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

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Hokulea is pictured at the shore of Kualoa Regional Park after its 50th ... for ceremonial hula and kava drinking at the Oahu beach where the canoe launched on March 8, 1975, and where they ...

(James Kimo Hugho via AP) This April 1975 photo shows crew members training on the Hokulea canoe in waters off Kualoa on Oahu ... and kava drinking at the Oahu beach where the canoe launched ...

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including the signature Grand Parade in Waikiki and spectacular Nagaoka Fireworks Show over Waikiki Beach, March 7-9. Full schedule of events. Kualoa/Hakipuʻu Waʻa Festival celebrates Hōkūleʻa’s 50th ...

Hawaiʻi celebrated 50 years of Hōkūleʻa's history of voyaging on Saturday at Kualoa Regional Park on Oʻahu, where the double-hulled canoe first launched. Many older navigators and crew members face ...

Thousands gathered at the site in Windward Oahu where the famed Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule'a first touched the water. At 7 p.m., tune in for HNN’s special, “A Canoe is Born: Hōkūleʻa ...

At 7 p.m., tune in for HNN’s special, “A Canoe is Born: Hōkūleʻa,” which features the 1975 documentary of the canoe’s launch. Dr. Silva is a professor at the Ka Haka ʻUla O ...