Thomas Raffipiy plans to build the canoe in Hawaiʻi in August. He's calling on Micronesian youth and other local kids to ...

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

The discovery was called by one archaeologist as something that will go down as one of the most important finds in Polynesian history.

The boat, known as a waka, was unearthed in the Chatham Islands. Researchers say it could be one of the most significant ...

Outrigger canoe surfs giant wave at Waimea, front flips in the whitewash, and wins Hawaii “Go Big” moment of the year.

Hawaiʻi celebrated 50 years of Hōkūleʻa's history of voyaging on Saturday at Kualoa Regional Park on Oʻahu, where the ...

Polynesian voyaging canoe, Hōkūleʻa is turning 50 years old this Saturday. On March 8, 1975, Hawai’i’s first long-distance ...

Dr. Ben Young says he was asked by Herb Kawainui Kane to be the physician on board Hōkūleʻa for the return trip from Tahiti ...

Hawaiʻi is honoring the 50th birthday of Hōkūleʻa, a symbolic voyaging canoe. When the vessel was first built and launched in ...

Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had simply lucked into finding the islands by drifting on logs. But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of shame ...