The Polynesian voyaging canoes Hokule‘a and Hikianalia departed from Sand Island at about 11:15 a.m. Monday on the first leg of their sail to Tahiti. The Kealaikahiki Voyage is focused on ...

Nainoa Thompson and fellow crew members aboard the Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hokule‘a are slated to reunite with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today in New York — a meeting they ...