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Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 7: Nā Wai ʻEhā
2022 Onipaʻa Peace March & Gathering
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2020 Honolulu Mayor Candidate Forum on Kanaka Maoli Issues
https://youtu.be/GIEOiAIXHqE In this forum, candidates Keith Amemiya and Rick Blangiardi answer questions straight from Hawaiian Community Leaders on issues in Kahuku, Waimānalo, Papakōlea, Kapolei, Nānākuli, Waiʻanae, and more. Mahalo nui to Ka Lahui Hawaii for...
Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge | Episode 8 – Marquesan Creation: Ātea and Atanua
https://youtu.be/4l4-6K0IAMs Presented by Edgar Tetahiotupa. Recorded on August 5, 2020 The Gladys Kamakakūokalani Brandt Chair of Comparative Polynesian Studies and UH Mānoa Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge presents a NEW webinar series focusing on...
Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge | Episode 7 – Kuki Airani Creation: Vatea and Papa, The Mangaia Story
https://youtu.be/wvPY6EkQT3s The Gladys Kamakakūokalani Brandt Chair of Comparative Polynesian Studies and UH Mānoa Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge presents a NEW webinar series focusing on Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge. Host Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa &...
Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge | Episode 6 – Tonga Creation: Hikuleʻo, Tangaloa & Māui
https://youtu.be/A2m_fye89cU The Gladys Kamakakūokalani Brandt Chair of Comparative Polynesian Studies and UH Mānoa Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge presents a NEW webinar series focusing on Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge. Host Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa &...
OHA Trustee Candidate Forums – OHA At-Large
https://youtu.be/KdwAsld1rFk In preparation for the Primary Election, we will be live-streaming a series of forums focusing on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Candidates running for office in the 2020 Election. Meet the candidates running for OHA-At-Large:...
OHA Trustee Candidate Forums – Hawaiʻi Island
https://youtu.be/HX9FlfDt6KM In preparation for the Primary Election, we will be live-streaming a series of forums focusing on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Candidates running for office in the 2020 Election. Meet the 10 candidates running for Hawaiʻi Island...
OHA Trustee Candidate Forums – Molokaʻi & Lānaʻi | Kauaʻi & Niʻihau
https://youtu.be/phsWH7UD4gs In preparation for the Primary Election, we will be live-streaming a series of forums focusing on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Candidates running for office in the 2020 Election. Meet the three Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi Trustee...
Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge | Episode 5 – Aotearoa Creation: Papatuanuku & Ranginui
https://youtu.be/FnNcCgb48Vo The Gladys Kamakakūokalani Brandt Chair of Comparative Polynesian Studies and UH Mānoa Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge presents a NEW webinar series focusing on Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge. Host Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa &...
Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge | Episode 4 – Tahitian Creation: Taʻaroa Makes the World
https://youtu.be/HMDVdb718BQ The Gladys Kamakakūokalani Brandt Chair of Comparative Polynesian Studies and UH Mānoa Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge presents a NEW webinar series focusing on Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge. Co-hosts are Lilikalā...
Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge | Episode 3 – Hawaiʻi Creation: Kumulipo, Papa & Wākea
https://youtu.be/iXnale7Lqo8 The Gladys Kamakakūokalani Brandt Chair of Comparative Polynesian Studies and UH Mānoa Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge presents a NEW webinar series focusing on Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge. Featuring Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa...
Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge | Episode 2 – Measuring Polohiwa-a-Kāne: Summer Solstice
https://youtu.be/_q3fAYW2nTM Presented by the Gladys Kamakakūokalani Brandt Chair of Comparative Polynesian Studies and UH Mānoa Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge. Co-hosts are Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa & Hironui Bouit.
Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge | Introduction to Polynesian Ancestors, Stars and Temples
https://youtu.be/sKmC4fLfzvk The Gladys Kamakakūokalani Brandt Chair of Comparative Polynesian Studies and UH Mānoa Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge presents a NEW webinar series focusing on Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge. The theme for the first few weeks...
2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium: Our Indigenous Languages Panel
2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium: Our Indigenous Languages Panel Watch presenters from the 2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium join in on a panel discussion to share more insight on their respective perspectives of Language revitalization and normalization efforts, strategies,...
2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium: Our Indigenous Languages in Business
2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium: Our Indigenous Languages in Business The 2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium focused on discussions and formulating strategies of language revitalization and normalization efforts through four thematic strands of society; Education, Policy and...
2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium: Our Indigenous Languages in Education
2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium: Our Indigenous Languages in Education The 2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium focused on discussions and formulating strategies of language revitalization and normalization efforts through 4 thematic strands of society; Education, Policy and...
2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium: Our Indigenous Languages in Media
2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium: Our Indigenous Languages in Media The 2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium focused on discussions and formulating strategies of language revitalization and normalization efforts through 4 thematic strands of society; Education, Policy and...
2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium: Our Indigenous Languages in Government & Policy
2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium: Our Indigenous Languages in Government & Policy The 2019 Mokuola Honua Symposium focused on discussions and formulating strategies of language revitalization and normalization efforts through 4 thematic strands of society; Education,...
Hoʻoulu
Hoʻoulu He haʻawina ko nā hana a pau. Ua like nō ma kēia mau hana keaka a nā haumāna o ka papahana ʻo Hoʻoulu Pāhiahia i kahu ai. Hōʻike ʻia kekahi ʻano pilikia, alaina a hana kolohe nō paha. ʻO la mea nui o nā hana kolohe, ʻo ia ka paʻa o ka haʻawina nui a me ke...
Ke Kaua o Kuamoʻo – The Battle of Kuamoʻo
Ke Kaua o Kuamoʻo - The Battle of Kuamoʻo He keaka mele ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ʻo “Ke Kaua o Kuamoʻo” na ke kula ʻo Kamehameha ma Hawaiʻi e hahaʻi ana i ka hukihuki ma waena o ke aliʻi o Kona ʻo Kekuaokalani lāua me Liholiho. Ma hope o ka hala ʻana o ke aliʻi nui Kamehameha...
Moʻo Huelo: The Tale of a Tail
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Hoʻokipa: Hawaiian Language Movement Visitation Program
The Hawaiian Language movement has become a model for many budding indigenous language revitalization and normalization efforts nationally and even internationally. The program in Hilo, Hawaiʻi hosts hundreds of language advocates annually at various events and...
Lākina: Teaching Latin Through Hawaiian
Lākina: Teaching Latin Through Hawaiian One of the greatest challenges for the Hawaiian language movement is overcoming the assumption that English is the only other language that matters and Hawaiian is fighting an uphill battle to unseat that dominant language. The...
Indigenous Languages: The Legacy We Leave
Ensuring our languages thrive is one of the most precious gifts we can leave our children and their children. While starting, or even engaging in, indigenous language revitalization and normalization efforts is not for the light-hearted, the rewards are priceless....
Indigenous Languages: Advocating for Our Nations’ Treasures
Indigenous Languages: Advocating for Our Nations’ Treasures The world’s indigenous peoples, nations and their languages represent complex system of knowledge that have been in existence for thousands of years. Ensuring these languages continue to live and thrive via...
Pulakaulāhui: Indigenous Language Youth Advocacy Training Program
Pulakaulāhui: Indigenous Language Youth Advocacy Training Program Every seminal moment in Hawaiian history, whether strife or stride, in some way was affected by a combination of activism, advocacy and diplomacy that led to critical shifts of varying degrees in norms,...
Oct. 5, 2019 – Kūkahi Aloha ʻĀina Unity March – Oʻahu
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About: Ka ʻŌlelo o ka ʻĀina ma ka Mālama ʻĀina
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Pānela: Ka ʻŌlelo O Ka ʻĀina Ma Ka Mālama ʻAina
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Panel: A Place for Hawaiian Language in Conservation
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Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 7: Keilana Mokulehua
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 7: Keilana Mokulehua ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai” presents its seventh episode of season 4, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with a new up and coming artist, Keilana...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 6: Kaʻikena Scanlan & These Guys
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 5: Kaʻikena Scanlan ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai” presents its sixth episode of season 4, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with Kaʻikena Scanlan and some of his hoa...
Maunakea – August 10 & 11, 2019
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Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 5: Waimānalo Sunset Band
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 5: Waimānalo Sunset Band ʻŌiwiTV’s original music series “Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai” presents its fifth episode of season 4, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with the vibrant musicians of Waimānalo...
Maunakea Protection Support Events – Active List
Aloha ʻĀina are gathering across the honua to support the protection of Maunakea. Send your event to MaunakeaActions@gmail.com. Event coordinators ask that everyone remain in KAPU ALOHA. Learn more about Maunakea at: www.oiwi.tv/maunakea We add updates to this post as...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 4: Project Kuleana Nā Moʻo
ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai” presents its fourth episode of season 4, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with the “moʻo” of Project KULEANA from Hilo, Hāna, Koʻolaupoko and Koʻolauloa. Project KULEANA...
Nā Moʻolelo Lecture Series – Dr. Kiana Frank
Na Kilo Ao Maiki: Observing the Microbial Realm By better understanding the microbial mookuauhau of our aina - bridging cultural and historical knowledge systems - we can begin to decode the insight left to us by our kupuna and better evaluate overall ecosystem...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 3: Kalani Peʻa
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 3: Kalani Peʻa ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai” presents its third episode of season 4, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with Kalani Peʻa and some of his hoa hoʻokani a...
Nā Moʻolelo Lecture Series – ʻUmi Perkins
Privatizing ʻĀina During the period of privatization of land in Hawaii (1840-1855), kuleana, translated as "native tenants rights," constituted both a right to, and responsibility over, land for Hawaiians. Learn more about the 1850 Kuleana Act, gathering rights, and...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 2: Pō & the 4fathers
ʻŌiwiTV’s original music series “Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai” presents its second episode of season 4, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined again with the kāne of Pō & the 4fathers - a composition of kāne from Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi island...
Nā Moʻolelo Lecture Series – Kent Severson
Before and After: Shangri La Kent Severson is the Conservator at Shangri La, Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design in Honolulu. He is responsible for overseeing the care and preservation of Shangri La's collection of Islamic art. He has participated in active...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 1: Holoholo Queens
https://youtu.be/iFv48SiEIXQ Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 1: Holoholo Queens ʻŌiwiTV’s original music series “Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai” presents its first episode of season 4, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with the amazing...
Nā Moʻolelo Lecture Series – Barron Oda
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TRzr_of67oU Cultural Property, Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, and Western Intellectual Property Systems Barron Oda is Co-Chair of the ABA's Section of Science & Technology Law's Museum's and the Arts Law Committee. His practice areas...
Mele Murals – Aliamanu Middle School
See the original post at Estria.org: "This Mele Mural project with Aliamanu Middle School connects us with the land and mo‘olelo (story) of Mo‘oanaloa on O‘ahu and is respectively titled with the same name of “Mo‘oanaloa.” The mo‘olelo behind this mural takes us back...
Nā Moʻolelo Lecture Series – Dr. Lorenz Gonschor
“Kau ka ʻiwa, he lā makani”: A genealogy of the Royal Order of the Star of Oceania Dr. Lorenz Gonschor is a senior lecturer and associate dean at ʻAtenisi University in Tonga. His research interests include historical and contemporary governance and politics of...
Mele Murals – Waimanalo Elementary & Intermediate School
See the original post at Estria.org: "Our journey with this Mele Murals project with Waimānalo Elementary & Intermediate School started with a kanikapila (Hawaiian music produced in an impromptu jam session) event back in September. Our staff and the students were...
Nā Moʻolelo Lecture Series – Dr. Keanu Sai
An Uncomfortable Truth: Hawaiʻi has been in a State of War with the United States since 1893 Dr. Keanu Sai is a political scientist specializing in international relations and public law, as well as a faculty member at the University of Hawaiʻi-Windward Community...
Nā Moʻolelo Lecture Series – Halena Kapuni-Reynolds
Intimacies: He Moʻolelo No Nā Mea Waiwai Aliʻi Halena Kapuni-Reynolds is a Ph.D. student and Kanaka Oiwi born and raised on Hawaii Island in the Hawaiian homestead community of Keaukaha. He addressed Indigenous curation, with a focus on the ways that Kanaka Oiwi and...
Nā Moʻolelo Lecture Series – Dr. Jonathan Osorio
Intimacies: Poetics of a Land Beloved Dr. Jonathan Osorio is a scholar, professor and popular composer/singer. He addressed the themes of intimacies and Hawaiian mele, and their significance to understanding our role as Kanaka Maoli—to tend to the aina and to remember...
Nā Moʻolelo Lecture Series – Dr. Ronald Williams Jr.
Aloha! Mahalo for visiting ʻŌiwi TV. This post has expired, please watch Dr. Ronald Williams Jr.'s lecture at: https://www.iolanipalace.org/na-moolelo/video-archive/
Nā Mamo Aloha Na Keʻelikōlani – Speech & Panel
He hanana hoʻohanohano kēia i ke aliʻi Keʻelikōlani, kona ola, kona kūpaʻa mau ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, a me nā ʻano ala a kākou e ʻimi ai no ka ho’ōla maoli ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aloha o nei ʻāina. E nanea mai i nā mele aloha, e nānā aku i kekahi hōʻikeʻike no...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Nā ʻAha Hoohanohano – Hoʻokūkū Mele
Hanohano nō ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā ʻano haumāna, mākua, a kula like ʻole e komo i ke kahului ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ka ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019. Eia nō nā kama, nā mākua, me nā hui e lei ana i ka lei o ka lanakila no ko lākou hana keu a ka poʻokela. It is magnificent to see...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Nā ʻAha Hoʻohanohano – Lā 2
Hanohano nō ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā ʻano haumāna, mākua, a kula like ʻole e komo i ke kahului ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ka ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019. Eia nō nā kama, nā mākua, me nā hui e lei ana i ka lei o ka lanakila no ko lākou hana keu a ka poʻokela. It is magnificent to see...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Nā ʻAha Hoʻohanohano – Lā 1
Hanohano nō ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā ʻano haumāna, mākua, a kula like ʻole e komo i ke kahului ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ka ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019. Eia nō nā kama, nā mākua, me nā hui e lei ana i ka lei o ka lanakila no ko lākou hana keu a ka poʻokela. It is magnificent to see...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 – Ulu Ke Aukahi
No ka poʻe e kānalua ana i ka ulu ʻana aʻe o ko kākou aukahi e ʻimi ana e ho'ōla hou i kahi ʻōlelo hiwahiwa o kākou, ka ʻōlelo o ka ʻāina -ka 'ōlelo Hawaiʻi, he hanana ka ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo e nā ai ka naʻau. E nānā mai nō i ka wehewehe ʻia ʻana mai o ke koʻikoʻi o kēia...
Nā Mamo Aloha Na Keʻelikōlani – Haʻiʻōlelo & Pānela
He hanana hoʻohanohano kēia i ke aliʻi Keʻelikōlani, kona ola, kona kūpaʻa mau ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, a me nā ʻano ala a kākou e ʻimi ai no ka ho’ōla maoli ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aloha o nei ʻāina. E nanea mai i nā mele aloha, e nānā aku i kekahi hōʻikeʻike no...
Nā Mamo Aloha Na Keʻelikōlani ma Haleʻōlelo
Ua mālama ʻia kekahi hanana "Nā Mamo Aloha Na Keʻelikōlani" ma ke kōleke ʻo Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani e hoʻohanohano ai i ke aliʻi Keʻelikōlani Keanolani Kanāhoahoa. Ua ʻākoakoa nā ʻohana o nā honua ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma Hilo e launa a hoʻomanaʻo pū i ke aliʻi ma o ka...
2019 Year of Indigenous Language Proclamation
[espro-slider id=24444] Ma ka makahiki 2016, ua ʻāpono ka United Nations General Assembly i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo e kūkala ʻia ka makahiki 2019 ʻo ia ka "Makahiki Kauʻāina o nā ʻŌlelo ʻŌiwi". Ma ka Poʻalima aku nei, lā 8 o Pepeluali, 2019, ua kūkala aku ʻo Kiaʻāīna David...
Hawaiian Language Takes Center Stage at United Nations
Hawaiian Language Takes Center Stage at United Nations 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages Launched at UN Headquarters in NYC New York City, New York – February 3, 2019 – President Maria Espinosa of the General Assembly of the United Nations held a...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Haʻiʻōlelo Pae Papa 4 -5
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Haʻiʻōlelo Pae Papa 4 -5 Eia hoʻi nā haumāna o ka papa 4 a i ka 5 mai nā ʻano kula ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi like ʻole e hoʻokūkū ana ma ka haʻiʻōlelo. Ua koho mua ʻia nā manaʻo hoʻokele haʻiʻōlelo i pili i ke aliʻi naʻi aupuni ʻo Kamehameha....
