Since then, Hokulea has voyaged across the Pacific and around the world, reaching places like New Zealand, Japan, South ...

That vessel — a double-hulled sailing canoe called the Hokulea, after the Hawaiian name for the star Arcturus — would even ...

That vessel — a double-hulled sailing canoe called the Hokulea, after the Hawaiian name for the star Arcturus — would even influence the Disney blockbuster “Moana” decades later.

“It’s a vehicle of exploration. It’s a vehicle of discovery,” Nainoa Thompson, the CEO of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, said in an interview. “It’s also been our vehicle for justice ...

This April 1975 photo shows crew members training on the Hokulea canoe in waters off Kualoa on Oahu, Hawaii. (James Kimo Hugho via AP) Early crew members of the voyaging canoe Hokulea have gathered in ...

Thousands gathered at the site in Windward Oahu where the famed Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule'a first touched the water. At 7 p.m., tune in for HNN’s special, “A Canoe is Born: Hōkūleʻa ...

Hōkūleʻa celebrates 50 years at Kualoa Regional Park on March 8, 2025. Thousands of people came together Saturday to celebrate 50 years of Hōkūleʻa's voyaging history at Kualoa Regional Park, where ...