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The Polynesian Voyaging Society is putting a pause on the four-year Moananuiākea Voyage to bring Hōkūleʻa home. In the wake of the West Maui wildfires, PVS said the double-hulled canoe will temporarily return to Hawaiʻi from San Diego in late December. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has the story.
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Hōkūleʻa and her crew are taking a break from canoe tours during their week-long stay in Sausalito, Calif. The crew is preparing the double-hulled canoe for a highly anticipated arrival ceremony in San Francisco this Sunday. Hōkūleʻa last visited the Bay Area 28 years ago. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi continues her Hōkūleʻa coverage.
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Hōkūleʻa and her crew were welcomed by the people of Port Townsend, Washington Tuesday afternoon after an eight-hour sail up the Puget Sound from Tacoma. The crew is now making its way down the coast. Listen to this story from HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi.
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More than 2,000 people gathered along Seattle’s waterfront over the weekend to welcome Hōkūleʻa and her crew. The canoe sailed into Elliott Bay and was escorted by several traditional Suquamish and Muckleshoot canoes, as well as dozens of Hawaiian outrigger paddling canoes. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.
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Hōkūleʻa and her crew were in Vancouver, British Columbia when the devastating wildfires swept through Lāhainā. Hōkūleʻa's voyage to the Pacific Northwest has been a success, but the Lāhainā wildfire is making PVS rethink its sail plan.
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Hōkūleʻa and her crew are playing catch-up as they make their way down the coast of British Columbia. A thick blanket of fog in Prince Rupert delayed the crew’s voyage by a couple of days. Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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Hōkūleʻa and her crew are making their way through the busy Inside Passage, a coastal route running from the Alaskan Panhandle through British Columbia to the Pacific Northwest. A fresh set of crewmembers have flown into Prince Rupert Island, B.C. to guide Hōkūleʻa along this rugged Canadian coastline.
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Hōkūleʻa and her crew have spent the last month visiting Indigenous communities throughout the Alaskan Panhandle. The crew finally made their way across the Canadian border Tuesday, landing safely in Old Massett, the ancestral homeland of the Indigenous Haida people. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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After nearly three weeks in the Alaskan panhandle, Hōkūleʻa is making her way toward the Canadian border with a fresh set of crew members. Koʻolaupoko native Kaʻiwi Hamakua-Makue is one of a dozen Hōkūleʻa crew members who flew into Ketchikan, Alaska over the weekend to take up this next leg of the Moananuiākea Voyage.
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Hōkūleʻa has spent the first 200 miles of the Moananuiākea Voyage surrounded by rain forests and snow capped mountains. Crew members had been preparing for the powerful currents of a winding 22-mile stretch known as Wrangell Narrows. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.