Six-year-old Aliyah Nitta examines a gift of a paddle alongside her auntie Vanessa Bascar-Fernandez and cultural practitioner Kimokeo Kapahulehua on Sunday at Launiupoko Beach Park. Dream Imua, a ...

That vessel — a double-hulled sailing canoe called the Hokulea, after the Hawaiian name for the star Arcturus — would even influence the Disney blockbuster “Moana” decades later.