Tracking Hōkūleʻa: Special coverage of the Moananuiākea Voyage
After years of planning and preparation, Hōkūleʻa set off on a multiyear voyage around the Pacific in June 2023.
However, a few months later, in the wake of the devastating fires on Maui, the Polynesian Voyaging Society announced the double-hulled canoe would return to Hawaiʻi.
Now, in summer 2025, Hōkūleʻa and its crew have resumed their journey around the Pacific, set to last through 2028.
The planned route this year, according to PVS, includes stops in French Polynesia, the Cook Islands and Aotearoa.
Stay tuned for HPR's coverage of Hōkūleʻa as reporters interview crew members and track their progress throughout the Pacific.
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Polynesian Voyaging SocietyAfter 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. -
Kalo Fogavai Daley/Polynesian Voyaging SocietyCrew 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. -
Michael Wilson/Polynesian Voyaging SocietyThe announcement comes as the canoes are in the midst of the Moananuiākea voyage, a three-year journey around the Pacific Ocean where crew members reconnect with the ancestral roots of wayfinding using the natural elements around them. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more. -
Kalo Fogavai Daley/Polynesian Voyaging SocietyHōkūleʻa has returned to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, 10 years after it sailed there during the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. The vessel and its crew are scheduled to sail to Aitutaki on Sept. 15.
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The crew is now embarking on a journey to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands as part of the Moananuiākea voyage, which is the Polynesian sailing canoe's 15th major voyage in her first 50 years. -
Hōkūleʻa crew members arrived Monday to be reunited with the Tautira community in French Polynesia, or Māʻohi Nui. Captain Kaleo Wong said it felt like returning to family. -
One photographer has been capturing every moment of Hōkūleʻa‘s Moananuiākea voyage through his lens. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio spoke with the cameraman about his experience. -
Hōkūleʻa arrived in Papeʻetē in late June. The arrival marks 49 years since Hōkūleʻa made its first historic voyage to Tahiti in June 1976, making landfall at the same spot in Papeʻetē, which is now named Hōkūleʻa Beach.
Follow along! Live satellite updates from Hōkūleʻa crewmembers, courtesy of PVS:
HPR's coverage of the Moananuiākea Voyage is sponsored by Matson.