How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
Early crew members of the voyaging canoe Hokulea have gathered in Hawaii to celebrate the vessel's 50th birthday. The Hokulea ...
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Hokule'a, the recreated Polynesian sea-faring canoe. (Photo courtesy of the Polynesian Voyaging Society.)
In 1973, Ben Finney and a group of Polynesian specialists and canoe enthusiasts formed the Polynesian Voyaging Society to build a large voyaging canoe to attempt the Hawai'i - Tahiti round-trip in ...
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Dad and son stumble upon ‘one of the most important finds of all time in Polynesia’
An excavation in New Zealand, prompted by the finds of a dad and son, uncovered wood fragments, rope and sail fabric of a historic canoe. Photo from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and ...