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Haʻiʻōlelo Pae Papa 6 – 8
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Haʻiʻōlelo Pae Papa 6 - 8 Eia nō nā haumāna o ka papa 6 a i ka 8 mai nā ʻano kula ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi like ʻole e hoʻokūkū ana ma ka haʻiʻōlelo. Ua koho mua ʻia nā manaʻo hoʻokele haʻiʻōlelo i pili i ke aliʻi naʻi aupuni ʻo Kamehameha....
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Haʻiʻōlelo Pae Papa 9 – Lehulehu
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Haʻiʻōlelo Pae Papa 9 - Lehulehu Eia nā haumāna o ka papa 9 a i ka 12 mai nā ʻano kula ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi like ʻole a me nā moho mai ka lehulehu ākea e hoʻokūkū ana ma ka haʻiʻōlelo. Ua koho mua ʻia nā manaʻo hoʻokele haʻiʻōlelo i pili i...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Pūnana Leo
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Pūnana Leo Eia nā haumāna o ka pae kula kamaliʻi mai nā kula like ʻole e hoʻokūkū ana ma ka haʻiʻōlelo hoʻopaʻanaʻau. Preschool students participated in a memorized speech competition.
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Papa 2 -3
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Papa 2 -3 Eia nā haumāna o ka pae papa 2 a i ka papa 3 e hoʻokūkū ana ma ka haʻiʻōlelo hoʻopaʻanaʻau. Students in grade 2 to 3 from various Hawaiian Language schools competed in a memorized speech...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Papa M – 1
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Papa M - 1 Eia nā haumāna o ka pae papa mālaaʻo a i ka papa 1 e hoʻokūkū ana ma ka haʻiʻōlelo hoʻopaʻanaʻau. Students in kindergarten to first grade from various Hawaiian Language schools competed in a memorized...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Papa 4 – 5
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Papa 4 - 5 Eia nā haumāna o ka pae papa 4 a i ka papa 5 e hoʻokūkū ana ma ka haʻiʻōlelo hoʻopaʻanaʻau. Students in grade 4 to 5 from various Hawaiian Language schools competed in a memorized speech...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Papa 6 – 8
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Papa 6 - 8 Eia nā haumāna o ka pae papa 6 a i ka papa 8 e hoʻokūkū ana ma ka haʻiʻōlelo hoʻopaʻanaʻau. Students in grade 6 to 8 from various Hawaiian Language schools competed in a memorized speech...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Papa 9 – Lehulehu
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Hoʻopaʻanaʻau Pae Papa 9 - Lehulehu Eia nā haumāna o ka papa 9 a i ka 12 mai nā ʻano kula ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi like ʻole a me nā moho mai ka lehulehu ākea e hoʻokūkū ana ma ka haʻiʻōlelo hoʻopaʻanaʻau. Students in grades 9-12 from various...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Mele
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻokūkū Mele Eia nā haumāna, nā kumu, a me nā mākua e hoʻokūkū ana ma ke mele. Students, teachers, and parents participated in a Hawaiian music competition.
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻopāpā
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2019 | Hoʻopāpā Eia nā haumāna mai nā ʻano kula ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi like ʻole e hoʻokūkū ana ma ka hoʻopāpā. Here are students from various Hawaiian language schools participating in a competition of wit.
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Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 8: Mahalo No Nā Mele
https://youtu.be/2M94DdLTvmg Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 8: Mahalo No Nā Mele ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its final episode of season 3, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we highlight some of the...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 7: Nā Wai ʻEhā
https://youtu.be/3maLHN-xo5Y Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai Episode 7: Nā Wai ʻEhā ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its seventh episode of season 3, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu with the handsome young men of Nā Wa ʻEhā. Enjoy the...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 6: Napua Greig
https://youtu.be/shr2cQ_mpCU Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai Episode 6: Napua Greig ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its sixth episode of season 3, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu with the talented Napua Greig. Accompanying her are fellow...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Season 3 – Behind the Scenes
https://youtu.be/DRWEKTcgf7Y Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Season 3 - Behind The Scenes ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents a “behind the scenes” look at season 3. Learn what makes Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai different from other music shows and hear the...
Music Video: “Hoʻi i ka Mole” by Pōkiʻi Seto
https://youtu.be/S-WDfqxzLjU Pōkiʻi Seto composed "Hoʻi i ka Mole" after witnessing the affect Maunakea and the Thirty Meter Telescope had on kānaka around the world. He shared his story and sang this mele on the fifth episode of season three of Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai....
Music Video: “Leilani” by Pōkiʻi Seto
https://youtu.be/7kPAyxa_0x0 Pōkiʻi Seto composed "Leilani" to commemorate the day Pele erupted in Leilani Estates, in the district of Puna, on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. He shared the story behind this mele and sang it on the fifth episode of season 3 of Mele Ma Ka...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 5: Pōkiʻi Seto
https://youtu.be/ryrbZAlUNI0 Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai Episode 5: Pōkiʻi Seto ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its fifth episode of season 3, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with Pōkiʻi Seto and his...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 4: Kapena
https://youtu.be/JNW8pfFNttQ Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai Episode 4: Kapena ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its fourth episode of season 3, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with the multi Nā Hōkū...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai Episode 3: Nā Leo Manu
https://youtu.be/N9fV-kkQdao Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai Episode 3: Nā Leo Manu ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its third episode of Season 3, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with some of our friends...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 2: Izik
https://youtu.be/xqZe-tYXxd8 Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai: Episode 2: Izik ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its second episode of Season 3, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with up and coming Hawaiian...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 1: Nā Hoa
https://youtu.be/H4Ix-dwoOUQ Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai Episode 1: Nā Hoa ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its first episode of season 3, located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with the falsetto trio, Nā Hoa....
Nā Leo i ka Makani – Voices in the Wind
https://youtu.be/sIaY1TZfnNM "E hoʻolohe i nā leo o nā kūpuna." With the help and mentorship of ʻŌiwi TV and Shawn Pimental, Kaʻaumoana Vaughan-Darval, a recent graduate of Hālau Kū Mana, produced this music video for her senior project. It honors her late...
Moana: He Mana ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
https://youtu.be/KtdVk1ZNnN8 Following in the achievement of Tahitian and Maori dubbing of the Disney feature, Moana, a Hawaiian version has been released this Summer of 2018! ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi is the 46th language version of Moana, and will be used as an educational...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola | Ke Au O Ka Hula (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi)
Māhele 1 https://youtu.be/-BVnrF56-UM Māhele 2 https://youtu.be/XYtg1w2Zm3o "ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola: Ke Au o ka Hula" is a two-part Hawaiian language panel discussion conducted entirely ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi that focuses on topics surrounding the growth, evolution, and...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola | Ke Au O Ka Hula (with English Subtitles)
Part 1 https://youtu.be/7KwmpMW7udY Part 2 https://youtu.be/0-RbiEAG9hw "ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola: Ke Au o ka Hula" is a two-part Hawaiian language panel discussion conducted entirely ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi that focuses on topics surrounding the growth, evolution, and...
Lāʻieikawai
Māhele 1 https://youtu.be/GLCH07-EpRw Māhele 2 https://youtu.be/MeNXg-uLfyM Lāʻieikawai, the Beauty of Paliuli, was born into a family of aliʻi (chiefs) and taken by her grandmother Waka to be raised safely in the forest of Paliuli. She is the most beautiful woman in...
Lāʻieikawai (with English Subtitles)
Part 1 https://youtu.be/2rBht-1p8ls Part 2 https://youtu.be/FpLUBMHCPAw Lāʻieikawai, the Beauty of Paliuli, was born into a family of aliʻi (chiefs) and taken by her grandmother Waka to be raised safely in the forest of Paliuli. She is the most beautiful woman in all...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola: Building Hawaiian Language Capacity
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi https://youtu.be/IAxwWBFuyz8 English Subtitled https://youtu.be/bbGTP4-umKI 2018 marks the 40th year anniversary of the Hawaiian language as an official state language of Hawaiʻi. Within these part decades, there has been a growth of individuals using...
Photo Gallery: Merrie Monarch 2018 – Hōkūleʻa Tribute
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Mele Murals – Kalakaua Middle School
https://vimeo.com/263988896 Mele Murals completed their final mural of 2017 with David Kalākaua Middle School. This was the biggest Mele Mural project to date, facilitating about 1,000 haumāna (students) to paint the mural project in unison. The main message conveyed...
Moʻolelo Mai | Episode 1: Ka ʻIewe Incident (w/ English Subtitles)
https://youtu.be/rfFtY2dc-6c Moʻolelo Mai He polokalamu haʻi moʻolelo kēia ma ʻŌiwi TV e kālele ana i nā moʻolelo mai loko mai o ko kākou mau kaiāulu i pili i ka nohona a moʻaukala Hawaiʻi. E nanea mai ka pepeiao i ka lohe aku i kēia mau moʻolelo kūpaianaha! ʻŌiwi...
Moʻolelo Mai | Pukana 1: Ka ʻIewe Incident
https://youtu.be/oASJ-p9nrec Moʻolelo Mai He polokalamu haʻi moʻolelo kēia ma ʻŌiwi TV e kālele ana i nā moʻolelo mai loko mai o ko kākou mau kaiāulu i pili i ka nohona a moʻaukala Hawaiʻi. E nanea mai ka pepeiao i ka lohe aku i kēia mau moʻolelo kūpaianaha! ʻŌiwi...
It Takes a Village
https://youtu.be/5QlllSuGzZc Hawaiʻi's high cost of living and unaffordable housing market is putting more and more pressure on local families. How many more people and generations can we squeeze into our homes just to be able to afford to live here? How many more of...
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Māhele 1 & 2
Māhele 1: https://vimeo.com/257062557 Māhele 2: https://vimeo.com/257063707
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Papa Mālaaʻo – Papa 2
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Papa Mālaaʻo – Papa 2 https://vimeo.com/256821870 Ma kēia poke wikiō e ʻike ʻia ai ka hoʻokūkū hoʻopaʻanaʻau o nā haumāna papa mālaaʻo a i ka papa 2. Ua hoʻokūkū nā moho mai Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Ānuenue, Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Pūʻōhala, Ke Kula Kaiapuni...
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Papa 3 – Papa 5
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Papa 3 – Papa 5 https://vimeo.com/256868087 Ma kēia poke wikiō e ʻike ʻia ka hoʻokūkū haʻiʻōlelo hōʻike manaʻo o nā haumāna papa 3 a i ka papa 5. Ua hoʻokūkū nā moho mai Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Ānuenue, Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Pūʻōhala, Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M....
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Papa 6 – Papa 8
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Papa 6 – Papa 8 https://vimeo.com/256868430 Ma kēia poke wikiō e ʻike ʻia ka hoʻokūkū haʻiʻōlelo hoʻoulu o nā haumāna papa 6 a i ka papa 8. Ua hoʻokūkū nā moho mai Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Ānuenue, Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M. Kamakau, Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo...
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Papa 9 – Papa 12
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Papa 9 – Papa 12 https://vimeo.com/256869094 Ma kēia poke wikiō e ʻike ʻia ka hoʻokūkū uluwale o nā haumāna papa 9 a i ka papa 12. Ua hoʻokūkū nā moho mai Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Ānuenue, Hina i ka Mālama, Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo, Ke Kula ʻo...
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: ʻAha Hoʻohanohano
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: ʻAha Hoʻohanohano https://vimeo.com/256821226 Eia hoʻi ka ʻaha hoʻohanohano e hōʻike ana i nā haumāna i kau i ka lei o ka lanakila. This video showcases the award ceremony where the best student in each category was honored.
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Hiapo Perreira
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Hiapo Perreira https://vimeo.com/256865541
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Pānela – Ke Kau ʻo Makahiki
Lā Kūkahekahe 2018: Pānela - Ke Kau ʻo Makahiki https://vimeo.com/256866448 He haʻi ʻōlelo pānela kēia e kālailai ana i ke kau ʻo Makahiki. Ma kēia pānela i kaʻana ai ʻo Kaliko Baker, Rangi Matamua, Kalei Nuʻuhiwa, me Mikiʻala Pescaia i ko lākou mau manaʻo no kēia...
Ke Au Hou: The Year of the Hawaiian
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Photo Gallery: Lā Kūkahekahe 2018
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ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2018: Hoʻokūkū Pūnana Leo – Papa Malaaʻo
https://youtu.be/hPJLyt0CxN0 Over 30 students in kula kamaliʻi (preschool) to papa malaaʻo (kindergarten) participated in a memorization competition and song competition. In the memorization category, students were given an excerpt from the Hawaiian language...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2018: Hoʻokūkū Papa 1 – Papa 3
https://youtu.be/sHaoZWfMq1s Many haumāna (students) between grade 1-3 were tasked to memorize an excerpt from the Hawaiian language newspaper, Ke Aloha Aina, dated on June 1st, 1895. About ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2018ʻO “Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka ʻĀina I Ka Pono” ka mākia o ka...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2018: Hoʻokūkū Papa 4 – Papa 6
https://youtu.be/CiIbAcCqmHU Haumāna ranging from grade 4-6 competed in a series categories including memorization, speech, song and chant. In the memorization category, students were tasked with reciting an excerpt from the Hawaiian language newspaper, Ka Leo o Ka...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2018: Hoʻokūkū Papa 7 – Papa 8
https://youtu.be/JAet0SgKsNg Haumāna ranging between grades 7-8 participated in a series of competitions including memorization, speech, song and chant. In the memorization category, students were tasked with reciting an excerpt from the Hawaiian language newspaper,...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2018: Hoʻokūkū Papa 9 – Ka Lehulehu
https://youtu.be/Bl8aU_5DkLM Students grade 9-12 along with parents and teachers were tasked in a series of competitions including memorization, speech, song and chant. As the eldest group in this event, these participants were tasked to memorize some of the...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2018: Nā Mele
https://youtu.be/v-iY0FHXXsI Throughout the ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo Event, sentiments of aloha for the Hawaiian language were shared amongst family, friends, and even through song from some of Hawaiʻi’s talented musicians. Enjoy this segment of mele Hawaiʻi performed at the...
ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2018: Nā Hoʻohanohano
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi https://youtu.be/8L7OdeCjQNk Throughout the ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo Event, participants were recognized for their hard work and dedication to studying and speaking ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. This is a complied version of the awards handed out to each age group and...
E Ola Nā Mele Lāhui
E Ola Nā Mele Lāhui https://youtu.be/0wYsPIOo8zs In observance of the 125th anniversary of the Overthrow, the Judiciary History Center, the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association Civic Education Committee, and the Dolores Furtado Martin Foundation present E Ola Nā Mele Lāhui:...
Photo Gallery: ʻAha Aloha ʻŌlelo 2018
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ʻOnipaʻa Kākou: January 17, 2018
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Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai| Episode 10: Raiatea Helm
English Subtitled https://youtu.be/TlLnDWXvv8M Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai| Episode 10 : Raiatea Helm ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its sixth episode located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined with multi Nā...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola | ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi: Revitalization Efforts
https://youtu.be/pB3U-SrAMZ4 ʻAneʻane nō a piha he 40 makahiki mai ka hoʻomaka o ke aukahi hoʻōla ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. E nānā mai nō i kēia pukana o ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola a ʻike no ke ola o kēia ʻōlelo o ka ʻāina.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola | ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi: A Brief History
https://youtu.be/G_sw5Q4ZyNc ʻAneʻane nō a piha he 40 makahiki mai ka hoʻomaka o ke aukahi hoʻōla ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. E nānā mai nō i kēia pukana o ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola a ʻike no ke ola o kēia ʻōlelo o ka ʻāina.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
https://youtu.be/wRSrTorWnho ʻAneʻane nō a piha he 40 makahiki mai ka hoʻomaka o ke aukahi hoʻōla ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. E nānā mai nō i kēia pukana o ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola a ʻike no ke ola o kēia ʻōlelo o ka ʻāina.
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 9: Pōmaikaʻi Lyman
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi https://youtu.be/bTsERyXIj3s English Subtitled https://youtu.be/msf5tG0i0IU Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 9: Pōmaikaʻi Lyman ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its tenth episode located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 8: Ka ʻOhana Krug
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi https://youtu.be/F4xL9JBdlZg English Subtitled https://youtu.be/RDsH1rM0w1c Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 8 : Ka ʻOhana Krug ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its seventh episode located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu....
