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 ...

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.