Friends of Hui O Wa'a Kaulua Voyaging Library
The Friends of Hui O Wa'a Kaulua Voyaging Library contains the following books & DVDs on Polynesian Voyaging & Culture:
Voyaging
Polynesian Voyaging Society
Polynesian Voyaging Society Voyaging Manual by Chad Baybayan & Dennis Kawaharada
Polynesian Voyaging Society Founders
Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors: Reviving Polynesian Voyaging by Ben R. Finney
Hokule'a: The Way to Tahiti by Ben R. Finney
Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey through Polynesia by Ben Finney, Marlene Among, Chad Baybayan and Tai Crouch
Voyage: The Discovery of Hawaii by Herb Kawainui Kane
Voyagers by Herb Kawainui Kane
The Hawaiian Canoe by Tommy Holmes and Abraham Piianaia
Others
We, the Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific (Revised) by David Lewis
The Voyaging Stars: Secrets of the Pacific Island Navigators by David Lewis
The Last Navigator: A Young Man, An Ancient Mariner, The Secrets of the Sea by Steve Thomas
An Ocean in Mind by Will Kyselka
Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific by K. R. Howe
Hawaiian Canoe-Building Traditions, by N. Y. Chun
Canoes of Oceania [Volumes I - III], by A.C. Haddon & James Hornell
Arts And Crafts Of Hawaii, by Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter H. Buck)
National Geographic Back Issues: Contains Polynesian Voyaging articles from...
December 1974 - Isles of the Pacific (4 part series): The Pathfinders, The Coming of the Polynesians, Problems in Paradise, Wind, Wave, Star, and Bird
April 1976 - A Canoe Helps Hawaii Recapture Her Past
October 1976 - Hokule'a Follows the Stars to Tahiti
Voyaging Related
Uninhabited Ocean Islands by Jon Fisher
Atlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky & Christine Lo
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux
Landfalls of Paradise: Cruising Guide to the Pacific Islands by Earl R. Hinz
World Cruising Handbook by Jimmy Cornell
Lonely Planet South Pacific & Micronesia (Multi Country Guide) [2006] by Geert Cole
Culture
Ancient Hawaii by Herbert Kawainui Kane
Hawaiian Antiquities (Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Special Publication) by David Malo and Nathaniel B. Emerson
Ka Po'E Kahiko: The People of Old by Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau
The Works of the People of Old: Na Hana a Ka Po'E Kahiko by Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis
Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku by David Davis
E Ho'olako Mau: All Hawaiian Cook Book, Volume 1 & 2 by Tamar Luke Pane'e
So You Want to Live in Hawaii: The Guide to Settling and Succeeding in the Islands by Toni Polancy
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Media
VHS, DVD, Streaming
Voyaging
The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific by Dr. Sam Low
Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey by Gail Evenari
Light at the Edge of the World: Polynesia: The Wayfinders by Wade Davis
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder by Na'alehu Anthony
Our Blue Canoe by Pacific Voyagers (update)
In the Wake of Our Ancestors by Gail Evenari
Family of the Wa'a (Kimokeo ("Kimo") Kapahulehua documentary) by David Cumming
Complete National Geographic on 6 DVD-ROMs - Updated Edition
Contains Polynesian Voyaging articles from...
December 1974 - (Isles of the Pacific (4 part series): The Pathfinders, The Coming of the Polynesians, Problems in Paradise, Wind, Wave, Star, and Bird
April 1976 - A Canoe Helps Hawaii Recapture Her Past
October 1976 - Hokule'a Follows the Stars to Tahiti
The Voyage of the Hokule'a (Hokule'a Maiden Voyage, Hawaii to Tahiti 1976, National Geographic Society documentary, 1976 VHS)
The last Navigator by Steve Thomas (Steve's "sojourn in the South Pacific...Micronesian island of Satawal in the Caroline archipelago, studying traditional navigation with Mau Piailug, the last of the palus. It was Piailug who navigated a Polynesian vessel [Hokule'a Maiden Voyage] from Hawaii to Tahiti without compass or charts, as documented by a PBS film of the voyage" - Amazon
Polynesian Voyaging Society Hōkūleʻa Worldwide Voyage Documentary
● The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) Worldwide Voyage of Polynesian Voyaging Canoes Hōkūleʻa & her companion safety canoe Hikianalia. The entire voyage was essentially filmed live as it happened by Hawaiian television station ʻŌiwi Television founder & Pacific Culture documentary filmmaker Nāʻālehu, shooting, editing & satellite broadcasting from a compact television studio housed within the tiny cabin on Hikianalia, which canoe, on the last leg of the journey, split off from Hōkūleʻa (then headed home to Hawaii) & set off for California, pulling into & berthing at Half Moon Bay, where "Mainland Friends of" co-founder Cliff was able to visit & take a few photos (@ Hikianalia link below).
● The Worldwide Voyage documentary is available both as a 2 disc Blu-ray DVD, & as well a full version streaming over Vimeo.
●● DVD
●● Vimeo
●● Hikianalia
●● ʻŌiwi TV
●● PVS
Hawaii International Film Festival
● Hōkūleʻa, Star of Gladness (1975) directed by Tip Davis.
● Hōkūleʻa: Return to Tahiti (1980) directed by Don Kozono.
● Hōkūleʻa: The Proud Voyage Home (1987) directed by Elisa Yadao.
● Moananuiakea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe (2018) directed by Na‘alehu Anthony.
● He Wa’a, He Hōnua — The Earth Is Our Canoe (2020).
Culture
Spirits of the Voyage by Eric Metzgar
Lamotrek: Heritage of an Island by Eric Metzgar
Lamotrek Atoll: Research Film Footage of a Traditional Carolinian Society by Eric Metzgar
Hawai'i: Continuing Traditions by Gail Evenari
History
Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific
Tahiti: Polynesian Peasants and Proletarians by Ben R. Finney
Vikings of the Sunrise by Te Rangi Hiroa (aka Sir Peter Buck)
Certifiable
"New specialty license plate features Hokuleʻa"
"depicts...Hokule‘a when it first launched
from Hakipuu in Kaneohe on March 8, 1975"