Early crew members of the voyaging canoe Hokulea have gathered in Hawai'i to celebrate the vessel's 50th birthday ...

Timi Gilliom, captain and builder of the voyaging canoe Mo‘okiha o Pi‘ilani, awoke from a midday nap in Hui O Wa’a Kaulua’s ...

Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to ... and waʻa means “canoe or trench,” so hoe waʻa means “to paddle canoe.” It’s so easy for us today to either jump into the ocean ...

Kaneohe Canoe Club paddles the crew members of Hokulea before Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday in Kaneohe, Hawaii. In 1978, an ill-prepared crew set out for ...

But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of shame to one of pride, reviving the skill of traveling the seas by decoding the stars, waves and weather.

But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of shame to one of pride, reviving the skill of traveling the seas by decoding the stars, waves and weather. That ...