Nā Kau a Hiʻiaka
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Ua hoʻokahua ʻia he hana keaka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi hou nona ka inoa ʻo “Nā Kau A Hiʻiaka”. He hana keaka ia e haʻi hou ana i ka moʻolelo no Hiʻiakaikapoliopele. Ma kēia hana keaka nō e lohe ʻia ai nā mele a ʻea oli hou, a e ʻike pū ʻia ai nā hula i haku ʻia...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola | Papahānaumokuākea
https://youtu.be/Ar5Y8vDZRSA I ka wā i hoʻonui ʻia ai ka palena ʻāina o ke kia hoʻomanaʻo kai pekelala ʻo Papahānaumokuākea ma lalo o Pelekikena Barack Obama, ʻo ia wahi nō kahi nui loa ma ka honua puni i mālama kaʻawale ʻia pēlā - he 600,000 mile kuea kona nui. I...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 7: Josh Tatofi
English Subtitled https://youtu.be/0MeN2XBhIOQ Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai| Episode 7: Josh Tatofi ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its eighth episode located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined by 2017 Nā Hōkū...
Aloha Liliʻu: Celebrating Our Queen
https://youtu.be/XG9w0PGaD0Y On Saturday November 11th, ʻŌiwi TV took part in celebrating the life of one of our most prolific aliʻi, Liliʻuokalani. Hundreds from around Hawaiʻi came together to observe the centennial anniversary of her passing, which was marked by...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 6: Kūpaoa
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi https://youtu.be/-Z7zXZuZEpQ English Subtitled https://youtu.be/03jCVvO_bPY Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 6: Kūpaoa ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its ninth episode located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 5: Pō & the 4fathers
English Subtitled https://youtu.be/2GchUgHp0V8 Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 5: Pō & the 4fathers ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its fifth episode located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined by Pō...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 4: Lito Arkangel
English Subtitled https://youtu.be/bKK1sOeuFz0 Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai: Episode 4: Lito Arkangel ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its fourth episode located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined by Hilo's own,...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 3: Kamakakehau Fernandez
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi https://youtu.be/KIcwWIClosQ English Subtitled https://youtu.be/ojqdra0e7L8 ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its third episode located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined by the falsetto...
Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila 2017 – Part 10
https://youtu.be/6IdeyH6_iIM This episode features performances by Kahulanui. The Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila is an annual festival that gathers hundreds of Hawaiʻiʻs most talented musicians to honor the legacy of slack key legend Gabby Pahinui.
Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila 2017 – Part 9
https://youtu.be/rcIRn7Yp63s This episode features performances by Kaiao, Kani Lo’i, Christy Lassiter and Friends, and Steve Coiner. The Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila is an annual festival that gathers hundreds of Hawaiʻiʻs most talented musicians to honor the...
Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila 2017 – Part 8
https://youtu.be/1c8jDEGJK9w This episode features performances by Kawika Ka’io and friends, Ocean Kaowili, Kawika McKeague & Halau Mele o Pahinui, and Loli’i. The Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila is an annual festival that gathers hundreds of Hawaiʻiʻs most...
Nā Peʻa o Hōkūleʻa | Hōkūleʻa Homecoming
https://youtu.be/KJe_d-7Dkpw ʻEkolu makahiki a 40,000 a ʻoi mile ma hope mai ua hoʻi mai ʻo Hōkūleʻa i kona ʻāina aloha. E nānā mai nō i kēia pukana o Nā Peʻa o Hōkūleʻa, he hoʻohaliʻa o nā lā hope o ia huakaʻi kūpaianaha. Three years and over 40,000 miles later...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai: Episode 2: Chad Takatsugi
English https://youtu.be/eroOFScTSvA Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai: Episode 2: Chad Takatsugi ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its second episode located at Kaʻelepulu river in Kailua, Oʻahu. In this episode, we are joined by the talented Chad...
Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila 2017 – Part 7
https://youtu.be/uyCjKN25Cfc This episode features performances by Ben Kaʻili and Kanakapila, John Cruz, Jeff Perterson, and Donald Kaulia and Friends. The Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila is an annual festival that gathers hundreds of Hawaiʻiʻs most talented...
Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila 2017 – Part 6
https://youtu.be/ezs-0L-6Kwk This episode features performances by Kaliko Kalima and Kalima ʻOhana, Kawika Kahiapo and Friends, Jeff Rasmussen and Alden Levi, and Mike Keale and Friends. The Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila is an annual festival that gathers...
Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila 2017 – Part 5
https://youtu.be/4odb1VX4cgc This episode features performances by Greg Sardina and Friends, and Waipuna. The Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila is an annual festival that gathers hundreds of Hawaiʻiʻs most talented musicians to honor the legacy of slack key legend...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 1: Keauhou
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMPN6dUnhU English Subtitled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcjpI526IC0 Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai: Episode 1: Keauhou ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai presents a new season with ten featured artists. In the...
2017 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila – Part 4
https://youtu.be/LdOKJ6pubSo This episode features performances by Mālama Honua Charter School Students, Jerry Santos, Cyril Pahinui Band, and Mike Kaʻawa. The Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila is an annual festival that gathers hundreds of Hawaiʻiʻs most talented...
2017 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila – Part 3
https://youtu.be/IGqLQyoQXiY This episode features performances by Ledward Kaʻapana, Diana Aki and Friends, Doug Fitch, Diana Aki and Friends, and Blanch Pope School Students. The Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila is an annual festival that gathers hundreds of...
2017 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila – Part 2
https://youtu.be/17_yzRkhxow This episode features performances by Brickwood Galuteria and Mike Seda, the Keawe ʻOhana, and Hālau Mele o Pahinui. The Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila is an annual festival that gathers hundreds of Hawaiʻiʻs most talented musicians to...
2017 Gabby Pahinui Waimanalo Kanikapila – Part 1
https://youtu.be/rjb-mDen5Wk This episode features performances by Kunia Galdeira & Sean Robbins, Hālau Hula ka Lehua Tuahine and Pineapple Jam. The Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila is an annual festival that gathers hundreds of Hawaiʻiʻs most talented musicians...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola | Episode 1, Part 2: Mauna Momentum
https://youtu.be/PUau-grlGvg ʻO kēia ka lua o ʻelua pukana o ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola e kia ana ma Maunakea. ʻOiai, he pili kikoʻī nō paha ka nīnūnē no Maunakea ma kekahi ʻano i ke kūkulu ʻia o ia hale kilo hōkū, ʻo ka TMT nō hoʻi, ʻike kākou ma ʻō loa aku ke ākea a waiwai...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola | Episode 1, Part 1: Mauna Momentum
https://youtu.be/YYpvxVkkLL4 ʻO ko Hōkūleʻa holo ʻana i Tahiti i ka makahiki 1976; ka paio e pau ai ka hoʻopahū ʻia ʻana o Kahoʻolawe ma ia makahiki hoʻokahi; a me ka hoʻokumu ʻia o ka Pūnana Leo i ka makahiki 1983. He mau hanana huliau ke ʻano ma ka mōʻaukala o ko ka...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola | Episode 1, Part 1: Mauna Momentum (with English subtitles)
https://youtu.be/4jnIQLaxc7w ʻO ko Hōkūleʻa holo ʻana i Tahiti i ka makahiki 1976; ka paio e pau ai ka hoʻopahū ʻia ʻana o Kahoʻolawe ma ia makahiki hoʻokahi; a me ka hoʻokumu ʻia o ka Pūnana Leo i ka makahiki 1983. He mau hanana huliau ke ʻano ma ka mōʻaukala o ko ka...
Homecoming Reflection with Bryson Hoe: WWV Leg 13 (Australia to Indonesia)
https://youtu.be/7M9OJXXzW9Q Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with ʻĀina Paikai: WWV Leg 6 (Waitangi to Auckland)
https://youtu.be/rxTjhw76698 Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Justyn Ah Chong: WWV Leg 17 (Brazil to the Virgin Islands)
https://youtu.be/uE4SsruicHE Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Maui Tauotaha: WWV Leg1 (Hawaiʻi to Tahiti)
https://youtu.be/_iff0QcROIE Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with ʻĀina Paikai: WWV Leg 12 (Brisbane to Darwin)
https://youtu.be/qmqW2HyGEfI Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Kaipo Kīʻaha: WWV Leg 29B (Oʻahu to Hilo to Tahiti)
https://youtu.be/wAl-B5yGFV8 Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Jason Patterson: WWV Leg 20 (Virginia to New York)
https://youtu.be/4wGt49J0wwE Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Bryson Hoe: WWV L27 (Panama to Galapagos)
https://youtu.be/8jentAd1HeA Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Scott Kanda: WWV Leg 1 (Hawaiʻi to Tahiti)
https://youtu.be/NOXVLzWtffU Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with ʻĀina Paikai: WWV Leg 29 (Rapa Nui to Tahiti)
https://youtu.be/W_ggkPkqmsA Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Jason Patterson: WWV Leg 28 (Galapagos to Rapa Nui)
https://youtu.be/HsIIXHn0SRk Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Kaipo Kīʻaha: WWV Leg 12B (Oʻahu to Nihoa)
https://youtu.be/sxjIWup0dvs Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Maui Tauotaha: WWV Leg 18 (Caribbean to Florida)
https://youtu.be/eY4Kn3WH9NQ Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with ʻĀina Paikai: WWV Leg 2 (Tahiti to Samoa)
https://youtu.be/UtQtgasMLQk Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Nā Peʻa o Hōkūleʻa | Kaleomanuʻiwa Wong
https://vimeo.com/220082367 He hana nui, he hana paʻakikī, a he ʻike kapu ka hoʻokele waʻa. Eia naʻe, ʻo kēia ʻano hana, he ala ia e mākaukau pono ai ka hanauna hou no ke kūlana alakaʻi. Ma kēia pūkana o Nā Peʻa o Hōkūleʻa e ʻike ʻia nō ka hua ʻana mai o nā hoʻokele...
Homecoming Reflection with Jason Patterson: WWV Leg 11B (Tahiti to Hawaiʻi)
https://youtu.be/9epWbKUZWxM Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Justyn Ah Chong: WWV Leg 5 (Samoa to Aotearoa)
https://youtu.be/XY5g7RiKDvo Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Nāʻālehu Anthony: WWV Leg 22 (Maine to Nova Scotia to New York)
https://youtu.be/VsfkhzlKnuk Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Jason Patterson: WWV Leg 7 (Auckland to Wellington)
https://youtu.be/Evxxw2IUW-A Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Kaipo Kīʻaha: WWV Leg 6 (Waitangi to Auckland)
https://youtu.be/O-RktvdXR_g Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Sam Kapoi: WWV Leg 4 (Sāmoa)
https://youtu.be/FHSZUcbToc4 Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Scott Kanda: WWV L2 (Tahiti to Samoa)
https://youtu.be/Tu48J4u6NYI Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Justyn Ah Chong: WWV Leg 9 (Auckland)
https://youtu.be/OgGx7BldvCg Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with ʻĀina Paikai: WWV Leg 7 (Auckland to Wellington)
https://youtu.be/qrTMbxCTi58 Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Jason Patterson: WWV Leg 10 (Aotearoa to Tahiti)
https://youtu.be/yDlZo8iZtx0 Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Nāʻālehu Anthony: WWV Leg 14 (Mauritius)
https://youtu.be/mHJx4FIlfYw Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Homecoming Reflection with Maui Tauotaha: WWV Leg 11 (Aurere to Brisbane)
https://youtu.be/fa3qHx6Xj9g Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
ʻAʻaliʻi Kū Makani: Continuing the Legacy (with English subtitles)
https://youtu.be/ZxSN5gyjrOY Join in on a unique and unprecedented experience with Hālau o ke ʻAʻaliʻi Kū Makani as kumu hula Manu Boyd conducts his first promotional ceremony to advance seven of his students as they take on their role of becoming ʻōlapa.
ʻAʻaliʻi Kū Makani: Continuing the Legacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGEKpD8EnY Ua mālama iho nei kahi hanana kuikawā a ka Hālau o Ke ʻAʻaliʻi Kū Makani, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻaha ʻūniki mua a kumu hula Manu Boyd e mālama ai no ka ʻauamo ʻana o ʻehuiku o kāna mau haumāna i ke kuleana ʻōlapa. He kuleana nui...
Worldwide Voyage | Rapa Nui: Toki Music School
https://vimeo.com/210529020 “Music is probably the purest language; it comes straight from the soul out.” says co-founder, Mahani Teave. “This island, and all the islands in Polynesia, I feel it’s part of the air we breathe - it’s part of who we are.” Kamehameha...
Worldwide Voyage | Hikianalia Departs for Tahiti
https://vimeo.com/211048916 “This is the Hikianalia crew that is taking the canoe from Honolulu, to Hilo, to the Western tip of the Tuamotu Archipelago, and the final destination is Tahiti.” says Pwo Navigator, Kālepa Baybayan. “Hikianalia is headed back to Tahiti to...
Kalani Peʻa Honored at Hawaiʻi State Capitol
Ua lohe mua paha ʻoe i kona leo nahenahe ma ka lekiō, a i ʻole ua kamaʻāina paha ʻoe i kona maka ma o ke kūlelepaho ʻoiai ʻakahi a hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia ma ka Grammys no kāna pā sēdē mua loa, ʻo “E Walea”. ʻO Kalani Peʻa nō hoʻi ia. A ua hoʻohanohano hou ʻia ʻo ia ma...
Worldwide Voyage | Rapa Nui Arrival Ceremony
https://vimeo.com/210342844 Join us as Hōkūleʻa reenters the Pacific with the arrival in Rapa Nui. It was a day full of rich cultural exchange and reaffirming the cultural connection between the people of Rapa Nui and Hawaiʻi.
Worldwide Voyage | Rapa Nui Arrival: Kaleo Wong
https://vimeo.com/210070615 Kaleo Manuiwa Wong addresses hundreds on the marae at Anakena.
Worldwide Voyage | Rapa Nui Arrival: ʻAwa Ceremony
https://vimeo.com/210070714 ʻAwa has been used to mark important events for thousands of years. The delegation from Hawaiʻi representing our canoes, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia shared ʻawa with the Anakena community to celebrate the coming together of a people.
Worldwide Voyage | Rapa Nui Arrival: Billy Richards
https://vimeo.com/210070663 Billy Richards addresses hundreds on the marae at Anakena.
Worldwide Voyage | Rapa Nui Arrival: Nāhiku Performances
https://vimeo.com/210070796 Join us as Hōkūleʻa reenters the Pacific with the arrival in Rapanui. It was a day full of rich cultural exchange and reaffirming the cultural connection between the people of Rapanui and Hawaiʻi. The Nāhiku delegation, comprised of...
2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila – Part 6
https://vimeo.com/192772044 This episode features performances by Don Kauila and Friends, KFC, Kawika Kaʻio and Friends, Kani Loʻi, Celeste Mosqueda, Kealoha Kalima and ʻOhana, and Ocean Kaʻowili and Friends. The 2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila was a true...
2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila – Part 5
https://vimeo.com/192763257 This episode features performances by Kawika Kahiapo and Friends, Doug Fitch, Ernie Cruz, Jr. and John Cruz, the Kalima ʻOhana, and Palani Vaughn and the King's Own. The 2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila was a true celebration of the...
Nā Peʻa o Hōkūleʻa: Episode 1
https://vimeo.com/206003120 He loea hoʻokele waʻa, he holokai mākaukau, a he kumu nui o ka ʻike kekahi o nā kūlana o Kālepa Baybayan ma Hōkūleʻa. Master navigator, experienced sailor, and expert teacher are just a few of the many hats that Kālepa Baybayan wears aboard...
Hoʻomau Oʻahu 2017
At Hoʻomau Oʻahu, kula kaiapuni (Hawaiian language immersion schools) and Pūnana Leo preschools from across Oʻahu came together to share mele, oli and ʻōlelo. Part 1: This video features performances Pūnana Leo o Honolulu, Pūnana Leo o Waiʻanae, Pūnana Leo o Mānoa,...
2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila – Part 4
https://vimeo.com/192756346 This episode features performances by Hālau Mele Hawai’i O Pahinu Bell St., Hawaiʻiloa, Rhonda Osurman, and Mike Keale and Friends. The 2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila was a true celebration of the legacy and music of Waimānaloʻs...
