For the next four years, Hawaiian Voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa will be circumnavigating the Pacific Ocean, and Campbell Riverites got a chance to explore it on Aug. 3.
The trip is being described as “A Voyage for Oceans, A Voyage for Earth,” Moananuiākea is the name of the voyage. It also is the name for the vast Pacific Ocean that is a heritage region for Peoples who are Indigenous to the islands and continents that surround the ocean.
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