Kandell, who is not Native Hawaiian, spent a year studying navigation with the Polynesian Voyaging Society during his 20s and incorporated that into the script, including where Moana learns to use her ...

The Kānaka O Ke Kai Author/Speaker Series at Windward Community College’s Hale La‘akea Library is bringing forward a captivating exploration of Native Hawaiian culture through surf and ...

Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin, and many people believed Polynesian voyagers simply lucked into finding th ...

Kane, University of Hawaii archaeologist Ben Finney and Honolulu surfer Tommy Holmes wanted to challenge the drifting log concept. They started the Polynesian Voyaging Society, intent on sailing a ...

235-7435 or at [email protected]. These events provide a rich opportunity to learn about the intertwined histories of surfing and voyaging, essential to the cultural identity and resistance of ...

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 Front Street shop on Aug. 8, 2023, to the sound of a homeless man rattling ...