Kamaola - Punahouʻs Voyaging Canoe

Moʻolelo

"If I have courage, it is because I have faith in the knowledge of my ancestors."

-Mau Pialug

Voyaging History Resources

Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) Founders

The Story of Hōkūleʻa & the PVS

PVS Pwo Navigators

ʻOhana Waʻa Punahou

ʻOhana Waʻa Kamaola

The Story of Kamaola

Voyaging History Resources

Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions

This website was created by the former Education Director, Dennis Kawaharada, and is an excellent resource for PVS archival materials and readings.

Voyaging Chiefs of Havaiʻi:

Sixteen narratives of voyaging migrations and travels, from around Polynesia, by Teuira Henry & Others. 1995. 192 pages. Expanded and reissued as an online collection in 2000.

Pāpā Mau

Pius Mau Piailug

ʻŌiwi TV Production— Pāpā Mau: The Wayfinder

Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) Founders

Ben Finney

Herb Kawainui Kāne

Tommy Holmes

The Story of Hōkūleʻa & the PVS

"Hōkūleʻa"

" March 8, 1975, Hōkūle‘a, a performance-accurate deep sea voyaging canoe built in the tradition of ancient Hawaiian wa‘a kaulua (double-hulled voyaging canoe), was launched from the sacred shores of Hakipu‘u-Kualoa, in Kāne‘ohe Bay on the island of O‘ahu. She was designed by artist and historian Herb Kawainui Kāne, one of the founders of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. The canoe was named Hōkūle‘a (“Star of Gladness”), a zenith star of Hawai‘i, which appeared to him growing ever brighter in a dream. This launching was one of many events that marked a generation of renewal for Hawai‘i’s indigenous people. Along with the renewal of voyaging and navigation traditions came a renewal of Hawaiian language, dance, chant, and many other expressions of Hawaiian culture. The renewal represented a new-found respect and appreciation for Hawaiian culture, by all of Hawai’i’s people.For the Hawaiian people, it has meant that they once again have begun to feel proud of who they are, and where they come from.

During that generation of voyaging (1975-2000), Hōkūle‘a sailed on six major voyages from Hawai‘i, at the apex of the Polynesian triangle, to Aotearoa (New Zealand) at the southwestern corner, and finally to Rapa Nui, at the southeastern corner. Her voyages inspired a revival of canoe building and voyaging throughout Polynesia. "

http://www.hokulea.com/vessels/hokulea/

ʻŌiwi TV— History of Hōkūleʻa and Polynesian Voyaging

"Voyages of Hōkūle’a (1976-2009)"

1976: Tahiti

1978: Voyage Canceled after Hokule‘a Capsizes

1980: Tahiti

1985-87: Aotearoa / Voyage of Rediscovery

1992: Rarotonga / No Nā Mamo, “For the Children”

1995: Nukuhiva, Nā ‘Ohana Holo Moana, “The Voyaging Familes of the Vast Ocean”

1995: West Coast and Alaska

1999-2000: Rapanui / Closing the Triangle

2004: Papahānaumokuākea (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) / Navigating Change

2007: Satawal / Kū Holo Mau, “Sail On, Sail Always, Sail Forever”

2007: Japan / Kū Holo Komohana, “Sail on to the Western Sun”

2009: Palmyra, Training for the Worldwide Voyage

http://archive.hokulea.com/

The Malama Honua sail plan included more than 150 ports, 18 nations, and eight of UNESCO’S Marine World Heritage sites, engaging local communities and practicing how to live sustainably. During the voyage, over 245 participating crew members, including more than 200 formal and informal educators, have helped to sail the vessel and connect with more than 100,000 people throughout the world in communities across the South Pacific, Tasman Sea, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea, including Samoa, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Australia, Indonesia, Mauritius, South Africa, Brazil, U.S. Virgin Islands, Cuba, the East Coast of the United States, Canada, Panama, and the Galapagos Islands.

Hōkūleʻa has voyaged traditionally since 1976, sailing over 150,000 nautical miles throughout the Pacific. The Worldwide Voyage began in 2013 with a Mālama Hawaiʻi sail throughout our own archipelago, and continued on to circumnavigate the globe through 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. June of 2017 marked her historic homecoming to Hawaiʻi capping the global portion of the voyage.

