tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72445194084380193502024-03-06T15:18:20.978+13:00Finding FrangipaniMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603383676568052661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244519408438019350.post-26548432738726241552015-02-28T12:55:00.000+13:002015-05-23T16:52:20.967+12:00 The Worldwide Voyage ~ The Hōkūle‘a in Aotearoa <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<b style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">'
Au i ke kai me he manu ala ' - ' Cross the sea like a bird '</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: medium;"><b> Hawaiian
voyaging proverb</b></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Captain
and Master Navigator - </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kālepa
Baybayan (right) with crew member Wati Forbes</span></span></span></b>
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<i style="color: #ff950e; font-family: Nyala; font-size: 40pt;"><b>~T</b></i><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">he
bow of the Hōkūle‘a
points towards Mauao - Mount Maunganui.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> The mountain </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">landmark graces the Tauranga harbour, where a statue of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Tangaroa the God of the moana – the sea, guards the entrance towards
Tauranga.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It
is fortunate to have been a port of call for the much celebrated <span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;">Hōkūle‘a,</span>
now into the first year of an epic Worldwide Voyage. A national
treasure in Hawai'i, she has become a cultural icon since her
beginnings in 1975, when what began as a research project, has
ensured a re-connection with Hawaiian cultural heritage and powerful
maritime voyaging traditions.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;">
</span>design based on the Polynesians primary voyaging
craft with two hulls and lashed crossbeams, is known as wa'a kaulua
in Hawaiian and waka hourua in </span></span></span><em><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Māori.</span></span></span></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"> Carving detail on </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;">Hōkūle‘a</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;">Hōkūle‘a
is the </span>Hawaiian word for the zenith star - Arcturus, a
vital navigational star for ancient voyagers. Her oceanic journeys,
achieved through the skilled expertise of navigation based on
traditional way-finding methods - the reliance on acute observation of
natural environmental indicators, are also grounded in science and
incorporate oceanography.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Among
her positive contributions is a renaissance of voyaging, sparked
throughout the Pacific. A chance to turn 'myth and legend into
reality',* and an embodiment of a return to a more holistic and
respectful environmental approach for peoples all around the world.
Most recently the MUA voyage to the IUCN World Parks Congress</span> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in
Sydney Australia, was attended by a Pacific based voyaging fleet.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Crew
member Nakua blowing the conch shell </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ocean
preservation is a message the Worldwide Voyage will </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">carry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> </span><em><a href="file:///C:/Users/admin/Desktop/M%C4%81lama%20Honua%20-%20'%20to%20care%20for%20our%20Island%20earth%20'"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Mālama </span></span></span></span></a></em><em><a href="file:///C:/Users/admin/Desktop/M%C4%81lama%20Honua%20-%20'%20to%20care%20for%20our%20Island%20earth%20'"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Honua, </span></span></span></span></a></em><em><a href="file:///C:/Users/admin/Desktop/M%C4%81lama%20Honua%20-%20'%20to%20care%20for%20our%20Island%20earth%20'"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">'to care for our Island earth'</span></span></span></span></a></em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> is a four year undertaking encompassing 47,000 nautical miles and
will soon involve the </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hōkūle‘a</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
leaving the Pacific for the first time.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> On board is an environmental
stewardship pledge which </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://hokulea.staradvertiser.com/u-n-chief-goes-for-sail-aboard-hokulea/"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">UN
Secretarial General – </span></span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://hokulea.staradvertiser.com/u-n-chief-goes-for-sail-aboard-hokulea/"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ban Ki Moon has signed</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, when the </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hōkūle‘a was en route through Samoa last year.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tauranga's
</span></span></span><em><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Māori
</span></span></span></span></em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">translation
means - resting place or anchorage, but the crew work busily with
local communities to spread their outreach work.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's
also the chance for them to connect with like minded peoples on the
way. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">'
Learning from the communities we spend time with, teaches us too ',
says</span> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Captain
and Master navigator -</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kālepa Baybayan </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"> Oranges
and kamo kamo ( NZ heritage vegetable ) on board</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #76a5af;"> Photo
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Those
who hear the </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hōkūle‘a</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
is in town show up and there is a steady stream of admirers to the
marina. Expats from Hawai'i and locals, with varying connections. One of them has driven from out of town, and stepping on board can
barely contain his amazement. When the </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hōkūle‘a
</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
was last in New Zealand in 1985, <a href="http://www.hokulea.com/voyages/our-story/">during
the voyage of rediscovery</a>, he was waylaid by a storm sailing to Northland and missed
the chance.</span></span></span></div>
