Ha‘akulou — Kaumuali‘i’s Royal Cloak
By Léo Azambuja Kaua‘i Museum Director Chucky Boy Chock, wearing the traditional attire from the Royal Order of Kamehameha, is seen here posing next to a royal ‘ahu‘ula (cloak) and mahiole (helmet)...
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By Nalani Kanakaʻole A koaʻe kea i poʻoailani a Ola A koaʻe kea circles high above Ola He lualaʻi ana i ke kula o Kaleinamanu Enjoying the calm over the plains of Kaleinamanu He nana ka makani no luna...
View ArticlePapahānaumokuākea Honors Bruce Blankenfeld with 2018 Umu Kai Award
Captain Bruce Blankenfeld takes navigational measurements to give instructions to the steersmen. Photo courtesy of NOAA The 2018 Papahānaumokuākea Umu Kai Award was presented on June 10 to Bruce...
View ArticleHawaiʻi Wisdom — June 2018
He aliʻi i ka moa. “The rooster is a chief.” The rooster sleeps on a high perch. His feathers are used in kālihi, which are the symbols of chiefs. Source: ʻŌlelo Noʻeau, by Mary Kawena Pukui. This...
View ArticleChickens
By Jan TenBruggencate High on a fence, a wild rooster scans his surroundings at the Kaua‘i Museum in Lihu‘e. Photo by Léo Azambuja Kauaʻi’s famous chickens are, of course, not standard domestic fowl....
View ArticleKōloa Plantation Days — Landmarks in Time
Photo courtesy of Carol Ann Davis By Léo Azambuja More than three decades ago, when sugar plantations were still operating on Kaua‘i, a milestone celebration of 150 years of the first commercially...
View ArticleSueoka Store Celebrates 100 Years
The Sueoka family, from left to right, Ernest Sueoka, Karen Samiano, Jan Sueoka, Wendy Kawaguchi, Betty Miyasaki and Rod Sueoka. Photo by Léo Azambuja By Pamela Varma When Mankichi Sueoka immigrated to...
View ArticleThe Beginnings of Sugar in Hawai‘i
The fourth sugar mill built in Koloa, in 1913. Photo courtesy of Carol Ann Davis Kō, or sugarcane, was one of the couple dozen canoe plants brought to Hawai‘i by early Polynesian settlers. The few...
View ArticleHawai‘i Wisdom — July 2018
A curious and friendly goat asks for a bit of food, in a pasture near the Lawa‘i International Center. Photo by Léo Azambuja ‘A‘ahu ‘ili kao. “Wearer of goat hide.” An expression o contempt for a...
View ArticleA Brief History of Hulē‘ia Region
By Jan TenBruggencate Hule‘ia River and Estuary The Nāwiliwili and Hulē‘ia region has been a center of Kaua‘i activity since the earliest days. The bay held the nearest safe anchorage for sailing ships...
View ArticleOcean Friendly Restaurants Take a Stance Against Waste
By Léo Azambuja Left to right, Jose Cortez and Erin Keller, of The Local; Anni Caporuscio, of Small Town Coffee; Rebekah Magers, Ocean Friendly Restaurants coordinator at Surfrider Foundation; and...
View Article18th Annual Pilgrimage of Compassion at Lawa‘i International Center
Grandmaster Riley Lee, world-renowned shakuhachi flutist. Contributed photo It’s time for hearts to unite on the sacred grounds of Lawa‘i International Center. The Center welcomes all to the 18th...
View ArticleHawai‘i Wisdom — August 2018
Chandley G. Jackson is seen walking toward Kalalau Beach, with a storm brewing over the ocean in the summer of 2016. Over the next couple days, three tropical storms passed just north of Kaua‘i....
View ArticleThe Great Chiefs of Kaua‘i
By Jan TenBruggencate The Hikina a Kala heiau in Wailua. Photo by Léo Azambuja Victors get the spoils, and also write the histories. And when the Kamehameha family supplanted the historic Kaua‘i line...
View ArticleKaua‘i Mokihana Festival
By Léo Azambuja Hula dancers perform at the 2017 Kaua‘i Mokihana Festival. Photo by Malie Foundation/Joe Olivas More than three decades ago, three Hawaiian musicians on Kaua‘i started a visionary...
View ArticleHawai‘i Nikkei Legacy Exhibit Opens Friday
Honolulu singer Allison Arakawa. Contributed photo Honolulu singer, Allison Arakawa, well-known for her rendition of “Holehole Bushi”, a song about the Japanese immigrants working in the Hawai‘i sugar...
View ArticleClimate Heritage Mobilization Aims to Unite Cultural Heritage Sector for...
Waianae petroglyphs revealed Aug. 8, 2016. Photo courtesy DLNR “Global climate change, especially sea level rise, is perhaps the biggest threat to cultural heritage in Hawai‘i, the Pacific and...
View ArticleHawai‘i Wisdom — September 2018
The hula ‘ohana from Urahutia Productions performs at the Auli‘i Lu‘au at the Sheraton Kaua‘i Resort in Po‘ipu. Photo by Léo Azambuja ‘Ike aku, ‘ike mai, kokua aku kokua mai; pela iho la ka nohana...
View ArticleBucasas to Portray Queen Emma at Annual Festival in Koke‘e
Hui o Laka, the nonprofit organization that runs Koke‘e Natural History Museum, announced that Shara Bucasas will portray Queen Emma at the 30th annual Emalani Festival Kaua‘i, Eo e Emalani i Alaka‘i,...
View ArticleVeterans Day Parade — Duty, Honor, Country
By Léo Azambuja John Iwamoto, left, commander of the veteran organization the Military Order of the Purple Heart, with Alfonso "Gus" Garcia, member of the Disabled American Veterans organization,...
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