By Amanda C. Gregg
Kaua’i bid a hui hou to seven South Pacific waka moana (voyaging canoes) at a pa’ina celebration July 11 in Hanalei. A potluck party for the crews and the community wrapped up a five-day stay for the voyagers, which kicked off with welcoming ceremonies July 6. The fleet is comprised of canoes from Aotearoa (New Zealand), Fiji, the Cook Islands, Samoa, Tahiti and two Pan Pacific canoes, which will now head northeast to San Francisco before continuing the Te Mana o Te Moana voyage, which seeks to “renew ties to the sea and its life sustaining strength.”
- Doreen Stokes, Angelie Robinson, Tara Palama and Jason Tuara
- Marc Gondard and Tanja Winkler
- Jean Rhude, Linda Sambuceto and Kim Elegado
- Dennis Chun and Coral McCarthy
- Sean Marsh and Howie Karaitiana James
- Jace and Joy Milbrand
- Kyoko Ikeda, Moah Willie and Keith Taguma
- Mala, Kaumaka and Joanna Fu
- Duncan Morrison, Ka‘iulani Murphy and Luther Waiwaiole
- Erica Taniguchi and John Kruse
- John, Mary and Gracie Clark
- Hina Keala, Iisha and Maka Fu
- Renee Janton and Donna Caplan
- Miiah Fu and Kaehukai Keala
- Nahla and Rachel Kattlove
- Jay Sklar and Brynne Eaton-Auva’a