Nations Without Borders, Episode Five – Homeless
https://vimeo.com/203941634 Aotearoa (New Zealand) is facing a housing crisis. Families are sleeping rough as affordable accommodation slips out of reach. The government has promised funding support for social and emergency housing. Maori Television explores how...
Nations Without Borders, Episode Four – Kimberley Healing
https://vimeo.com/203940832 A huge gap exists between the health of Australia’s Indigenous nations and its non-Indigenous population. Australia’s Indigenous TV channel, NITV, investigates the case for having more Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander doctors, to lift...
Nations Without Borders, Episode Three – The Lost Territories
https://vimeo.com/203940164 The Indigenous nations of Taiwan have long suffered from colonial intrusion into their lives and a consequent undermining of language and culture. But now the Amis people of Eastern Taiwan are fighting a battle against commercial and...
Nations Without Borders, Episode Two – Malama Honua
https://vimeo.com/203939395 In ancient times, Polynesians navigated back and forth across the Pacific Ocean on voyages of discovery and trade. Following a renaissance of this traditional art – the Hawaiians are circumnavigating the world in their double hulled canoe,...
Nations Without Borders, Episode One – Quest for Justice
https://vimeo.com/203938669 Canada’s Indigenous TV network APTN unravels the story of Cree woman Connie Oakes, who was jailed for a crime she claims she didn’t commit. More shocking than the murder itself, is lack of evidence against Connie Oakes which APTN journalist...
2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila – Part 3
https://vimeo.com/192749053 This episode features performances by Jerry Santos & Kamuela Kimokeo, Kaiao, Pahinui Hawaiian Band, and Mike Kaʻawa. The 2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila was a true celebration of the legacy and music of Waimānaloʻs legendary...
2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila – Part 2
https://vimeo.com/192746290 This episode features performances by Loliʻi, Brickwood Galuteria & Mike Seda, Ben Kaʻili and Friends, Christy Lassiter and Friends, Noenoe Kekaualua, and Hālau Mele o Pahinui Bishop. The 2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila was a true...
Nā Kelamoku: Mālama Honua in Miami
https://vimeo.com/198779107 The Polynesian Voyaging Society's Nā Kelamoku visit Miami to share and learn about mālama honua. Over 30,000 nautical miles, 100s of ports, and many invaluable experiences and exchanges into the Worldwide Voyage, Hōkūleʻa has made a mark on...
2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila – Part 1
https://vimeo.com/192744529 This episode features performances by Gabby Pahinui and Sons of Yeshua, Makaʻala Perry, Pineapple Jam, the Keawe ʻOhana, and Greg Sardinha & Friends. The 2016 Gabby Pahinui Waimānalo Kanikapila was a true celebration of the legacy and music...
Worldwide Voyage – 2016 Year In Review
https://vimeo.com/198092185 From South Africa to the Caribbean to Canada and all up and down the East Coast of the United States, Hōkūleʻa and her crew had an eventful year. Here is a small peek in to the places and people Hōkūleʻa touched in 2016. Enjoy!
Mahiʻai Matchup 2016
https://vimeo.com/176523610 Kamehameha Schools and the Pauahi Foundation present Mahi‘ai Match-Up – an agricultural business plan contest dedicated to increasing food production for the local market to create a sustainable Hawai‘i. The contest is open to farmers,...
Zeke’s Makahiki
https://vimeo.com/196813871 What a year for Hawaiʻi surfer, Zeke Lau, who recently qualified for the 2017 World Championship Tour and who has taken his surfing career a step further by hosting his first Makahiki. “Heʻenalu means everything to me. It defines who I am...
In Memory of Hawaiian Musician Palani Vaughn
https://vimeo.com/195403249 We at 'Ōiwi TV have been honored to document some of Hawaiʻi's most prolific musicians. Here is a musical tribute to the late Hawaiian music legend Palani Vaughn. Please enjoy this excerpt from the 2016 Gabby Pahinui Kanikapila. Ke...
Mele Murals: R.L. Stevenson Middle School
https://vimeo.com/194911120 R.L. Stevenson Middle School, in the Makiki / Papakōlea area of Oʻahu, is the location of the latest Mele Mural. 6th graders, the youngest age group of the school, were tasked with leading the entire student body in accomplishing the...
Songs of Christmas: Kamehameha Schools Christmas Concert 2016
Kamehameha Schools Kapālama presents its 2016 Christmas concert “Songs of Christmas” from the historic Hawaiʻi Theatre. The annual concert features a holiday mix of traditional and contemporary music, song, and dance by the students of the Concert Glee Club, Hawaiian...
Paio Kālaimanaʻo: Hawaiian Language College holds a second “Teach-in”
https://vimeo.com/192212370 “ʻO kēia ka lua o ka ʻaha aʻo kūloko e mālama ʻia nei. ʻO ka mua, ua mālama ʻia i kēlā makahiki kula aku nei, i ka wā nō i hahana loa ai ke kūpale ʻana iā Maunakea”, i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Hiapo Perreira, he polopeka no Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani...
Hānau ʻIa ʻo Nāmāhoe: A Canoe for Kauaʻi
https://vimeo.com/185572472 After twenty years Nāmāhoe, Kauaʻiʻs own deep sea voyaging canoe, is launched into the ocean, inspiring a new generation of crew members. John Kruse, original Hōkūleʻa crewmember and co-founder of Nā Kālai Waʻa o Kauaʻi said, “Remind me of...
Mele Murals: Castle High School
https://vimeo.com/184593551 Students from Hoʻoulu ʻŌpio Academy honor the past and embrace the future in this Mele Murals project in Heʻeia. Huliau/Kalamakū “We are painting a Mele Mural today in Heʻeia at the back of Boston Pizza, which faces Windward Mall by where...
12 Year Old Native American Nominated for Music Award
https://vimeo.com/184084285 Niizhoo Sullivan, a seventh grader at Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion School, brings pride to his people and language by sharing his cultural songs on stage as a nominee at the 2016 Native American Music Awards.
Voices of the Pacific
https://vimeo.com/182034163 While Hōkūleʻa circumnavigates the world to share and learn about mālama honua, conservationist from near and far gathered in Hawaiʻi to discuss this very concept of caring for our island earth at the World Conservation Congress hosted by...
Mālama Honua World Oceans Day 2016 Concert
Hōkūleʻa crew and friends were honored with a concert held at the United Nations in New York City on World Oceans Day 2016. Jack Johnson, Paula Fuga, Chucky Boy Chock and Brother Noland played a live concert for those lucky enough to attend. Jack Johnson - Banana...
“Mālama Honua” by Carlos Andrade
https://vimeo.com/173858016 Listen to the original song by Carlos Andrade, called "Mālama Honua," inspired by Hōkūle'a's Worldwide Voyage.
Hawaiian Skies: Episode 8 | New York City
https://vimeo.com/172973429 After voyaging more than 27,000 nautical miles, Hawaiʻiʻs iconic oceangoing canoe Hōkūleʻa arrives in the New York City, carrying the message of Mālama Honua - Caring for Island Earth. Amidst the towering skyscrapers of the Manhattan...
New York Liberty Challenge
https://vimeo.com/171517870 Worldwide Voyage crewmembers participate in the annual canoe regatta along the shores of New York City.
Billion Oyster Project
https://vimeo.com/170369287 A short ferry ride from the hustle and bustle of New York City lies Governerʻs Island — the home base for the Billion Oyster Project. Director of the project, Peter Malinowski said, “The Billion Oyster Project is a restoration and education...
UN World Oceans Day
https://vimeo.com/169732498 Hawaii’s legendary traditional voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa achieved the pinnacle of her historic four-year sail around the world at today’s United Nations (UN) celebration of World Oceans Day: a global event focused on ocean celebration and...
Hōkūleʻa Star of Gladness
https://vimeo.com/171517881 Paula Fuga performs Star of Gladness at Hōkūleʻa's New York City arrival ceremony.
New York City Arrival
Part 1: https://vimeo.com/171853008 Part 2: https://vimeo.com/173701581 The Worldwide Voyage was welcomed into New York City with a mixture of Native American and Hawaiian protocol.
ʻImiloa: East Coast Collaborations
https://vimeo.com/173125782 While sailing up the East Coast in the spring of 2016, ʻImiloa Astronomy Center and the Polynesian Voyaging Society took the opportunity to collaborate with noted museums, science centers, and planetariums to celebrate Hawaiʻi’s traditional...
ʻImiloa ʻImiākea Series: Millennials Who Mālama
https://vimeo.com/173125898 At the core of ʻImiloa’s mission is inspiring future generations to continue a Hawaiian tradition of exploration and discovery through modern science and technology. In pursuit of this mission, ʻImiloa’s April 2016 ʻImiākea Series event was...
WWV Celebration in Washington DC
https://vimeo.com/169190265 Hōkūleʻaʻs Worldwide Voyage was celebrated in Washington DC at the National Museum of American Indian's annual Hawaiʻi Festival.
US State Department Visits Hōkūleʻa
https://vimeo.com/171517845 Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment greets the canoe with a "message in a bottle" from Secretary of State John F. Kerry.
Kamehameha Statue Lei Draping – Washington DC
https://vimeo.com/171516010 Worldwide Voyage crewmembers celebrate the legacy of King Kamehameha I at the US Capitol.
BioBlitz 2016
https://vimeo.com/171515928 The Worldwide Voyage participates in the annual Bioblitz on the National Mall to inspire youth to get outside and #FindYourPark.
Mast Stepping in Washington DC
https://vimeo.com/171850451 On May 18, 2016, Hōkūleʻa arrived into the U.S. capital via the Potomac River. Along the way, the crewmembers had to drop Hōkūleʻaʻs masts and sails twice to cross under the 14th Street Bridge, George Mason Memorial Bridge, Arlington...
Seaport Foundation
https://vimeo.com/171850534 As they make their way up the East Coast, crew aboard Hōkūleʻa have the unique opportunity of connecting with organizations and individuals who are creating hope in the world. Seaport Foundation in Old Town Alexandria accomplishes this by...
Old Town Alexandria Arrival
https://vimeo.com/171850401 Hundreds gather in Old Town Alexandria to welcome Hōkūleʻa and the Worldwide Voyage.
Piscataway Arrival and Ceremony
https://vimeo.com/171515886 Hōkūleʻa crewmembers and a delegation from Hawaii asked permission of the Piscataway Indian Nation to enter their lands as the original stewards of the land in the Washington D.C. area. They were welcomed to Piscataway with joy and warmth...
Hull Springs Farm
https://vimeo.com/171515908 Exactly two years and 20 legs into the World Wide Voyage, Hōkūleʻa and her crew began a momentous sail up the Potomac river, stopping at Hull Springs Farm to learn about Longwood Universityʻs work in conservation and sustainability. Dina...
Islander Heart: Tangier Island
https://vimeo.com/171849967 When reflecting on Hōkūleʻa’s Worldwide Voyage George Cannon, a waterman fromTangier Island said, “They are traveling all over the world taking their time and giving their time traveling all over the world to let people know about their...
ʻImiloa: The Science of Navigating
https://vimeo.com/169096185 Kālepa Baybayan, captain and master navigator of Hōkūleʻa, is one of many educators taking the science of navigation around the world and returning to Hawaiʻi with a wealth of new experiences. As one of only a handful of Native Hawaiians...
Mālama Mauna ‘Ala
https://vimeo.com/168146995/ Entities from across the state gathered at Mauna ‘Ala – The Royal Mausoleum of Hawaiʻi – to celebrate completion of a nine-year project that brought major renovations and repairs to the final resting place for members of the Kamehameha and...
Lā Pilina – A Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi Senior Legacy Project
https://vimeo.com/167044792 Lā Pilina is a senior legacy project from Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi senior Kaluhikaua Kaʻapana. She designed an event to help build stronger relationships between two Native Hawaiian schools. Preschool students from Pūnana Leo o Hilo were...
Mele Murals: Blanche Pope Elementary
https://vimeo.com/165659294 Hoʻomalu ʻia e nā liko. Another Mele Murals project has begun. This time taking place at Blanche Pope Elementary School in Waimanalo. Those involved began the Mele Murals process by taking a huakaʻi, or journey, to a nearby spring to...
Hōkūle‘a Mālama Honua Exhibition
https://vimeo.com/165977707/ On Friday, May 6th, the opening reception was held for a new exhibition about Hōkūleʻa’s Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. “This exhibition is called Hōkūleʻa Mālama Honua. It’s part of a month-long celebration that the Honolulu Museum of Art...
Hālau Kū Māna Voyage 2016
https://vimeo.com/162621524 The 9th grade class from Hālau Kū Māna have been taking Papa Waʻa or Canoe Class from the instructors of the Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy all school year. As a cumulative hōʻike or showcase, the students, teachers, and KVA instructors went...
Heidi Sails Home
https://vimeo.com/164205419 As Chief Operating Officer at the Polynesian Voyaging Soceity Heidi Guth works relentlessly to make sure the voyage is logistically sound, and on a special sail from Natal Brazil to her home in the U.S. Virgin islands she took the...
Student Gets Help to Cool Schools on Molokai
https://vimeo.com/163302628 Leonahe Crivello a 6th grader from Kaunakakai enlisted the help of NextEra Energy Hawai'i to cool her school. At the young age of 11, Leonahemaikekaimalie Crivello of Kaunakakai Molokai has enormous dreams for her school and as Student...
7 of 27 East Maui Streams Fully Restored
https://vimeo.com/163636305 After a court decision found that Alexander and Baldwin’s (A&B) yearly permits authorizing water diversion violated state laws, they will restore flow to only 7 streams in East Maui. Alexander and Baldwin made an important announcement...
Ola Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi: The Hawaiian Language Lives
https://vimeo.com/159564528 From the classroom, to the workplace, to the airwaves, and once again in our own homes, the Hawaiian language is living. At the foundation of the thriving Hawaiian language movement are the Pūnana Leo Hawaiian language preschools.
Native Hawaiian ‘Aha Recap
https://vimeo.com/158123746 After a month of discussion, participants of the ʻAha Naʻi Aupuni come out with much more than just a constitution. "All I heard before coming here 'Oh they never going stop fighting. Oh they never going come out with this. Oh this is hewa...
Hoʻomau Oʻahu 2016
Kula kaiapuni (Hawaiian language immersion schools) and Pūnana Leo preschools from across Oʻahu came together to share mele aloha ʻāina. Part 1: This video features performances by all Pūnana Leo on Oʻahu as well as musical guest Kamakakēhau Fernandez....
Voyage of Wisdom
https://vimeo.com/156052319/ World renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle reflected, “I had an opportunity to go to Midway Island, way out there at the outermost part of this beautiful island. I met a lot of wild creatures there, including a bird. This bird, named...
Hawaiian Skies : Episode 7 | Voyage to South Africa
https://vimeo.com/153984672 Hōkūleʻa sails across the Indian Ocean and arrives in South Africa, the birthplace of humanity.
Hikianalia: Connecting with Hawai‘i
https://vimeo.com/151601819 Hikianalia, sister canoe to Hōkūleʻa, is journeying around our Hawaiian Islands in search of stories of hope here at home that are making a positive change for Hawai‘i’s future, inspired by Hōkūle’a’s legacy. Statewide outreach begins on...
Bringing the Voyage Home
https://vimeo.com/151584646 Nainoa Thompson, pwo navigator and President of the Polynesian Voyaging Society said, “You know there’s two giant voyages right. One is the physical movement of Hōkūleʻa around the world like a needle that pulls this thread to sew a lei of...
Fostering Hawaiian Children: No Kākou Ke Kuleana
https://vimeo.com/150977140 ʻO ke kaumaha loa no kēia mau keiki, ʻaʻole lākou i koho, na kekahi i koho hewa. ʻAʻole he kanaka ʻino nā mākuahine, nā ʻohana hānau, akā ua koho hewa, a ʻo ka hopena na ke keiki. Nui ka pilikia ma ke kula. Nui kona pilikia...
Cooking Hawaiian Style on Hikianalia
https://vimeo.com/148445557 Have you ever wondered how the sailors of Hōkūleʻa cook their food? In this special episode of Cooking Hawaiian Style, host Lanai Tabura learns how veteran crew member and top chef, Gary Yuen, prepares his meals aboard the waʻa. Join us on...
2015 Worldwide Voyage Recap
https://vimeo.com/147910881 Forty years after launching from the sacred shores of Kualoa, Hawaiʻi on March 8, 1975, our Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa continues to make history. In the second year of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage, we left our home waters of...
