Na 'Ohana Holo Moana /
The Voyaging Families of the Vast Ocean

Photo right: The Rarotongan Canoe Te Au Tonga Sailing off Honolulu


photo of  rarotongan
canoe te au tonga

- Feb. 3-11: Hokule'a and Hawai'iloa Depart from Hilo, Hawai'i
- Feb. 13-18: South to 13 degrees N Latitude
- Feb. 19-25: South to the Equator
- Feb. 26-Mar. 5: Hokule'a and Hawai'iloa Arrive in Tahiti; Makali'i Departs from Hilo
- Mar. 7-Mar. 29: Makali'i sails South; Ceremonies at Taputapuatea; Makali'i arrives in Tahiti; A fleet of six canoes is provisioned in Tautira, Tahiti, for the voyage to Nukuhiva.
- April 5-18: The fleet departs for Nukuhiva; Events in Nukuhiva
- April 20-May 2: The fleet sails north to Hawai'i
- May 3-May 14: Nono flies discovered on three canoes; Fumigation at Sea; Homecoming at Kualoa, O'ahu, and Ke'ehi Lagoon

1976: Tahiti

1980: Tahiti

1985-87: Aotearoa (New Zealand)

1992: Rarotonga

1995: Marquesas

1995: West Coast, British Columbia, & Alaska

1999-2000: Rapanui

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