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Apprentice navigator and Hikianalia watch captain Kaleo Wong with an update from Papeʻete, Tahiti in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and English.

From Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu, Kaleo Wong blends Hawaiian language and traditional wayfinding.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia celebrate crossing the piko o Wākea (equator) with offerings from Hawaiʻi.

Crewmembers pass the time with music by Kaiwi Hamakua-Makue as Tahiti draws closer with each day.

We are travelling on the very same path as our ancestors did before us, on the ocean pathway from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti.

Chants and songs allow us to call out to our ancestors for guidance.

The Hilo community gave their aloha to Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia as departure for Tahiti approaches.

Hundreds gathered at the dock of the Marine Education Training Center, from which Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia, and their crew would bid farewell to Oʻahu for the last time as they embark on their long awaited Worldwide Voyage.