Hokulea and Hikianalia crews reach New Zealand ahead of schedule

The crews of Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia made landfall at the Bay of Islands in Aotearoa (New Zealand) Friday morning (Hawai’i ...
Hawai‘i Public Radio

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are on their way to New Zealand

The Polynesian voyaging canoes are sailing to New Zealand, or Aotearoa, as part of the Moananuiākea voyage, a three-year ...
Chip Chick on MSN

A Rare Polynesian Canoe Was Found By A Fisherman And His Son In New Zealand

Around 3,000 years ago, people from Southeast Asia began sailing out into the Pacific and settling on the islands of ...
The New York Times

In Move to Protect Whales, Polynesian Indigenous Groups Give Them ‘Personhood’

Indigenous leaders of New Zealand, Tahiti and the Cook Islands signed a treaty that recognizes whales as legal persons. Conservationists hope it will lead to legal protections. By Remy Tumin For many ...