KS Maui High School Principal Jay-R Ka‘awa, and KSM alumni Kanoe Steward and Maleko Lorenzo get ready to sail on Hōkūle‘a back to Maui to start the Mālama Honua Mahalo Hawai‘i statewide voyage.

The Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia crews prepare the voyaging canoes for launching at the Marine Education Training Center on Sand Island Wednesday.

Polynesian Voyaging Society President and Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson helps guests onto the canoe.

Members of the crew and guests touch base before the canoe launch.

The KS Maui ‘ohana welcome the hui wa‘a to their Pukalani campus.

Hōkūle‘a crew member Penny Martin (with lei) is joined by KSM Campus and Strategic Initiatives Director Rhonda Alexander-Monkres, Grounds Team Leader Troy Ritte and Admissions Manager Tammy Ramos in planting a koa tree in the campus' Ulu Koa Grove.

Hōkūleʻa crew member Billy Richards fields questions from KS Maui Elementary school students. That evening the public was invited to the campus to hear stories from the crew members as part of the Huliau Film & Lecture Series.

On Friday, KS Maui faculty, staff and students bussed down to Honolua Bay to view the voyaging canoes and celebrate the start of their statewide voyage.

Honolua Bay, Maui was where Hōkūleʻa first launched for her maiden voyage in 1976.