Pani Ka Puka
https://vimeo.com/149110385/ Paepae o Heʻeia put a call out for 1,000 people to help Pani ka Puka, or close the gap, in a portion of the wall that was destroyed 50 years ago due to a flood. Two thousand people answered that call. “We’ve never had more than 400 people...
Ke Aloha o Ke Akua: Kamehameha Schools Christmas Concert 2015
Join the students of the Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Performing Arts Department as they present a medley of our favorite holiday mele in the annual Christmas Concert entitled Ke Aloha o Ke Akua. Part 1: https://vimeo.com/148531365 Part 2: https://vimeo.com/148531364
Tutudesks
https://vimeo.com/148298708 Following Hōkūleʻa’s momentous arrival in Cape Town, South Africa, crewmembers and a delegation of Hawaii students, teachers and families visited St. Mary's Catholic Primary School to present 50 Tutudesks featuring artwork inspired by the...
The Surfer Kids
https://vimeo.com/147918306 The Surfer Kids, a non-profit organization founded in South Africa, encourages local youth to overcome fear and explore the wonders of the ocean through surfing. Hermann Vivier, Chairman of The Surfer Kids, said, "Well the idea is to to...
Mele Murals: Kaimuki High School
https://vimeo.com/145697883 Mele Murals completed both their largest project yet and first collaboration with a DOE school at Kaimuki High School.
ʻO Lono ʻOe: Protectors Celebrate Makahiki on Maunakea
https://vimeo.com/146730410 [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ola ka loina Hawaiʻi kuʻuna ma o nā kiaʻi mauna e ʻimi ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao ma kēia wā malu o ka Makahiki. Kau maila ka huihui hōkū ʻo Makaliʻi, he hōʻailona...
Hawai’i Supreme Court Halts TMT Construction
https://vimeo.com/146448697 Cultural practitioners and activists are celebrating another small victory in their battle to stop the construction of the $1.4billion thirty meter telescope atop Maunakea - which is arguably the world’s premier astronomical viewing...
Mission Blue Hope Spot: False Bay, South Africa
https://vimeo.com/145698238 Hōkūleʻa crewmembers take a tour of one of the most ecologically rich coastlines in the world, False Bay, which is designated a Mission Blue Hope Spot. Award winning documentary filmmaker, Craig Foster, educates the crew on the inhabitants...
Pili ʻOhana – Partnership for Improving Lifestyle Intervention
https://vimeo.com/82592837 The aim of PILI ‘Ohana is to integrate community wisdom and expertise with scientific methods to conduct research on health disparities, with a specific emphasis on obesity, in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Peoples (including Filipinos,...
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
https://vimeo.com/145206784 The crew visited iSimangaliso Wetland Park to see the natural wonders South Africa and its people had to offer. While in Richards Bay South Africa the Hōkūleʻa crew visited iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site...
Nā Makalehua Press Conference – November 3, 2015
https://vimeo.com/144690872/ STATEMENT E nā Paemoku o ka ʻāina kulāiwi mai ka lā hiki ma Kumukahi a i ka welona a ka lā i Lehua kāpī kai aloha nui kākou. ‘O au nō ʻo Amy Kalili he keiki na ka ʻohana Awai Kalili no ka ʻāina o Paʻalaʻa e waiho ʻia ʻana ma ka aekai ʻākau...
Worth the Risk
https://vimeo.com/144076663 After sailing more than 16,000 nautical miles on the Worldwide Voyage, Hōkūleʻa now faces new challenges and risks on the most dangerous leg to date. Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson revealed, “It’s probably the most complex sail plan we’ve...
Sharing Hope for the World’s Corals
https://vimeo.com/137211914 Crewmember Dr. Ruth Gates is discovering how corals might survive ocean acidification and other threats pressuring the world’s reefs. Her visit to the Great Barrier Reef during the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage provided an opportunity to...
Surf’s Up in Durban
https://vimeo.com/143701768 “Here we are in Durban, South Africa, and today we went to with a Christian surf group,” said Hōkūleʻa crewmember Archie Kalepa. “Christian Surfers is an international organization who really love the water and surfing, and our group of...
Panel Discussion On Kānaka Maoli Self-Governance | October 22, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xNRRnA74yY ʻAhahui o Hawaiʻi hosted a panel discussion on kanaka maoli self governance on October 22, 2015, at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi and Mānoa. Panelists were Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa, Jon...
Hawaiian Skies: Episode 6 | Voyage into the Indian Ocean
https://vimeo.com/143300513 Hōkūleʻa crewmembers dive the Great Barrier Reef, before leaving Australia to sail into the Indian Ocean and arriving in Bali, Indonesia.
Elegant Solutions to a Complex Problem
https://vimeo.com/141601519 Kopernik, an organization based out of Bali, Indonesia, aids remote communities with technology. While in Bali, Indonesia, the Worldwide Voyage crew visited Kopernik, an organization looking to help impoverished communities through the use...
Nā Loea: The Masters | Jerry Ongies: Hawaiʻiloa – Rebuilding the Legend
https://vimeo.com/82602897 While the ancient art of non-instrument navigation has been rekindled throughout Polynesia, the knowledge of canoe building has been largely forgotten except for a select few artisans. Following in the wake of her sister canoe Hōkūleʻa, the...
Mele Murals: Cathedral Catholic Academy & Pacific Buddhist Academy
https://vimeo.com/140479649 Students from Cathedral Catholic Academy & Pacific Buddhist Academy collaborated on the latest Mele Mural in Nu'uanu.
Happy ʻAla Day
https://vimeo.com/141252866 October 2, 2015. Celebration of life for Aunty Leinaʻala Kalama Heine.
Reef Conservation Snorkeling Trails
https://vimeo.com/140877192 In Mauritius, Reef Conservation has created underwater snorkeling trails to educate and engage tourists and residents to protect the surrounding reef ecosystems. “Reef conservation is a local marine environmental NGO. We started up in 2004...
Vehicles of Knowledge
https://vimeo.com/140853625 Hōkūleʻaʻs latest destination, Mauritius, is a small island nation about 1,200 miles off the South East Coast of Africa. Much like our island homes in the Pacific, Mauritius has also faced the harsh consequences of environmental decline...
Photovoices: Indonesia
https://vimeo.com/138908843 Worldwide Voyage crewmembers visited the small fishing village of Amed along the eastern shore of Bali to learn how community members are protecting their natural resources through photography amid an influx of tourism. “Our foundation,...
Borobudur Temple: Images of Reconnection
https://vimeo.com/138370621 Hōkūleʻa retraces the route taken by ancient seafarers through the Indian Ocean that are depicted in stone carvings at Borobudur Temple. “Walking up and seeing this massive temple just slowly rise out of the earth as you’re coming up the...
In Memory of Kumu Leinaʻala Kalama Heine
He manaʻo hoʻālohaloha kēia no kahi keiki, kuaʻana, kuahine a makuahine nō hoʻi; he hoapili, he kumu, a he kamalei nō no Oʻahualua i aloha nui loa ʻia, ʻo ʻAnakē Leināʻala Heine nō hoʻi ia. ʻAʻohe mea nāna e hōʻole i kona ʻano wiwoʻole a kūpaʻa me ke aloha ʻoiaʻiʻo iā...
Bali Green School
https://vimeo.com/137442126 Worldwide Voyage crewmembers explore the unique Bali Green School where open learning space fosters sustainability and creativity among students and teachers. “We are looking at this issue about mālama honua, taking care of the earth, [and]...
Maunakea Supreme Court Hearing: August 27, 2015 | Story
https://vimeo.com/137572852 View the complete unedited raw footage. The battle against the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea is not only being waged in protests on the mauna or on the streets of Waikīkī. The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court heard oral arguments today for a case...
Maunakea Supreme Court Hearing: August 27, 2015 | Full Raw Footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abTbsrlMaS0 View the entire Supreme Court Hearing on TMT and Maunakea from August 27, 2015. This is unedited, raw footage. View our video recap.
Wehena Kaiao
https://vimeo.com/135034188 More than 70 Kamehameha Schools leaders came together at dawn on July 29 to mark the official launch of KS’ Strategic Plan 2020 (SP2020) and their commitment to leading the plan over the next five years. Wehena Kaiao – The Breaking of the...
Voyaging for the Future: Great Barrier Reef
https://vimeo.com/134684856 The Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage visits the Great Barrier Reef and crewmembers learn about the collaborative management plan for this ecological wonder of the world and the lessons it has on how they care for their own environments. “My...
Reef Guardians
https://vimeo.com/132992135 Wordwide Voyage crewmembers visit a Reef Guardian school where students are learning by preserving the Great Barrier Reef. “If we desire a safe and healthy thriving world for our children, it has to be taught. And so we arrived here, at...
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | For the Love of ʻĀina
https://vimeo.com/136172954 The Aloha ʻĀina Unity March gathered together people from all around Hawaiʻi, standing together for the protection of our land, natural resources, and way of life. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at...
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Mahalo
https://vimeo.com/136143200 Mahalo message to the participants of the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Ernie Cruz, Jr. and Jeff Rasmussen: “Kalapana”
https://vimeo.com/136141839 Ernie Cruz, Jr. and Jeff Rasmussen play "Kalapana" at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Ernie Cruz, Jr. “Islands”
https://vimeo.com/136140268 Ernie Cruz Jr. performs "Islands" at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Pono Kuikahi
https://vimeo.com/136136876 Pono Kuikahi addresses the crowd at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Gary Hooser on GMO and Government
https://vimeo.com/136134006 Gary Hooser speaks on GMO and Government at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Dr. Kioni Dudley on saving Hoʻopili farm land
https://vimeo.com/136132100 Dr. Kioni Dudley speaks on saving Hoʻopili farm land at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | “Hawaiʻi Aloha”
https://vimeo.com/136061398 Everyone joins hands and sings "Hawaiʻi Aloha" to close the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March| Hula: “ʻAuʻa ʻia”
https://vimeo.com/136060973 Snowbird Bento, Lanakila Mangauil and others do a hula, "ʻAuʻa ʻia," at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua: Poem
https://vimeo.com/136058429 Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua performs a poem at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Lyz Soto: Poem
https://vimeo.com/136058217 Lyz Soto performs a poem at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Ernie Cruz, Jr.: “Stand Up” with Jeff Rasmussen
https://vimeo.com/136054440 Ernie Cruz Jr. sings "Stand Up" with Jeff Rasmussen at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Jeff Rasmussen “Be Recognized”
https://vimeo.com/136053918 Jeff Rasmussen sings "Be Recognized" at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March accompanied by Ernie Cruz Jr. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Lehua Kalima “Kaulana Nā Pua” with Shawn Pimental
https://vimeo.com/136053062/ Lehua Kalima and Shawn Pimental perform the traditional mele "Kaulana Nā Pua" at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Lehua Kalima: “Poliahu” with Shawn Pimental
https://vimeo.com/136048724 Lehua Kalima and Shawn Pimental perform "Poliahu" at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Hāwane Rios: “Warrior Rising” with Lākea Trask
https://vimeo.com/136046346 Hāwane Rios and Lākea Trask sing "Warrior Rising" at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu “Kū Haʻaheo e Kuʻu Hawaiʻi” with Hālau Kū Māna
https://vimeo.com/136011882 Kumu Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu leads the lāhui in "Kū Haʻaheo e Kuʻu Hawaiʻi" with haumāna from Hālau Kū Mana. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Hāwane Rios: “Together We Rise”
https://vimeo.com/136014941 Hāwane sings a mele called "Together We Rise" at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Liko Martin & Laulani Teale: “All Hawaiʻi Stand Together”
https://vimeo.com/135940999 Liko Martin and Laulani Teale sing "All Hawaiʻi Stand Together" at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Lanakila Mangauil Bandstand Speech
https://vimeo.com/135942111 Lanakila Mangauil makes a speech at the Kapiʻolani Park bandstand for the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Highlights
https://vimeo.com/135940059 View a short video clip from the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Jon & Jamaica Osorio
Part 1: https://vimeo.com/135938172 Part 2: https://vimeo.com/135939595 Jon & Jamaica Osorio share mele and poetry at Kapiʻolani Park after the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in...
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Walter Ritte Bandstand Speech
https://vimeo.com/135936753 Walter Ritte shares a speech with the crowd at the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Hāwane Rios: “E ʻOni a Paʻa”
https://vimeo.com/135935619 Hāwane Rios sings her song about Kapu Aloha at the Kapiʻolani Bandstand after the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
Aloha ʻĀina Unity March | Kahoʻokahi Kanuha Bandstand Speech
https://vimeo.com/135934590 Kahoʻokahi Kanuha gives a speech at Kapiʻolani Park after the Aloha ʻĀina Unity March. Ten thousand rallied in unity Sunday, marching down Waikīkī and gathering at Kapiʻolani Park in support of aloha ʻāina.
PHOTOS: Aloha ʻĀina Unity March
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Aloha ʻĀina Invite IAU to Discuss Issues Regarding this Place Before Looking out to Space
https://vimeo.com/135528248 The International Astronomical Union or IAU is currently hosting their 2015 General Assembly at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center here in Honolulu. While this is a conference that is held every three years, this is the first time they are...
PHOTOS: Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea 2015
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Paʻa Ke Aupuni: The Reel History of Hawaiʻi
https://vimeo.com/134908720 Paʻa Ke Aupuni is a unique 60-minute hand- drawn, animated film that gets straight to the point. It zooms in on key facts explaining how the Hawaiian Kingdom came to be, how it evolved to stand firmly on the international world stage of...
Hōkūleʻa Darwin to Bali Quickcap
https://vimeo.com/135009004 Join us as we relive Hōkūleʻa and the Worldwide Voyage Crew's 10-day sail from Darwin, Australia to Bali, Indonesia!
Solar Impulse 2: A Worldwide Voyage in the AIr
https://vimeo.com/133504658 Pwo Navigator, Nainoa Thompson reflected, “So you have these two voyaging canoes that are out on the immensity of the oceans. And sometimes, in the kind of quietness when fear creeps in, you know, is the voyage too big, is it too hard to...
Voyage to Nihoa: Science at Sea
https://vimeo.com/134267945 Science and voyaging converge on board Hikianalia as The Nature Conservancy teams up with the Polynesian Voyaging Society on an expedition to Nihoa, a remote island 120 miles northwest of Niʻihau in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National...
BLNR Meeting – July 10, 2015 – Testimonies
Video 1: Doug Chin Video 2: Kahoʻokahi Kanuha Video 3: Stewart Hempter Video 4: Scotty Paiva Video 5: Mililani Trask Video 6: Robert McLaren Video 7: Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa Video 8: Tiffnie Kakalia Video 9: Andre Perez Video 10: Doug Simon Video 11: Andrew Fabian 1....
Kapu Aloha 101: Ke Kula o Maunakea
https://vimeo.com/132507823 Kapu Aloha: the term may be new but the concept is centuries old. Modern “koa kapu aloha," or kapu aloha warriors, are making a stand with the true dignity of our kūpuna. The approach may be a road less travelled in our recent past but it...
Maunakea protectors rally to stop construction
https://vimeo.com/131867666/ 11 arrested by DLNR as Maunakea protectors rally to stop construction, some rolling boulders on the road to block trucks from passing.
Maunakea Rally: June 25, 2015 – ALL VIDEOS
Video 1: Ka Poʻe i Aloha i ka ʻĀina Video 2: He Aloha ʻĀina: Andre Perez Video 3: E Piʻi ana o Lalo: Kahoʻokahi Kanuha Video 4: He Aloha ʻĀina: Kaleikoa Kaʻeo Video 5: Ke Koa o ko DLNR: Kekoa Kaluhiwa Video 6: Kapu Aloha no ke Kapa Hau: Lākea Trask Video 7: Ka...
Ka Hukihuki Maoli i Waena o nā Mākaʻi DLNR
https://vimeo.com/131802260 On the 91st day of vigil and protest on Maunakea, aloha ʻāina practitioners were faced with construction resuming. Hawaiʻi Island police, the DLNR and private security were all in place to escort construction crews to the work site. Watch...
Kapu Aloha no ke Kapa Hau: Lākea Trask
https://vimeo.com/131802259 On the 91st day of vigil and protest on Maunakea, aloha ʻāina practitioners were faced with construction resuming. Hawaiʻi Island police, the DLNR and private security were all in place to escort construction crews to the work site. Watch...
Ke Koa o ko DLNR: Kekoa Kaluhiwa
https://vimeo.com/131802258 On the 91st day of vigil and protest on Maunakea, aloha ʻāina practitioners were faced with construction resuming. Hawaiʻi Island police, the DLNR and private security were all in place to escort construction crews to the work site. Watch...
