Hokulea’s voyage of rediscovery

Hokulea is pictured at the shore of Kualoa Regional Park after its 50th birthday commemoration in Kaneohe, Hawaii. -AP

HAWAII’s American colonisers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some native Hawaiians even attempted to lighten their skin with lye.

Many believed that Polynesian voyagers had simply stumbled upon the islands by drifting on logs.