Malama Honua

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The latest from the M?lama Honua Worldwide Voyage

Our traditional voyaging canoes H?k?le?a and Hikianalia are on a 47,000-mile open-ocean journey around the globe. Using nature and the stars to find their way, our navigators are charting a course for hope. The Hawaiian name for our voyage is M?lama Honua, to care for our Island Earth.

Thank you for being a part of our ?ohana (family) and tuning into this important journey as we voyage for a sustainable future.

Update | January 29, 2015
Todd Yamashita, 2015-01-29 20:15

Written by K?lepa Baybayan

Three kilometers inland along the winding banks of the Ngauroro River sits the 102 year-old marae, Kohup?tiki, Flounders in the Mist. The 10-crew of H?k?le?a along with the young crew from the escort vessel Tranquility have settled into the whare nui and resting after a 48 hour bumpy ride north from the seaward capital of New Zealand, Wellington, to the coastal port of Napier. In a land called Rotopounamu, Green Springs, for the numerous springs that percolate upward through the rich soils, the orchard filled landscape that surrounds us at the marae is stunning to behold. Last night as golden hue filled the sky, a flock of tui and komako birds followed the setting sun and returned to their nest for an evening rest.

This coast is rich, acres of logs line the commercial harbor as the await shipment for processing to some distant port where they will undoubtedly be turned into framing timbers for new homes. Today is a workday for our escort vessel Tranquility…

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PVS Voyagers will soon be venturing out of the Pacific for the first time to share and discover stories of hope that bring people of Island Earth together to care for our oceans, land and people. While great vision, courage, and preparation are helping us to make the leap, we need your support now more than ever. Please visit www.hokulea.com/donate/ to help keep us sailing.

PVS Voyagers will soon be venturing out of the Pacific for the first time to share and discover stories of hope that bring people of Island Earth together to care for our oceans, land and people. While great vision, courage, and preparation are helping us to make the leap, we need your support now more than ever. Please visit www.hokulea.com/donate/ to help keep us sailing.
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About Michael White

Marine Zoologist specialising in endangered species and remote atoll research. I use modern science and Ethnozoology to provide culturally meaningful conservation projects, with a special focus on the sustainable use of natural resources and food sovereignty. "Tread gently on the Earth"

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  1. Michael White Post author

    If you’ve never seen the Pacific voyaging canoes, you’ve missed out on a wonderful experience. This is how we colonised the Pacific Islands, including Aotearoa (New Zealand). This particular voyage is around the world, they teach about sustainability as they go. The craft themselves are stunning, Cook Islands has its own: Atua Maru. Three years ago seven of the canoes made a long Pacific voyage & I was lucky enough to be in Rarotonga when they arrived for a few days: I know some of the crews. I taught the captain of the Fijian canoe Uto ni Yalo about sea turtles ~ a good experience for us all. 🙂

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