He Aloha ʻĀina: Kaleikoa Kaʻeo
https://vimeo.com/131800944 On the 91st day of vigil and protest on Maunakea, aloha ʻāina practitioners were faced with construction resuming. Hawaiʻi Island police, the DLNR and private security were all in place to escort construction crews to the work site. Watch...
E Piʻi ana o Lalo: Kahoʻokahi Kanuha
https://vimeo.com/131740867 On the 91st day of vigil and protest on Maunakea, aloha ʻāina practitioners were faced with construction resuming. Hawaiʻi Island police, the DLNR and private security were all in place to escort construction crews to the work site. Watch...
He Aloha ʻĀina: Andre Perez
https://vimeo.com/131740863 On the 91st day of vigil and protest on Maunakea, aloha ʻāina practitioners were faced with construction resuming. Hawaiʻi Island police, the DLNR and private security were all in place to escort construction crews to the work site. Watch...
Ka Poʻe i Aloha i ka ʻĀina
https://vimeo.com/131740866 On the 91st day of vigil and protest on Maunakea, aloha ʻāina practitioners were faced with construction resuming. Hawaiʻi Island police, the DLNR and private security were all in place to escort construction crews to the work site. Watch...
PHOTOS: Kū Kiaʻi Mauna – Demonstrators Arrested, Construction Halted
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Underwater Field Trip
https://vimeo.com/131048580 The Worldwide Voyage brings schools from across the world together for a virtual field trip underwater. ʻŌiwi TV’s Bryson Hoe explained, “Today we are running a virtual field trip with crewmembers at the Reef HQ in Townsville, Australia,...
Kahana Aloha ʻĀina
https://vimeo.com/130935615 Community members gathered at Kahana to restore Huilua fishpond in the spirit of aloha ʻāina. "We're at Huilua fishpond in the moku of Koʻolauloa on the island of Oʻahu. This bay area here is called Kalehualoa, so Huilua is at the south end...
Kawena Hirayama Has a Golden Touch
https://vimeo.com/130282686 “She’s incredibly intelligent, she absorbs information really quickly and is able to process that information, anylizes it, and delivers on it,” says Nick Ernst, who is the Speech Teacher at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama as he explains his...
Hawaiian Skies: Episode 5 | Beyond Polynesia
https://vimeo.com/130281875 Hōkūleʻa and her crew reach out to the community of Aotearoa, sharing the waʻa with thousands of people, before leaving Polynesia to cross the Tasman Sea and arrive at Sydney, Australia.
Tribal Warrior
https://vimeo.com/129854539 For the first time in her history, Hōkūleʻa crossed the Tasman Sea to Australia, successfully navigating across these unfamiliar waters. Hōkūleʻa sailed into the iconic Sydney Harbor and was welcomed to the country by the traditional owners...
Hawaiians and Aboriginals stand in solidarity at Redfern
https://vimeo.com/129282412 Hōkūleʻa’s delayed arrival into Sydney, Australia provided an unplanned opportunity for members of Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima and a handful of Kanu O Ka ʻĀina haumāna to visit the Aboriginal community of Redfern, where residents have formed the...
Ka Hoʻina – Going Home
https://vimeo.com/123669340 Ka Ho‘ina: Going Home takes a journey 7,000 miles from Hawaiʻi with members of Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawaiʻi Nei who have worked tirelessly for the past 30 years to bring home over 6,000 sets of iwi kupuna or ancestral remains that were...
Kūpa‘a Thomas: A Scholar with Strive
https://vimeo.com/128650132 Kūpaʻa Thomas is one of three students here in Hawaiʻi who have been awarded the prestigious 2015 Gates Millenium Scholarship. They are among the one thousand students across the United States who have also been accepted from over fifty...
He Au Hou o nā Aloha ʻĀina
https://vimeo.com/127892099 “Kahoʻolawe, Geothermal and the revitalization of our Hawaiian language,” says Hāwane Rios, an Aloha ʻĀina member of Maunakea as she reminisces on the long history of battles our kūpuna, or our ancestors had before their very own on...
Hawaiian and Aboriginal students fellowship in Sydney
https://vimeo.com/128192053 The Australian National Maritime Museum’s Bill Lane USA Gallery Fellowship welcomed a group of eight indigenous high school students from Hawaiʻi and Australia over the weekend to take part in a first nation cross-cultural exchange. The...
Hōkūleʻa Headed to Australia
https://vimeo.com/127308607 Hōkūleʻa continues through the Tasman Sea and the varying weather conditions
Project Kuleana 2 – Release Party
https://vimeo.com/127302241 [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua kani nā pila a me nā manu leo ʻaleʻa o Hawaiʻi, a eia hoʻi lākou puʻukani a hoʻokani pila e hoʻolauleʻa like ana i ka hōʻike ā maka ʻia o nā wikiō hou he...
Maile Sur: A Voice of the Warriors
https://vimeo.com/126997423 “I've played soccer for about twelve years, three years on varsity," says Kamehameha Schools Maui Senior Maile Sur. "And I think the main thing you learn is leadership and teamwork. Before you get the ball or after you pass that ball,...
Project Kuleana 2 – Where are the Brothers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_OtudAFQH0 Hawaiian male artists participated in an inter-island kani ka pila encouraging our kāne to ʻauamo kuleana. All performances were recorded live on location.
Project Kuleana 2 – Ka Na‘i Aupuni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj3YhR2-QwQ Hawaiian artists participated in an inter-island kani ka pila encouraging our kanaka to ʻauamo kuleana. All performances were recorded live on location.
Project Kuleana 2 – Backstory
https://vimeo.com/123138732 We sit down with the artists and producers of Project Kuleana 2 and learn the backstory of these groundbreaking music videos.
Project Kuleana 2 – Behind the Scenes
https://vimeo.com/126442895 Take a look at some Behind the Scenes footage from the production of Project Kuleana 2.
OHA Board of Trustees Meeting – April 30, 2015: FULL VERSION
Part 1: Presentation Part 2: Testimonies Part 3: Vote On April 30th, Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees voted on and approved a motion to rescind its support of the selection of Maunakea, Hawai‘i as the site for the proposed Thirty-Meter Telescope project.
Mele ma ka Mauna | Hāwane Rios: “Warrior Rising”
https://vimeo.com/126223489 Experience the powerful original composition by Hāwane Rios as she sings atop Maunakea shrouded in the mist of Lilinoe. ʻŌiwi TV presents “Mele ma ka Mauna”, an original series celebrating the unique movement and Kapu Aloha around the...
UH Board of Regents Special Meeting – April 26, 2015: FULL VERSION
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="Interview"] [/spb_tab] [spb_tab title="Full Version"] [/spb_tab] [/spb_tabs] On April 26th,...
OHA to Capitol March: OHA Office Segment
https://vimeo.com/125966741 Hundreds attended the Kū Kia‘i Mauna March from OHA offices to the State Capital in Honolulu on April 21, 2015. Thousands more tuned in on our live stream. This is the segment in the OHA Office.
Manaiakalani: High-end Polynesian Tech
https://vimeo.com/125858760 After months of anxiously following the Mālama Honua crews' journey to Aotearoa the 2,500 students of the Manaiakalani School Cluster welcomed Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia to their community at Pt England Beach near Auckland, New Zealand. "We...
Kū Kiaʻi March from OHA to the State Capitol: FULL VERSION
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Kū Kiaʻi Mauna Rally at ʻIolani Palace: EXTENDED
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Hawaiian Language College Holds a “Teach in”
https://vimeo.com/125217904 [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua laha kēia nīnūnē o ka ʻohe nānā 30 mika ma Maunakea a puni ka honua, a e pā ana nā honua kulanui o Hawaiʻi a pau. Eia naʻe, he ʻokoʻa ke ʻano o nā hana ma...
UH Hilo Board of Regents Meeting Testimonies – April 16, 2015
https://vimeo.com/125316617 University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents Meeting April 16, 2015 UH Hilo Campus Hearing of Testimony on "The Management of Mauna Kea and the Mauna Kea Science Reserve." Between the scheduled time of 11:30am - 3:00pm, approximately 60...
Hula Reflections
https://vimeo.com/125312802 Thousands descend upon Hilo every year for the Merrie Monarch hula competition but, amid the controversy over the Thirty Meter Telescope to be built on Maunakea, some chose to ascend the mountain to share their hula as a gift of support....
Nāmāhoe: Kauaʻi’s Own
https://vimeo.com/125293925 Dennis Chun’s time on the ocean as a crewmember fuels his passion for canoe building, a task too large for just one man. So the Kauaʻi community has come together to help with their very own canoe, Nāmāhoe. “An example is just Leināʻala...
Mele ma ka Mauna | Pūnana Leo o Kona: “Kaulana Nā Pua”
https://vimeo.com/125286460 The keiki of Pūnana Leo o Kona sing "Kaulana Nā Pua" for Mele ma ka Mauna. ʻŌiwi TV presents “Mele ma ka Mauna”, an original series celebrating the unique movement and Kapu Aloha around the Thirty Meter Telescope construction on Mauna a...
Mele ma ka Mauna | Eric Kaleolani Keawe: “Ka Makani Kāʻili Aloha / Hiʻilawe”
https://vimeo.com/125286463/ In this segment of Mele ma ka Mauna, Kaleo Keawe sings Ka Makani Kāʻili Aloha followed by Hiʻilawe. ʻŌiwi TV presents “Mele ma ka Mauna”, an original series celebrating the unique movement and Kapu Aloha around the Thirty Meter Telescope...
Mele ma ka Mauna | Kapua Francisco
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="He Nani Helena"] [/spb_tab] [spb_tab title="Hula o Makee"] [/spb_tab] [/spb_tabs] This episode...
Mele ma ka Mauna | ʻOhana Lim
Beauty of Maunakea / Pua ʻŌlena Medley Poliʻahu The ʻOhana Lim (Lorna, Nani, and Sonny) sing a few mele...
Mele ma ka Mauna | Native American Chant
https://vimeo.com/125295447 The movement on Maunakea is bringing together indigenous people from around the world, including one Native American who shared a chant during Mele ma ka Mauna. ʻŌiwi TV presents “Mele ma ka Mauna”, an original series celebrating the unique...
Mele ma ka Mauna | Natalie Ai Kamauu: “Aloha Hawaiʻi Kuʻu One Hānau E / Uhiwai”
https://vimeo.com/125299320 Natalie Ai Kamauu shares two mele for Mele ma ka Mauna. ʻŌiwi TV presents “Mele ma ka Mauna”, an original series celebrating the unique movement and Kapu Aloha around the Thirty Meter Telescope construction on Mauna a Wākea. Set up at Hale...
Mele ma ka Mauna | Lanakila Mangauil: “What is Kapu Aloha?” Speech
https://vimeo.com/125286471/ Lanakila Mangauil makes a speech on Kapu Aloha for the crowd during Mele ma ka Mauna on Maunakea. ʻŌiwi TV presents “Mele ma ka Mauna”, an original series celebrating the unique movement and Kapu Aloha around the Thirty Meter Telescope...
PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes on Maunakea
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Mele ma ka Mauna | Hāwane Rios: “Kanaloa Ola”
https://vimeo.com/125085058 This segment features Hāwane Rios and Lākea Trask singing "Kanaloa Ola," a song composed on Kahoʻolawe. ʻŌiwi TV presents “Mele ma ka Mauna”, an original series celebrating the unique movement and Kapu Aloha around the Thirty Meter...
Opposition to TMT at UH Mānoa
https://vimeo.com/125104697 In recent weeks, aloha ʻāina activists have attracted worldwide attention in their opposition to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Maunakea. On April 10, 2015, hundreds stood in solidary at the University of Hawaiʻi at...
Mele ma ka Mauna | ʻAi Pōhaku
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Kū Kiaʻi Mauna Rally at ʻIolani Palace
https://vimeo.com/124901235 Over 3,000 attended the Kū Kiaʻi Rally on the grounds of ʻIolani Palace on Sunday, April 12, 2015. For long-time Aloha ʻĀina Activist Walter Ritte, who was celebrating his 70th birthday, there was no other place he wanted to be than with...
Aloha ʻĀina Merrie Monarch Parade
https://vimeo.com/124894542 [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] “Ua ʻākoakoa mākou i ʻaneʻi no kēia paikau Mele Manaka. A, kēia wā, he nani lua ʻole no ka mea, Ua huakaʻi mai nā ʻano poʻe like ʻole i ʻaneʻi no ka...
PHOTOS: Kū Kiaʻi Mauna – A Gathering at ʻIolani Palace
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Hula Kiaʻi Mauna
https://vimeo.com/124793841 [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Komo like nō nā ʻano kānaka hana noʻeau mai ʻō a ʻō i ke kalewa a kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau hana nani a launa ʻole ma ka pule Mele Manaka. No Manaola, he mea...
PHOTOS: Kū Kiaʻi Mauna – A Gathering at UH Mānoa
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Maunakea: Kapu Aloha
Me ka naʻau kūpaʻa wiwoʻole nō e kahua ana i ke aloha me ka pono e mau nei ka ʻimi ʻana o nā kiaʻi kū mauna i ka puka lanakila ma kēia. (These Protectors, grounded in aloha and respect, are resolved to succeed.) “We need the solutions. I say...
Maunakea: Aloha ʻĀina Warriors
https://vimeo.com/124268158 [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ke mau nei nō ka hana kū kiaʻi mauna a nā koa aloha ʻāina i mea e hoʻokū ʻia ai ke kūkulu ʻia o ka ʻohe nānā 30 mika ma Maunakea. Ma ka nui ʻana aʻe o nā...
Maritime Connections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqIlxzoN1T0 “One of the reasons why we are sailing around the world is to bridge ancient wisdom with modern connections. And I feel like this is an incredible opportunity to draw on our shared resources with the Maritime Museum.” says...
Support the Voyage: www.rallysong.com/JackJohnson – Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Yw9hXyu9w Support the Worldwide Voyage! Visit www.rallysong.com/JackJohnson to purchase the song Nā Hoʻokele ʻŌpiopio by Chucky Boy Chock featuring Jack Johnson and Paula Fuga.
Healthy Beaches, Motivated People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StGsPFKalK8 Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi’s Kahi Pacarro says that, “It can be a remote island in the middle of the Pacific, or it can be a very urban place lie Auckland, and you see the same stuff washing up on beaches. And it’s...
Raising Change Agents
https://vimeo.com/121318039 “It’s not only that these keiki are growing up learning and speaking their language that makes these schools so special, but it’s the way that they come to view and interact with the world around them. The life lessons that these keiki...
ʻĀkūloia
https://vimeo.com/114746410 What started in the early 1980s as a humble yet steadfast attempt to bring the nearly extinct native Hawaiian language back to the mouths and ears of our babies, the Pūnana Leo has become one of Hawaiʻi’s leading educational programs. A...
Aukahi
https://vimeo.com/107865763 From the classrooms to the workplace, to the airwaves, and once again in our very own homes, ke ola nei nō ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. And while the Pūnana Leo are a network of preschools, they are also the foundation of this growing aukahi, or...
Kamehameha Schools’ Stewardship Plan for North Shore
https://vimeo.com/121300337 Ka moku ʻo Waialua on the North Shore of Oʻahu contains some of Kamehameha Schools’ conservational, agricultural, rural and commercial lands. Rooted in the Kamehameha Schools’ five core land management values of education, environment,...
Ka Pua Initiative
https://vimeo.com/115360676 In 2009, the Kamehameha Schools launched the Ka Pua initiative on the Waiʻanae Coast as a strategic long-term commitment to excellent education for a strong native Hawaiian community. With a focus on place-based learning, Ka Pua works as a...
Mahiʻai Matchup 2015
https://vimeo.com/120661241 “I grew up in a rural community. I grew up in Waiʻanae, my dad was a blue-collard worker, and guess what? We grew our own food,” shares Sydney Keliʻipuleʻole, who is the Director of Kamehameha Schools’ Land Asset Division. “So I understand...
Hoʻomau Oʻahu 2015
Hoʻomau Oʻahu 2015 Kula kaiapuni and Pūnana Leo from across Oʻahu came together to preform mele and hula celebrating akua Hawaiʻi at the 27th Annual ʻAha Mele Hoʻomau. Part 1 This video includes performances by Hūʻewa, Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻO Nānākuli, Ka Papahana ʻO...