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<i style="color: #ff950e; font-family: Nyala; font-size: 40pt;"><b>~T</b></i><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">he concept of using the whole waka as a compass is explained, at a </span><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">mesmerizing</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Mālama
Honua</span></span></span></span></em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
presentation </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kālepa
Baybayan gives at nearby community based - Whareroa Marae. The
incredible navigational star compass demonstration is done by way of a large
interactive star chart placed on the floor. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kālepa
stands in the centre of the compass and speaks of it being
conceptual.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is captivating to hear him explain the sea birds relationship with the horizon in relation to navigation, and the other vital clues used in navigation – where the sun
rises and sets, the stars and the moon
and observing wind and wave patterns.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"> Leaving
the Tauranga harbour, nearby Mauao – Mount Maunganui</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #45818e;">Photo
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When
the </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hōkūle‘a
prepares </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to
leave for Auckland the following morning, there are many well wishers
at the marina. Joining on board, a prayer is said in Hawaiian. On
the starboard side, a plaque pays permanent tribute
to Eddie Aikau. His wish and vision to see Tahiti rising out of the
sea, has been realized by the </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Hōkūle‘a, with celestial magnificence.</span><br />
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to Eddie Aikau ~ The plaque on the </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;">Hōkūle‘a</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <span style="color: #76a5af;"> Photo:
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><br />
<b style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">*</b><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;"> The phrase' turning myth and legend into reality ' was said by
Hoturoa Barclay – Kerr,</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> in relation to
the renaissance of Pacific voyaging.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eddie Aikau on the mast of the Hōkūleʻa – Photograph by David Bettencourt<br />
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</span><span style="color: #2323dc;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2323dc;"><span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;"><i><b>F</b></i></span></span></span><span style="color: #2323dc;"><span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><i><b>
</b></i></span></span></span>licking through a surf magazine at a cafe</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif; line-height: 0.42cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> in Auckland, New Zealand over a decade ago,</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.42cm;"> I chanced upon a
review of the book “Eddie Would Go” by Stuart Holmes Coleman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
ripple effects of Eddie's inspirational life, continue to impact and
influence me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This was reaffirmed watching Stuart's insightful talk recently, at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e50OTXtyx2E">Wanderlust's Speakeasy</a> , how in the journey of relaying Eddie's story, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.42cm;">he spoke of </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.42cm;">'the
influence people can have on you unwittingly'.</span></div>
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phrase 'Eddie Would Go' was inspired by the extraordinary courage he lived out. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Setting a precedence in big wave surfing during the 1970's in Hawai'i, Eddie was famed for riding waves towering at twenty feet plus. As the
first lifeguard at Waimea Bay on the Island of Oahu, he saved
hundreds of lives.</span></span></div>
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was also a humble person, with a strong moral compass he held fast to
his strong personal values and sense of Ohana – family. Eddie was goodness and compassion,
personified.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">His
commitment to the restoration of Hawai'ian cultural heritage, aligned
him with the traditional ocean voyaging canoe - the </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 15.8740158081055px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Hōkūleʻa</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; line-height: 15.8740158081055px; text-align: -webkit-center;">.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif; line-height: 0.42cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Named a</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.42cm;">fter the star of gladness - Arctarus, the
double hulled canoe, known in Hawai'ian as wa'a, had successfully
completed a return voyage from Hawai'i to Tahiti - the ancient route
of Polynesian migration - using traditional wayfinding techniques. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When
overwhelmed by challenging seas on the 1978 return voyage, in a final
courageous act , Eddie would lay down his life to rescue his fellow voyagers from a distressed <span style="color: #222222;">Hōkūleʻa.</span></span></span></div>
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on the jetty in Okahu Bay in Auckland last month as I watched the
Hōkūleʻa arrive along with a fleet of Pacific voyaging waka, my thoughts were with the Aloha spirit and legacy
of Eddie Aikau. I thought of the renaissance in voyaging sparked by the </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 15.8740158081055px;">Hōkūleʻa and</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 0.42cm;"> reflected back to the point of
chancing upon the review of Stuart's book – and my own navigation
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">I
dedicate my Finding Frangipani stories as a thank you – mahalo nui
, to the continuing inspiration of Eddie – and to the central
message of the Eddie Aikau Foundation, that <a href="http://www.eddieaikaufoundation.org/">'There is good to be done'.</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Aloha *<br />Michele.</span></span></div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603383676568052661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244519408438019350.post-28910745681205200172014-08-16T17:25:00.003+12:002015-02-01T18:02:17.453+13:00 * B u l a * A l o h a * C o r a l C o a s t * F i j i *<br />
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