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Hōkūleʻa announced last week that it is being rerouted home in the wake of the Maui wildfires. But it does not appear to have had an impact on the crowds showing up to welcome her. Hōkūleʻa is spending the week in Half Moon Bay, California, where crew members say they’re hosting canoe tours for several hundred people a day. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.
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HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote shares the latest from a U.S. House hearing on the Maui wildfires; HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi on Hōkūleʻa's return home to Hawaiʻi; Korean shamanism and Indigenous religion; Iona Contemporary Dance Theater celebrates Hawaiʻi goddesses
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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 arrived in California Tuesday morning after an overnight sail down from Oregon. Heavy winds are forecasted over the next couple of days, which may keep the canoe docked in port until the weather clears up. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has this story.
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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 sending their thoughts and prayers from Canada to the ʻohana waʻa on Maui. The Maui voyaging community lost their oldest double-hulled canoe, Moʻolele, to the Lāhainā wildfires. The group's other voyaging canoe was evacuated safely to Molokaʻi, but the canoe house and some of the crew members' homes have also been lost to the flames. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has this story.
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Hōkūleʻa is returning to U.S. waters with Seattle as the final destination for the leg five of the Moananuiakea Voyage. Captain Moani Heimuli led the crew from southeastern Alaska to Vancouver, Canada.