members arrived a week ahead of the celebration in Waitangi and are under kapu until Friday.

The Polynesian voyaging canoes are sailing to New Zealand, or Aotearoa, as part of the Moananuiākea voyage, a three-year journey around the Pacific Ocean where crew members reconnect with the ancestral roots of wayfinding.

After weeks of delay due to bad weather, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will continue on their voyage across the Pacific. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio caught up with a crew member about preparing for the long haul.

Crew members on the Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are gearing up to continue on their Moananuiākea voyage. But this time, they’re taking a route that hasn’t been sailed in 40 years.