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Kaʻahele Hawaiʻi

Kaʻahele Hawaiʻi

Writing for and about Hawaiʻi since 1993

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  • Ke Kaiapuni o Hawaiʻi – The Environment of Hawaiʻi
    • The Urban Kīpuka Project
    • Nā Lāʻau o Hawaiʻi – Hawaiian Plants
      • Native Tree:`Ōhi`a and Lehua
      • Kalo
    • Ke Kai – The Hawaiian Sea
    • Bugs in Hawaiʻi
      • Cockroaches in Hawaiʻi
  • Nā Wahi Pana o Hawaiʻi – The Storied Places of Hawaiʻi
    • Wai Welawela
    • ʻAnaehoʻomalu, He Wahi Pana o Kona – A famous place of Kona
    • Hālaʻ i and Haili
    • Three Hills of Hilo
    • It’s Isaac Hale, not Isaac Hale, Beach Park
    • Kalākaua Park – Hilo’s original Town Square
    • Kaunaʻ oa Beach
    • Liliʻuokalani at Kīlauea
    • Liliʻuokalani Gardens
      • He Haliʻa Aloha o Liliʻuokalani
    • Piʻopiʻo, on the shores of the Wailoa
    • Rainbow Falls and the Wailuku River
    • About Hilo, Hawaiʻi
      • Hilo and Kamehameha
      • Kalākaua Park – Hilo’s original Town Square
      • Liliʻuokalani Gardens
      • Rainbow Falls and the Wailuku River
      • Grand Naniloa Hotel – Museum Displays
        • Shells of Hawaiʻi Nei
        • Wind Instruments of Hawaiʻi
      • St. marianne – Beloved Mother of Outcasts
      • Spencer’s Invincibles – Hawaiʻi and the American Civil War
      • Events with Manu and Leilehua
        • Malalo o ka Pō Lani – Myths and Legends of Maunakea
        • Workshops Past – Nā Haliʻa Aloha
    • Kalapana – He Wahi Pana o Puna
  • Ka Moʻomeheu o Hawaiʻi – The Culture of Hawaiʻi
    • Evolution of Hawaiian Language
      • Learning to Speak Hawaiian
      • Hawaiian Language Resources
    • Myths and Legends, Moʻolelo and Kaʻao
      • Deities of Maunakea
    • Aʻo Hōkū – Hawaiian Astronomy
      • Kilo Hōkū
      • A Lei of Stars – Hawaiian Stars and Constellations
      • Kaulana Mahina – The Hawaiian Lunar Calendar
        • Makahiki – The Hawaiian New Year
      • マカヒキ (Makahiki) – ハワイの新年
      • View from Maunakea
        • Deities of Maunakea
        • The Mural at the Maunakea Visitor Information Station
    • Hoʻokupu – Offerings
    • Nā Hoʻolaʻa – Consecrations / Blessings
      • Hoʻāo – Hawaiian Weddings
        • Hawaiʻi Island Wedding Officiant – Leilehua Yuen
      • トラディショナル ハワイアン ウェディング （カヒコ ウェディング）
      • Your Hawaiian Wedding
        • Hawaiian Wedding Favors
      • A Royal – King Alexander Liholiho and Emma Rooke
    • 以下マカヒキ
    • The Baby Luau
    • Hula, the Heartbeat of Hawaiʻi
      • The First Hula
      • Hula Kiʻi
        • Ka Huakaʻi o Hiʻiaka – The Journey of Hiʻiaka
        • Kiʻi by Leilehua
      • So You Want to Study Hula?
      • On the Kuleana of a Kumu Hula
      • Hula Study Resources
      • Health Benefits of Hula
      • Lole Hula – Hula attire through the ages
      • Implements of the Hula
      • Hula Photography and Recording
    • フラ、ハワイの鼓動 – Hula, the heartbeat of Hawaiʻi
      • フラにおける四人の祖父母
      • 多種多様な流儀により特徴づけられているフラ
    • Kahuna
    • Makahiki – The Hawaiian New Year
    • Pākē Diaspora
  • Holidays in Hawaiʻi
    • Makahiki – The Hawaiian New Year
    • The First Christmas in Hawaiʻi
  • Ka Hana Noʻeau – The Arts of Hawaiʻi
    • Hulu Manu – Hawaiian Featherwork
    • Ipu – Gourds
    • Kāhili – feather standards of Hawaiʻi
    • Kapa – The Fabric of Hawaiʻi
    • Konane – A Hawaiian Board Game
    • Nā Lei o Hawaiʻi – The Lei of Hawaiʻi
    • Hawaiian Music
    • ʻOhe hano ihu – The Traditional Hawaiian Flute
    • Hawaiian Petroglyphs
    • ʻUlīʻulī – the gourd rattles of hula
  • Recommended Books about Hawaiʻi
    • Biographies and Memoirs
    • Astronomy
    • Voyaging
    • Hula Study Resources
      • Lole Hula – Hula attire through the ages
    • Recommended Books on Hawaiian Health, Religion, and Spirituality
    • ハワイに関する書籍
    • Recommended Works of Fiction
      • Historical Fiction
      • The Adventures of Kamaka Holmes
    • All in the Family
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    • Reviews
  • 10 Things People From Hawaiʻi. . .
    • 10 Ways People from Hawaiʻi Use “Da Kine”
    • 10 Frustrating Things about Living in Hawaiʻ i
  • For the Traveler. . .
  • Nā Mele o Leilehua
    • By Moonlight, By Sunlight
    • It’s Christmas Time in Hilo
    • E ka ʻIole, Nau, Nau, Nau
    • He’s Yours
    • Hilo Rains
    • Hōnaunau Hula Girl Blues
    • Nā Lei Mokupuni
    • A Makahiki Carol
    • Nā Manu ʻElua
    • Saddle Road
  • Hawaiʻi FAQs
  • Hula Girl Leinani!
  • Pacific Islands Shipping & Trading – our on-line store
    • Favorite Footwear
    • Cool Stuff For Costuming

Recent Posts

  • Kīlauea Livestream
  • Introducing Kalākaua Park.org
  • Hawaiian Astronomy Resources
  • Floral Adornments of Hawaiʻi
  • Who is she? Mary Ellen Pleasant or Queen Emma?

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  • indigenous land management
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  • Lei
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  • Rain
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  • Respirators
  • royalty
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  • shoreline
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