By returning to a backcountry lifestyle in Waihe‘e, Maui, a group of friends reconnect with their ancestors to further understand who they are.
He mea pohihihi paha ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo he “Hawaiian sense of place”, he hopunaʻōlelo e lohe hele ʻia ana mai ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa malihini a ka ʻoihana hakulau. I ka hapa nui naʻe o ka manawa, he hoʻohāmau ʻia ke ō ʻana mai o nā inoa ʻāina kuʻuna. Ua hiki anei ke hoʻohanohano maoli i ka ʻāina me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i nā inoa ʻāina?
Inspired by a creation chant and an image of the once unseeable, astronomers and a Hawaiian language expert named one of history’s most captivating discoveries.
Hawai‘i’s iconic flavors go hand-in-hand with the customs that shaped them. Here are three historic meals that have gone on to forever alter the islands’ culinary landscape.
It’s believed to be more local than the aloha shirt: the checked woven button-up known as palaka.
For the past three years, filmmakers Joan Lander and Sancia Miala Shiba Nash have been digitizing and cataloging half a century’s worth of invaluable Native Hawaiian footage.