Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage

Reflections from 1976 Crewmember Buffalo Keaulana
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Remembering Byron Mallott
“His beliefs were deeply rooted in who he is as a native and he was always working courageously and fiercely to make the world a better place for future generations.” - Nainoa Thompson
Earth Day Message from Nainoa Thompson
On this 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, navigator Nainoa Thompson shares an update on PVS, a message on the importance of caring for the earth Read more
Hōkūleʻa Home Activity Kit
In the spirit of aloha and mālama honua, we invite you to chart a course of hope and start your own voyage with the new Hōkūleʻa Home Activity Kit
Coronavirus Response Message
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Polynesian Voyaging Society is taking steps to ensure the safety of our staff, crew, volunteers and visitors
Hauʻoli Lā Hānau iā Hōkūleʻa!
Celebrating Four and a Half Decades of Voyaging On this day, all of us here at Polynesian Voyaging Society give thanks for the growing legacy Read more
Voyaging is the Ultimate Ethnomathematics Laboratory
With the stars as her guide and math as her compass, a BYU alumna sails the world’s oceans to engage, empower, and educate
Break Your Plastic Pattern
See first hand, how you can get involved in ridding our seas of plastics
Voyager Lehua Kamalu Named MIT Fellows
The program creates a diverse global network of leaders empowered by technology and creativity from the MIT Media Lab.
Native Oysters Return to Pearl Harbor
With links to the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage, there is a new restoration effort to clear the waters of Puʻuloa (Pearl Harbor) of pollutants.

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Track Hikianalia’s California Voyage

Track the location of our crewmembers as they voyage around Hawaiʻi on the Statewide Sail after the completion of the international portion of the Worldwide Voyage. The red line tracks Hikianalia on her 2018 crossing to California and back. Click here for more about the Alahula Kai o Maleka California Voyage. For more about our voyaging fleet, click here. For more about designing a course strategy and reference course, click here to go to our Learning Center.

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Voyage Updates

’76 Crew Member John Kruse Reflects Back on Hōkūlea’s Tahiti Arrival
June 4, 2020 in
On the 44th anniversary of Hōkūleʻa’s historic arrival into Papeete, Tahiti after her maiden voyage Read more
John Kruse recalls Hōkūlea’s first landfall at Mataiva in 1976
June 1, 2020 in
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Forty-four years ago today (June 1, 1976), Hōkūleʻa and crew made the first landfall at Read more
Navigator Nainoa Thompson talks about the Southern Cross
May 30, 2020 in
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Tonight is the best time to see the navigational constellation Hanaiakamalama, also known as the Read more
Stories from the ’76 Voyage to Tahiti: Buffalo Keaulana
May 28, 2020 in
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On this day 44 years ago, Hōkūleʻa was sailing to Tahiti and three days away from Read more