Learning Our Earth – Cycles of Life
As co-conveners of the May 2022 Blue Climate Summit in Tahiti, Pwo Navigator Nainoa Thompson and oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle led conversations on accelerating ocean-related solutions to climate change and…
As co-conveners of the May 2022 Blue Climate Summit in Tahiti, Pwo Navigator Nainoa Thompson and oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle led conversations on accelerating ocean-related solutions to climate change and…
In a joint declaration signed on May 23, 2022, the Polynesian Voyaging Society and the government of French Polynesia committed to elevating the voices of island people and Polynesia, making…
After more than two weeks of voyaging, Hōkūle’a and Hikianalia find land, first pulling the island of Arutua and then landing in Rangiroa on May 6, 2022. And it's a…
In May 2022, Hōkūleʻa successfully traveled the ancient sea corridor Kealaikahiki (Road to Tahiti), led by Hōkūleʻa's first female captain and navigator, Lehua Kamalu. In advance of the voyage, she…
Pwo Navigator Nainoa Thompson explains why the ancient Polynesian sea road Kealaikahiki is the best training ground for young navigators. “I hope that in the next 50 years that we’ll…
Our canoes and their crews have emerged from the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). National Weather Service Pacific Region Director Ray Tanabe and Pwo Navigator Nainoa Thompson discuss what the crew…
In this three-part series entitled “Illuminating Our Ancestral Connections,” learn more about Moananuiākea, the ancestral oceanic homeland of the indigenous people of the Pacific; Kealaikahiki, the heritage corridor traveled by…
Pwo Navigator Nainoa Thompson discusses the unique characteristics of Kaleohano Farrant and Kai Hoshijo that distinguish them as leaders within the next generation of navigators. Both Kaleohano and Kai are…
"This trip more than any other trip is about investment into the belief in young people” — Nainoa Thompson, Pwo Navigator. Get to know Vance Kaleohano Farrant – an explorer, a…