Thompson was at Taputapuātea 49 years ago, in 1976, during Hōkūleʻa’s first voyage to French Polynesia, and for him, the ...

A canoe built using traditional Micronesian techniques has made its maiden voyage up the River Foyle. The 8ft (2.34m) canoe ...

This is the first time Taputapuātea was the first stop for Hōkūleʻa on a voyage to French Polynesia. Both Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia last visited the sacred site in 2022. The visit reaffirms deep ...

The traditional, wooden, double-hulled ocean-going canoe typically has two sails and measures nearly 60 feet long. Polynesians have used the vessels for voyaging for thousands of years.

Hōkūleʻa arrived in Papeʻetē in late June. The arrival marks 49 years since Hōkūleʻa made its first historic voyage to Tahiti ...

Lehua Kamalu captains a Hawaiian voyaging canoe across the Pacific. She says traditional navigation requires forgetting the modern world and immersing herself in her surroundings.

As the double-hulled voyaging canoe Hokule‘a returned to its home dock at Sand Island from Maunalua Bay on Valentine’s Day, 23-year-old crew member Lucy Lee texted her boyfriend to postpone ...

Traditional voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are tentatively scheduled to leave Hilo on the morning of June 2, weather permitting, to embark on their Moananuiākea Voyage to ...

The traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea, on an around-the-world journey, sails by the United Nations on New York's East River during the World Oceans Day observance, June 8, 2016.

Hawaii News Now aired “Celebrating Hōkūleʻa,” a live broadcast celebrating the voyaging canoe's 50th birthday from Kualoa Regional Park.

An All-Female Crew Sailed 1,000 Miles in a Traditional Voyaging Canoe to Help Save Humpback Whales The team traveled from New Zealand to Tonga along a humpback highway to collect environmental DNA ...