Poʻalima ʻUlaʻula
https://vimeo.com/119391098 [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] He hanana kuikawā ko Kamehameha Maui i kēlā me kēia makahiki kula, nona ka inoa ʻo Poʻalima ʻUlaʻula. He lā ia e kia piha ai ke kula holoʻokoʻa ma ka...
Te Kāpehu Whetū: Inspirational Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohBovu_mUbk With the art of wayfinding as the guide and the waʻa kaulua as their platform, the crews of Hōkūle’a and Hikianalia are inspiring new educational strategies in communities around the world. “So when we frame our thinking...
Hawaiian Skies: Episode 4 | Navigating to Aotearoa
https://vimeo.com/119404907 Hōkūleʻa completes her journey through Polynesia as she arrives in Aotearoa for the second time in her history, 29 years later after first arriving in 1985.
Department of Education seeking applicants for Director of the Office of Hawaiian Education
After spending two years to create a strategic path forward for Hawaiian Education, the Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) shared how it is strengthening its commitment to Hawaiian programs in the public school system. Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi today...
Te Mirumiru: Health is Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzvU-rRy97o “We recognize that education started really with our babies, and a lot of our babies werenʻt getting any preschool education at all. The heatlh of our people stems from getting our children educated, and I donʻt just mean...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 10: Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole & Kekuhi Keliʻikanakaʻole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtKw51qIa8w Episode 10: Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole & Kekuhi Keliʻikanakaʻole Aloha nui e kuʻu ʻohana me kuʻu poʻe hoa, Last year, while Hilo was bustling with the lively activity common during Merrie Monarch week, my mother and I, along with...
Hoʻāla Mauli: Maisey Rika Inspiring Through Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euCVJaOZyBI [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua hoʻi maila nā puʻukani kaulana o Aotearoa, ʻo Maisey lāua ʻo JJ Rika, e huakaʻi hele ai mai ʻō a ʻō o Hawaiʻi pae ʻāina. Iā lāua ma ka moku...
Elleen Eoreni: Connecting Oceanic Pathways
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVY6BDKBMUE “So today was the launching of our canoe, that was part of a project called, Connecting Oceanic Pathways, Walking the Stick of our Ancestors, and the project really came about in trying to honor Mau Piailug and his...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 9: Napua Greig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzbCJidjFHY Episode 9: Napua Greig Aloha kākou e kuʻu ʻohana me oʻu mau hoa, In the midst of Merrie Monarch 2014, I took a little time away from my kumu hula duties to perform a few mele for my friends at ʻŌiwi TV as a part of their new...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 8: Nā Hoa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFc2pbxC0MU Episode 8: Nā Hoa Aloha e ka ʻohana a me nā hoa o kākou, Around the time of Merrie Monarch last year, we sang a few mele Hawaiʻi for ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai.” We performed everything from the...
Whangarei Outreach
https://vimeo.com/116110986 Nearly three decades ago, it was a sail of rediscovery. Now, Hōkūleʻa returned, carrying the message of Mālama Honua. Pwo Navigator Kālepa Baybayan says that, “Here we are in Whangarei. Weʻre going to be doing a number of outreach projects....
Swains: The Sustainable Island
https://vimeo.com/114940438 Just 200 nautical miles north of ʻĀpia, Hōkūleʻa came upon this pristine jewel in the immense Pacific, the island of Olohega, more commonly referred to as Swains Island. “Swains island as you can see, is a remote island. Through studies, it...
Mālama Honua, Kōkua Hawaiʻi
https://vimeo.com/115024656 Whether they are sailing along onboard or supporting the crew from land with encouraging songs of aloha… Hōkūleʻa and her holokai are inspiring great talent to join their cause. “For me to get invited to participate on any level, has just...
Mālama Honua Efforts in the Pacific
https://vimeo.com/115238986 The Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage is successful through empowering stories of hope and inspiration – like those shared in the South Pacific. “In my opinion, the greatest environmental, single environmental issue of our time in the 21st...
A Legacy of Education
https://vimeo.com/114940435 “My father’s been sailing from before when I was born. I always grew up around the canoe. I never sailed on it, but I always saw this canoe as something that I knew that he had a strong connection to, but as a child growing up, I really...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 7: ʻOhana Lim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULN8JZERVCo Episode 7: ʻOhana Lim Aloha ʻohana and friends, Earlier this year, we performed some of our mele on ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai”. Inspired by our ʻohana’s deep aloha for Kohala, we wanted to share a...
From One Piko to Another
https://vimeo.com/114940434 “I’m always grateful for being one of the few that was allowed to be there, to be a part of it. I think it’s our turn now to pass on, in what small way, in any way we can what we, what we’ve learned,” says Hōkūleʻa 1976 crewmember, Billy...
Mālama Honua 2014 Recap
https://vimeo.com/121302490 Sail along with Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia as they traverse Polynesia during the first year of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage.
Give Me Your Children
https://vimeo.com/114940436 “We have an enormous task in the issue of Mālama Honua I don't believe that you'll have people that will care for this earth if they don't care. When is caring taught? When does that relationship to a place that you really understand a love...
Our ʻOhana Waʻa Throughout the Pacific
https://vimeo.com/114940437 Pwo Navigator, Kālepa Baybayan says that, “The crew make up for the second leg of the international Mālama Honua Voyage was made up of mostly members from ʻOhana Waʻa. We have ʻAha Pūnana Leo’s Hōkūalakaʻi crew, Kawaihae’s Makaliʻi of Nā...
Voyage With Us
https://vimeo.com/115211768 “Our mission is to inspire all people to mālama honua, or to care for island earth. Our earth needs help, and so this voyage is really just a catalyst to get people to feel like they’re a part of a movement,” says Apprentice Navigator,...
Hōkūleʻa Dry Dock Recap
https://vimeo.com/115236409 Before embarking on this 3-year quest to mālama honua, and raise awareness about the importance of caring for our planet, Hōkūleʻa needed some TLC herself. More than 35 years of sailing and over 150,000 nautical miles had taken its toll on...
Getting Ready to Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4QR3cUYHDA In addition to the navigator and apprentice navigators… each of the other crewmembers carry specific roles on board – there is a captain, watch captains, a safety officer, quarter master and cook just to name a few – all of...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 6: Aaron Salā & Snowbird Bento
https://vimeo.com/115672566 Episode 6: Aaron Salā & Snowbird Bento Aloha ʻohana and friends, Earlier this year, we performed a few of our original compositions on ʻŌiwi TV’s new music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai”. These songs include Haumea, Ka ʻUpu Aloha and Kiss Me...
Inception of the Worldwide Voyage
https://vimeo.com/115218474 “This voyage launched over 2,000 years ago. This voyage is in the wake of the world’s greatest explorers and navigators of the time, of the whole earth and that is an argument that we can stand on. That first canoe that came here, 2400,...
Mālama Waʻa in Aotearoa
https://vimeo.com/115026868 As their mālama honua journey throughout the Pacific comes to a close the crews made time to mālama the waʻa that have sustained them – over 35 hundred miles thus far! “The crews are working hard to look at all the fine details of both...
Forever Indebted to Her
https://vimeo.com/114947647 Kamehameha Schools students from all three campuses reminisce on the many blessings that they have received from their founder. “I’ve probably gone to ten Founder’s Days since then because I love that feeling of Founder’s Day and I love the...
Mele ma ka Lihiwai | Episode 5: Mark Yamanaka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZmFVetd6TA Episode 5: Mark Yamanaka Aloha ʻohana and friends, Earlier this year, I was invited to perform on ʻŌiwi TV’s original musical series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai”. With a warm welcome from the hosts, Billy V and Mele Apana, I openly...
Kamehameha Schools Christmas Concert 2014: He Makana Kalikimaka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRL9JISUtOM Join the students of the Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Performing Arts Department as they present a medley of our favorite holiday mele in the annual Christmas Concert entitled He Makana Kalikimaka.
Sig Zane x Hurley: Loʻi Kalo Release
https://vimeo.com/114388424 "You know, when you think about it, like in the chants for example, every time we repeat the chant, something lives on, every time we speak of a place or of a person, the legacy lives on, and here we are in the industry of print, of...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 4: ʻAi Pōhaku
https://vimeo.com/114394126 Episode 4: ʻAi Pōhaku Aloha mai kākou, Ma ka pule Mele Manaka 2014 nō, ua loaʻa ko mākou wā e launa ai me ka ʻohana o ʻŌiwi TV, me ko mākou hoa ʻo Amy Kalili ma ke kikoʻī, no ke kūkākūkā ʻana no kā mākou mau mele ʻai pōhaku i haku ai e laʻa...
Keep American Sāmoa Beautiful
https://vimeo.com/114061242 “You get into the harbor and see a bunch of rubbish floating around the wharf right next to the canoes, and then on the inside, a bunch of that rubbish floating around the area. As I am standing there is rubbish right around here too, with...
Paepae ʻo Heʻeia Fundraiser
http://youtu.be/pcX7n4ucpbw Pani Ka Puka The goal of the Pani ka Puka campaign is to raise the funds and volunteer hours needed to fix the hole in He‘eia fishpond’s wall, which has rendered the fishpond unusable for aquaculture for nearly 50 years. The goal of the...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 3: Kainani Kahaunaele
https://vimeo.com/113730171 Episode 3: Kainani Kahaunaele Aloha mai kākou, I kēlā Mele Manaka i hala iho nei au i launa hou ai me koʻu ʻohana ma ʻŌiwi Kīwī, keu hoʻi me Amy Kalili, no ke kūkākūkā ʻana e pili ana i kekahi o kaʻu mau mele punahele i haku ai, e laʻa hoʻi...
Paeʻāina Dance Party 2014
http://youtu.be/wuWFY-pSHKA Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA) is a movement-building organization supporting and connecting rural Hawaiian communities, restoring natural abundance to the islands we call home. For their 2014 fundraiser, they're throwing an...
Death of Local Manufacturing?
This blog post was originally published by Luke Evslin on his website: KawaeHawaii.Blogspot.com Luke is a founder and partner of Kamanu Composites, a local canoe manufacturer in Hawaiʻi. We wanted to share his perspective as a local business owner and his honesty...
Tāne Mahuta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY01MsZbKE0 Aloha! This is Pomai Bertelmann, and I am crewmember onboard Hōkūleʻa for the Worldwide Voyage. Today, the ʻohana (family) is going to Hokianga on the west side of this large island of Aotearoa where we will be checking out...
Hokianga: Māori Roots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ks3Ck5jBjA One of the chief servants of Te Roroa, Jason Fox says that “This community is called Te Roroa. It’s a combination of about six Marae – six communities and their affiliated family groupings. They come together under a single...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 2: Kapono Nāʻiliʻili
https://vimeo.com/112975166 Episode 2: Kapono Nāʻiliʻili ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its second episode of ten, featuring the very talented Kapono Nāʻiliʻili. With a warm welcome from the hosts, Billy V and Mele Apana, Kapono shares...
Mālama Honua: ʻOhana Hōkūleʻa | Episode 4
https://vimeo.com/112443271 Episode 4 In our final episode, Hōkūleʻa completes her journey through Polynesia and prepares to leave the Pacific for the first time ever. She now carries the hope and lessons offered by the many communities visited to date. From...
Opua School: Reciprocal Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j54VuihRq1U While Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia were in Opua Harbor, some of the crewmembers took the time to visit the local community and engage with people who are doing their part to Mālama Honua. One place in particular is Opua School,...
Farm to Table, Hawaiian Style
By Bonnie Tsui for The New York Times The crispy Chinese duck, served atop soft Japanese white bread with five-spice gravy and garbanzo mash, was unexpected, and robustly savory. “It’s like Asian Thanksgiving,” my dining companion said as she mopped up the gravy and I...
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to establish a process for reviewing DNA
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) has agreed to enact rules that will establish and define the process it will use when it considers DNA reports submitted to prove genealogy, and thereby blood quantum, to establish one's eligibility for a homestead lease....
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 1: Lehua Kalima
https://vimeo.com/112519366 Episode 1: Lehua Kalima ʻŌiwi TV’s original music series “Mele ma ka Lihiwai” presents its first episode of ten, featuring Hilo girl herself, Lehua Kalima. Sharing with us some of her original compositions, Lehua shares with us how each...
Mālama Honua: ʻOhana Hōkūleʻa | Episode 3
https://vimeo.com/112110282 Episode 3 As Hawaiʻi’s storied double-hulled canoe Hōkūleʻa circumnavigates the globe over the next three years, crew members will experience amazing segments of this journey, each unique in their own way. The Hawai’i to Tahiti leg was the...
Makahiki comes to Kaka‘ako
By Kau‘i Burgess November 17, 2014 Kamehameha Schools and the PA‘I Foundation have partnered to bring makahiki to Our Kaka‘ako in celebration of the season of Lono – a time set aside for tribute, harvest, sport and play. “Hosting makahiki in Our Kaka‘ako helps to...
Native Hawaiian Scholarships Available for College Students
Learn about scholarships available to Native Hawaiian college students. Meet with scholarship providers from: Kamehameha Schools, Keali‘i Pauahi Foundation, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Liko A‘e Native Hawaiian Leadership Program, Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship...
HŪ! Rise, Pour forth, Effervesce – A Hawaiian Music Project
Be a part of creating singer and composer Zelie’s first professionally produced album of originals and traditional Hawaiian songs. Check out her kickstarter page HERE.
United States and Kiribati Sign Historic Cooperative Arrangement to Protect Vital Marine Habitat in the Pacific
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined Republic of Kiribati President Anote Tong to sign a Cooperative Arrangement to coordinate and jointly support research and conservation activities for nearly 490,000 square nautical miles in the...
Kamea Hadar Mural at Rum Fire
Next time you are at the Sheraton Waikiki, check out the new mural from artist Kamea Hadar at the Rum Fire Bar. Featuring a portrait of world-class Hula dancer Aureana Tseu. The mural is facing the infinity pool and the ocean on the backside of the bar. Kamea is a...
Worldwide Voyage Music Video: Kuʻu Home o Kahaluʻu
https://vimeo.com/111915014 Dr. Mel Chang and Brad Wong sing "Kuʻu Home o Kahaluʻu."
A March in Celebration of Lā Kūʻokoʻa
NAUE I KE ALOHA ʻĀINA! A march in celebration of Lā Kūʻokoʻa, Hawaiian Independence Day Written by Kahoʻokahi Kanuha November 28, 2014 8:00am Old Airport to Keauhou Small Boat Harbor Hawaiians and supporters across the islands will march on Lā Kūʻokoʻa (Hawaiian...
Uncovering an Ancient Waʻa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXIoOj10D6k As Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia sail into the future of voyaging, exciting findings around the world contribute and retrace past voyages of our Polynesian ancestors, confirming our pilina, or relations throughout the Pacific. In...
$90 Million Dollar Wind Farm Begins Construction 2015
Construction on a California based wind energy development company's $90 million, 25-megawatt wind farm on public and private lands on Oahu's North Shore is expected to start in the third quarter of 2015 and be operational in early 2016. Champlin Hawaii Holdings...
Mālama Honua: ʻOhana Hōkūleʻa | Episode 2
https://vimeo.com/111500523 Episode 2 It had been 19 years since Hōkūle’a last made the 2500-mile journey from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti and for the first time ever there were seven apprentice navigators on-board, all younger than the canoe herself, most of whom have never...
How the Hawaiian Language Got to Harvard College
Kamehameha Schools grads now attending Harvard College are, from left to right, Leshae Henderson (Harvard ʻ16, KS ʻ12), Nākoa Farrant (Harvard ʻ18, KS ʻ14), Kaipo Matsumoto (Harvard ʻ17, KS ʻ13), Kyle Yoshida (Harvard ʻ18, KS ʻ14). ------------------------------------...
Mele Murals: Kealakekua
The Estria Foundation is pleased to announce the start of its fourth collaboration in its 20 mural series led by the students of Ke Kula o Ehunuikaimalino in Kealakekua on Hawaiʻi Island. Ke Kula ʻo Ehunuikaimalino is committed to perpetuating the language, customs,...
Fixing on the Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMFGlgv-b8g “We are at a carver’s shop who has graciously given his shop over to us so that we can fix the boom that was damaged on our way to Tongatapu. As I understand it, what happened is that Hōkūleʻa did an accidental jibe. When...
Native Hawaiian Navigates Oceans and Scholastic Success
From the Rochester University student newspaper, "The Buzz" written by Rochester Student Rei Ramos (c/o 2015, major: communications) Isaiah Pule (c/o 2018) is used to navigating oceans, but this semester is his first opportunity exploring the waters of collegiate...