"The Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage 2013-2019"

Worldwide Voyage Overview Video

The Hawaiian name for this voyage, Mālama Honua, means “to care for our Earth.” Living on an island chain teaches us that our natural world is a gift with limits and that we must carefully steward this gift if we are to survive together. As we work to protect cultural and environmental resources for our children’s future, our Pacific voyaging traditions teach us to venture beyond the horizon to connect and learn with others. The Worldwide Voyage has been a means by which we now engage all of Island Earth—bridging traditional and new technologies to live sustainably, while sharing, learning, creating global relationships, and discovering the wonders of this precious place we all call home.

Hōkūleʻa has voyaged traditionally since 1976, sailing over 150,000 nautical miles throughout the Pacific. The Worldwide Voyage began in 2013 with a Mālama Hawaiʻi sail throughout our own archipelago, and continued on to circumnavigate the globe through 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. June of 2017 marked her historic homecoming to Hawaiʻi capping the global portion of the voyage.

After returning to Hawaii in the fall of 2017, Hōkūle‘a and Hikianalia continued to sail around the Hawaiian Islands, a voyage known as the Māhalo, Hawaiʻi Sail, to reconnect with local communities and schools and to share stories and lessons learned on the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. In 2018, crewmembers also embarked on the Alahula Kai o Maleka Hikianalia California Voyage which marked the final leg of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage.

http://www.hokulea.com/worldwide-voyage/

"Moananuiākea— A Voyage for the Pacific"

The Island We Seek is the Earth of Tomorrow

Preparations are underway for our most important voyage yet: Moananuiākea. Voyage. Over the next five years, we will plot a course for the future by circumnavigating the Pacific Ocean, covering 41,000 miles, 345 ports, 46 countries and archipelagoes, 100 indigenous territories, starting first in our home islands of Hawaii. Our goal is to inspire, educate and elevate a new generation of 10 million Navigators by the end of the voyage in 2026, young people who can lead the many different kinds of bold voyages our Earth needs now, with the mindset, preparation and courage to face the coming storms, and the resilience to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world.

http://www.hokulea.com/moananuiakea/

He Waʻa, He Hōnua— The Earth is Our Canoe

PVS Pwo Navigators

2007 Pwo Ceremony

Nainoa Thompson

Shorty Bertelmann

Chad ʻŌnohi Paishon

Chad Kalepa Baybayan

Bruce Blankenfeld

ʻOhana Waʻa Punahou

Punahou Teachers Onboard Hōkūleʻa Video

Full ʻOhana Waʻa Punahou

Kaʻaumoana McKenney

Kaʻau McKenney Collection

Voyaging Course & Club Kumu

Kaniela Lyman- Mersereau

Starr

Johnson-Tuki

Adam Jenkins

Kaʻaiʻōhelo

McAfee-Torco

Kylee Pōmaikaʻi Mar

ʻOhana Waʻa Kamaola

Student Leadership

You!

Future Voyagers

The Story of Kamaola

Picture Sources

http://archive.hokulea.com/index/founder_and_teachers/mau.html

https://www.soundingsonline.com/features/master-navigator-shared-his-secrets

http://www.hokulea.com/event/pbs-hawaii-presents-papa-mau-wayfinder-2013/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/us/ben-finney-dead-hawaii-tahiti.html

https://hanacoast.com/artists/herb-kawainui-kane/

http://archive.hokulea.com/index/da_crew/tommy_holmes.html

http://www.hokulea.com/nainoa-thompson/

http://archive.hokulea.com/index/founder_and_teachers/shorty_bertelmann.html

http://archive.hokulea.com/index/founder_and_teachers/chadd_paishon.html

http://www.hokulea.com/chad-kalepa-baybayan/

https://www.dukefoundation.org/inductee/bruce-blankenfeld

https://bulletin.punahou.edu/the-gift-of-kaaumoana/

http://www.hokulea.com/crewmember/kaniela-hoku-lyman-mersereau/kaniela-lyman-mersereau/

http://www.hokulea.com/crewmember/starr-johnson/img_027

http://www.hokulea.com/crewmember/jenna-ishii/adam-jenkins/

http://www.hokulea.com/hokulea-update-20160805/img_0447-2/

https://bulletin.punahou.edu/qa-with-punahous-archivist/

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