Society Archives

An Upstream Battle Over East Maui Water Rights

Activists residing in Wailuanui and Ke‘anae are continuing to untangle the complex politics of East Maui water diversion to reinstate this natural resource. Their efforts are part of decades-long litigation and the largest water rights case in the state.

Arts Culture Society

Hard Look

In art, as in life, men are constrained by old notions of masculinity. How do we break the mold?

Society

The Guardians: Meet Hawai’i’s Fearless Waterwomen

O‘ahu’s female lifeguards are some of the most elite and respected waterwomen in the world. Every day, these fearless first responders test their power to save lives against the formidable Pacific Ocean.

Culture Environment Society

Data Loss

Local television, newspapers, and radio stations build bodies of work that preserve the history of places and their communities. But these institutions are shrinking.

Society

In the Wake of Water: The Darker Side of Kaua‘i

Home to one of the wettest places in the world, Kaua‘i is blessed with an overabundance of rainfall. But the people who live there also know how unstoppable and destructive water can be.

Arts Society

Special Section: Pele

The Hawaiian Islands are foraged by fire. Recent events at Kīlauea bring this understanding to the surface with breathtaking intensity.

Arts Society

Creation in Crossfire

Images by Elyse Butler, Andrew Richard Hara, and John Hook Two unforgettable, and unforgiving, volcanic events captured the attention and imaginations of onlookers far and wide these past couple years: the...

The Isamu Noguchi Sculpture That Never Was

A Honolulu Ceramicist Evoking Japandi Aesthetics

In Kāneʻohe, Reviving Heʻeia’s Storied Wetlands

A Community of Hawaiian Homesteaders Are Facing Water Insecurity. What Went Wrong?

On O‘ahu’s Last Traditional Fishing Village, Residents Want to Preserve Their Way of Life

A Foraging Chef Finds Inspiration in Hawaiʻi’s Wilderness

Colleen Kimura’s Maximalist Vision of the Pacific

Nā Kama a Ohiohikupua Lāua ʻo Lauhuki

E Lei Kau, E Lei Ho‘oilo I Ke Aloha

He Kahu Na Moananuiākea

ALOHA NŌ: A Tribute to the Art of Unfiltered Love and Unapologetic Truths

Tracing Threads of Solidarity Between Palestine and Hawaiʻi

The Fraught Road to Recovery for Lahaina’s Filipino Community

Society

An Upstream Battle Over East Maui Water Rights

Hard Look

The Guardians: Meet Hawai’i’s Fearless Waterwomen

In the Wake of Water: The Darker Side of Kaua‘i

Special Section: Pele

Creation in Crossfire

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