In 1975, Hawaiian scholars Rubellite Kawena Johnson and John Kaipo Mahelona published Nā Inoa Hōkū, a Catalogue of Hawaiian and Pacific Star Names. Though long out of print, Nā Inoa Hōkū is still widely regarded as a definitive source of reference for anyone interested in the use of astronomy in Polynesian voyaging or the nature and development of ritual and calendrical practices throughout the Pacific. Working together with British archaeoastronomer Clive Ruggles, the authors have extensively revised and extended the catalogues and transformed the discussion of their wider context and significance, resulting in a much stronger focus upon the rich historical legacy of the Hawaiian Islands themselves. This new edition of Nā Inoa Hōkū is completely overhauled, vastly expanded, and includes new translation of many key primary Hawaiian sources from the mid-nineteenth century onwards.

• Rubellite Kawena Johnson, Author

  Rubellite Kawena Kinney Johnson is professor emerita of Hawaiian language and literature at the University of Hawaiʻi.

• John Kaipo Mahelona, Author

  John Kaipo Mahelona, a former student of Ruby’s, has a BA in Asian studies and an MA in Pacific Island studies.

• Clive Ruggles, Author

  Clive Ruggles is emeritus professor of archaeoastronomy at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom.