Nearly 2,000 volunteers recently gathered at a fishpond in windward Oʻahu to completely fill in the 1.3-mile circle wall that ...

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on March 7, the public is invited to Kualoa Regional Park to experience Polynesian voyaging culture.

Carpinteria’s Rincon Designs could open up again as soon as May, the Moore family confirmed to Noozhawk. Carpinteria native ...

When the first Polynesians arrived in the Hawaiian Islands centuries ago, there were no coconut palms here. There were no mountain apple, breadfruit, kalo, olena and many other plants we think of as ...

Wet and shivering, I rose from the outrigger of a Polynesian voyaging canoe. We’d been at sea all afternoon and most of the night. I’d hoped to get a little rest, but rain, wind and an absence of flat ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (HawaiiNewsNow) — As Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia remain docked in Auckland, crew members are reflecting on their voyage to Aotearoa. Hikianalia crew member ...

Kirstin Downey, a former Civil Beat reporter, is a regular contributing columnist specializing in history, culture and the arts, and the occasional political issue. A former Washington Post reporter ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Molokaʻi Hoe is one of the world’s most prestigious outrigger canoe races from Molokaʻi to Oʻahu. This coveted competition all began in the 1950s because Albert “Toots” ...

Fringe, novelty, yet steeped in tradition. These might be a few ways to describe the current world of outrigger canoe surfing. But it wasn’t always this way. Riding waves in canoes is an ancient ...

While rooted in the shared tradition and purpose of Polynesian voyaging, crew members say Iosepa’s gospel-driven mission and academic foundation set him apart from other canoes While many voyaging ...

Crews in the men’s 65 race made their turn during Saturday’s Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association State Championship Regatta at Hanaka‘o‘o Beach Park in Lahaina. From foreground are Outrigger Canoe Club, ...