Ka Hoʻina Premiere
TONIGHT: Ka Ho'ina: Coming Home premiere's at HIFF! Ka Ho'ina: Coming Home documents the legacy of repatriating iwi kūpuna (ancestral remains) by Native Hawaiians who have been trained under the direction of respected cultural practitioners Edward and Pualana...
Mālama Honua: ʻOhana Hōkūleʻa | Episode 1
https://vimeo.com/110959934 Episode 1 Building on more than 30 years of learning and voyaging, Hōkūleʻa and her crew now prepare to circumnavigate the globe carrying a message of Mālama Honua – Caring for Our Island Earth. Join us as we look back to the inception of...
Nā Loea at the ʻŌiwi Film Festival
Screening tomorrow night as part of the 'Oiwi Film Festival at the Honolulu Academy of Art: Film: Nā Loea: Ancestral Ink + Nā Loea: The Great Heart of Waiokāne Showtimes: Friday Nov 07 07:30 PM Saturday Nov 08 01:00 PM Location: Doris Duke Theatre Price: Museum...
Maui Supports GMO Moratorium
Maui voters approved an initiative that places a moratorium on GMO cultivation in Maui County (Maui, Lana'i, Moloka'i, Kaho'olawe and Molokini). A total of 23,082 people voted YES in favor of the moratorium, representing 50.2% of the vote, while 22,005 people (48.8%)...
Lava’s slow approach is reshaping Hawaii village life
From The Los Angeles Times Lava from Kilauea's bubbling new vent has yet to swallow a single home or close a key thoroughfare, but the volcano has changed everything in this little town on the Big Island. National Guard members are a 24/7 presence. Roadblocks keep...
Hōkūleʻa Waʻa Aloha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTwRKk1MoJk Crew member Pomai Bertelmann sings her original composition "Hōkūleʻa Waʻa Aloha" aboard the waʻa in honor of Hōkūleʻa.
Swim With Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1_F9yajMFE Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are visited by a pod of naiʻa on their way to Aotearoa.
Polynesians Discovered America?
From the History Channel: Did the Polynesians use their mastery of ocean navigation to discover America before Columbus? Part One http://youtu.be/tuJk_a4iWj0 Part Two http://youtu.be/XsfDY6OZjfQ?list=UUgDi4qwlDIBixKjg-Yby6_Q
A Hikianalia Halloween
http://youtu.be/pYfM2cgycn8 The Hikianalia crew spends a windless day at sea recreating an iconic Halloween film. No mosquitos were harmed in the making of this thrilling video. Hauʻoli Lā Heleuī!
New 4 Part Series with Hawaii News Now About Mālama Honua
This Sunday, November 2, Hawaiʻi News Now will begin airing the first of a four-part series called MĀLAMA HONUA: ʻOHANA HŌKŪLEʻA about the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. Please share the news and enjoy the program, which was produced for Hawaiʻi News Now by ‘Ōiwi TV....
Provocative Film on Agribusiness and the Future of Hawaii
http://vimeo.com/110395636 Filmmaker and founder of Korduroy.tv, Cyrus Sutton is working on what might be the most important film he’s ever produced. He’s calling the film Island Earth. It looks to be an in-depth, nuanced look at the effect that corporate agribusiness...
Educational Outreach Tongatapu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLrr2jEaCwE “The kids’ favorite station when they come to the canoe is the canoe. I think we’ve always said, and we know from personal experience, that the canoe is the hook, the experience on the canoe is the hook,” said Hōkūleʻa...
Vote Yes 4 The Keiki
https://vimeo.com/109774442 “My second child was in preschool and we got a little bit of financial aid for that and when he was coming out, we applied my third child and we were denied. We didn’t get any financial aid, and at that time, we weren’t able to afford the...
From Father to Daughter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN-HxbzQz-Y “ʻO wau ʻo Kalā Baybayan, no Lahaina mai au. My connection to the canoe and to voyaging began from even before I was born. My father has been sailing from before when I was born. He fell in love with the canoe and so, from...
C4 Waterman: Designs from the Core
https://vimeo.com/109661947 "The whole philosophy behind C4 was created based on the lifestyle of the waterman. C4 stands for core four, the core four values of the waterman: balance, endurance, strength and tradition. The most important part of the philosophy in C4...
Hawaiian Skies: Episode 3 | A Pacific ʻOhana
https://vimeo.com/108615905 As Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia sailed throughout the Pacific - from Hawaiʻi, to Tahiti, and finally Sāmoa - the crews found a common thread throughout all the communities they visited: that we are all ʻohana.
Crew Profile: Saki Uchida
https://vimeo.com/108627664 Originally from Japan, Saki Uchida left home in 2007 and moved her life to Oʻahu in order to become a crew member on Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia.
A Lure of the Past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Z7uxWUV_s Crew member Kekaimalu Lee and ʻōlohe lua / carver Umi Kai make traditional fishing lures for use on Hikianalia.
Molokaʻi Kulāia
https://vimeo.com/108189611 The Molokaʻi community celebrates all those who journey onto the ocean including community members who will part of the crew in upcoming legs of the Worldwide Voyage.
Jolene’s Sunglasses
https://vimeo.com/107302360 Dr. Mel Chang and Brad Wong, Medical Officer and Watch Captain respectively on board Hikianalia, play “Kuʻu Home o Kahuluʻu” as a tribute to Mel’s friends Doug and Jolene.
Wyland Whales Apia
https://vimeo.com/107661643 Timelapse of the Wyland Wall mural in Apia, Samoa.
UN Secretary General on Hōkūleʻa
https://vimeo.com/106342019 UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-mon, boards the Hōkūleʻa in Apia, Sāmoa.
Fantastic Voyage
https://vimeo.com/105933330
Banana Pancakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmQRhysOslg The Hōkūleʻa crew prepares kalo banana pancakes for breakfast on board the waʻa.
Mahimahi Breakfast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYOh5OaW-cg Hōkūleʻa crew members are blessed with a mahimahi caught by fisherman Timi Gilliom.
Apia Arrival & UN Secretary-General Onboard Hōkūleʻa
“We have just one planet home. This is an issue of whether we want to survive as a species or not.” https://vimeo.com/111915182 [dropcap2]T[/dropcap2]he United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and President of the Republic of Palau, Tommy E. Remengesau Jr.,...
Bright Spots UNSIDS & GLISPA
“I think what’s happening here is the genesis of ideas, a genesis of new ways of thinking.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ONuqhygb0 [dropcap2]T[/dropcap2]he weeklong Small Island Developing States (SIDS) conference in Apia, Sāmoa, brought people together from far...
Waiting for Weather
“The single greatest environmental issue of the 21st century is to protect these oceans so that it will protect life on earth.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjP00FsVq2w [dropcap2]H[/dropcap2]ōkūleʻa and Hikianalia have sailed more that 4,500 miles since departure...
Wyland Wall Pago Pago
“To be part of the voyage means everything to me.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX_xA2AROC0 [dropcap2]T[/dropcap2]he momentum of the Worldwide Voyage has inspired like-minded people from around the world to embrace the voyage. None, quite possibly, more visual than...
State of Canoes
“It’s amazing! The canoes have held up very, very well after about 4,000 miles.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0MyjG3tWnc [dropcap2]F[/dropcap2]resh, flown in crews from Hawaiʻi arrived at the dock in Pago Pago this morning to get to work on the canoes in...
Together Through The Weather
https://vimeo.com/104366284 Hōkūleʻa crew members face harsh weather on their voyage from Bora Bora to Rarotonga.
Ia Fenua ā te Vaʻa
“Our souls will journey with you Both of you On your voyage In the great ocean” https://vimeo.com/103391042 [dropcap2]T[/dropcap2]he crew of Faʻafaite honors Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia with the song Mālama Honua: Respect the Earth. In turn, we extend our sincerest...
Halfway There
“Got out of town on a boat Goin’ to Southern Islands Sailing a reach Before a followin’ sea” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-igvPJSyHw [dropcap2]A[/dropcap2]s Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia continue on to Pago Pago, we look back as they leave a wake of countless...
A New Source: Liberating the Nation
https://vimeo.com/102586865 Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer's book, No Mākou Ka Mana: Liberating the Nation, introduces a new perspective of Hawaiian history.
Maupiti Stone Fishing
https://vimeo.com/101990810 On the island of Maupiti, crew members experience the rarely seen technique of stone fishing, which is similar to paepae in Hawaiʻi. Were they lucky or did the big one got away?
An Ocean Laboratory
https://vimeo.com/101481039 Apprentice navigator Haunani Kane is one of the crew members engaging in science experiments onboard the waʻa.
Changing Tides
“When the responsibility falls upon your shoulders, and you have the skill sets to deliver good leadership, then you have to — it would be irresponsible not to — deliver good leadership.” https://vimeo.com/100765891 [dropcap2]W[/dropcap2]ith over 140,000 nautical...
The Star Compass
https://vimeo.com/100458346 Nainoa Thompson explains the Hawaiian star compass used for navigation and how it was designed.
Tautira Crew Change
”This is a way to say aloha to all of the families that have taken care of us.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND-wcrRjleo [dropcap2]H[/dropcap2]ōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are officially into the second leg of the voyage around the world. The first crew took these...
Mele No Hikianalia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9pfgwA6ca0 A look back at the voyage from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti onboard Hikianalia accompanied by an original composition by crew member Kaiwi Hamakua-Makue. Music & Lyrics by Kaiwi Hamakua-Makue
Te Fenua o Fare Hape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYb-Ih_zDd4 As Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia begin the next leg of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage from Tahiti to Sāmoa, we look back at the time spent in Fare Hape, a deeply sacred place that the crew was fortunate to visit.
Boom Te Heiva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22IzG5iwXPo During their time in Tahiti, crew members attend Heiva, a two-week long Tahitian dance competition, where they experienced song, dance, and storytelling.
Tautira Homecoming
“The village of Tautira embodies many of the values of Mālama Honua. The people here are fishermen and farmers. They live in balance with their natural environment. So the people here at Tautira have many lessons for us to learn.”...
Kālepa Logistics
https://vimeo.com/100371857 As one of the five Pwo Navigators from Hawaiʻi, Kālepa Baybayan has a lot of kuleana on this voyage, especially with regards to taking care of the crew logistics.
Propagating Peace Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knJ7AuO5RnQ Kalā Baybayan talks about their visit to Hamuto valley, a place of great significance to Sunny Moanaʻura Walker, a crewmember of Faʻafaite.
Nā Loea: The Masters | Lolena Nicholas: Lolena’s Legacy
https://vimeo.com/81062133 One hundred years after the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the government oppression of the native language and two generations of very few native speakers, the Hawaiian language was near extinction by the turn of the 20th century....
Punaauia: Real World Classroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvES7xmU_DU Crew members learn about the coral propagation and environmental protection efforts at Punaauia, Tahiti.
Partners at Work, Partners at Sea
https://vimeo.com/99793050 Crew members Lehua Kamalu and Jenna Ishii share their relationship as Polynesian Voyaging Society staff members on land and apprentice navigators at sea.
Fare Hape, Papenoʻo: Faʻafaite’s Valley
“The waʻa is our origin. It is why we are here in these islands.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw9VWdTenbQ [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi / Tahitian"] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no"...
Through the Eyes of Ancestors
“The kiʻi is an effigy of this generation taking hold of an ancient murmur.” https://vimeo.com/99772698 [dropcap2]B[/dropcap2]ound tight to Hōkūleʻa’s two manu hope are wooden figures or kiʻi symbolic of a long standing tradition among ancient Hawaiian canoe builders....
Crew Profile: Kaʻiulani Murphy
Navigation a heavy kuleana that a lot of us take seriously. The teachers that we have that invested their time in us are having faith that their students will maintain all that Hōkūleʻa has done up until now and continue that into the future....
Education for the Global Community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZfM5ct9NJU Kālepa Baybayan and daughter Kalā Baybayan talk about the roles of cultural exchange and educational outreach during their stay in Papeʻete, Tahiti as well as throughout their entire voyage.
Ua Hiti Ē: Tahiti Arrival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoP2kFr4hzA Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are welcomed to Papeʻete, Tahiti with a festive celebration.
Worth the Effort
https://vimeo.com/98608499 Though it can be a time consuming task, packing and labeling the sails are crucial steps for the voyage. The crew members explain how they did it and why the sails are important.
Navigating Time
Trying to navigate...it’s just a super humbling experience to be on that path. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM59wC_TkA The Worldwide Voyage is creating new opportunities and training for navigation and deep sea sailing. As apprentice navigators prepare for their...
Crew Profile: Haunani Kane
When you are an indigenous person, your answers are usually attached to some sort of experience, or doing something that will benefit your ʻohana, homes, or people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7qhEtgF4eU "There is a new wave in Hawaiʻi. It’s moving across these...
Crew Profile: Kaleo Wong
He hana nui, ʻaʻole ia he hana maʻalahi wale nō, he ʻike kapu kekahi. Navigation is hard work, and the knowledge is sacred as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMX8x9KwMUA ʻO Kaleo Manuiwa Wong koʻu inoa, no Koʻolaupoko Oʻahualua kēia kanaka. Ma hope o ka puka...
Crew Profile: Austin Kino
My sea legs are very short, but I just love learning. https://vimeo.com/98189297 My name is Austin Kino. I'm 25 years old, and I was born and raised in the valley of Wailupe on the south side of Oʻahu. Our family's really big on the ocean, specifically with canoe...
H2O to Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3O1xor673c Being out on the open ocean for an extended period of days requires lots of mathematical planning, especially with limited room for fresh water storage. "For the water that we load on board, we have allotted a gallon per...
Ka Piko o Wākea – ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
https://vimeo.com/97985300 [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] ʻO ke alanui polohiwa a Kāne ma ka ‘Ākau, ʻo ke alanui polohiwa a Kanaloa ma ka Hema, ʻo ke ala ‘ula a Kāne ma ka Hikina, ʻo ke alanui maʻawe ʻula a Kanaloa ma...
Into the Deep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnNddSUipnQ I really want to know that I did my absolutely best in staying awake, in being accurate, in remembering all the lessons. "A deep sea voyage, I would say is being away from the sight of land for any amount of days. It’s not...
Focusing on Tahiti
The ultimate goal is to teach us how are we going to feel and how to deal with that exhaustion...and still make safe decisions for your crew during the voyage. https://vimeo.com/97889742 "Whenever you go on a sail, each person is always given a different kuleana. Our...
Crew Profile: Jenna Ishii
I didn't really know about Hawaiʻi until I ended up moving...So I found Okinawa, which happened to be the place where Hōkūle'a arrived as her first stop in 2007, and that's how I started getting involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8anus0Nns0 "My name is Jenna...
Hawaiian Skies: Episode 2 | A Worldwide Movement
https://vimeo.com/108635495 The Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage is far more than a training opportunity for a new generation of navigators: itʻs a catalyst for a bigger movement towards a brighter future. Crew members discuss the mission of the voyage and everything...
Crew Profile: Lehua Kamalu
If you’re given this opportunity to learn and to practice that no one else in the world gets, I think you have to be understanding of that. https://vimeo.com/97793452 My name is Erica Lehua Kamalu. I always go by Lehua. I actually heard about it [the Worldwide Voyage]...
Sail-Abration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47HoIvBRbHI A look back to May 30, 2014 when Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia departed Palekai, Hilo for Tahiti on the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage.
Crew Profile: Jason Patterson
https://vimeo.com/97481200 Meet apprentice navigator Jason Patterson who is currently voyaging to Tahiti onboard Hōkūleʻa.
Connecting Relationships
The biggest reason why we're sailing around the world is because this earth is not on the right sail plan, and we’ve got to shift course. I think Hōkūle'a can be that catalyst, globally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATaT3mRF2Uo "I really feel that there is mana in...
E Ala Ē, Hikianalia!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr1eImhDU4k Hilo is the most eastern port in Hawaiʻi, making it the ideal location for Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia to stop at before departing Hawaiʻi on the Worldwide Voyage. The crews are welcomed by the community and given a priceless...
A Hui Hou E Hōkūleʻa
After years of training and preparation, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia left Oʻahu for Hilo, their final port before departing Hawaiʻi for the Worldwide Voyage, but not before a brief delay. "Waiting’s not bad, waiting is smart. And...
Nā Loea: The Masters | Keone Nunes: Ancestral Ink
https://vimeo.com/76655816 This is the story of traditional Hawaiian kākau (tattoo) artist, Keone Nunes, and the journey of cultural re-discovery inherent in kākau uhi (tattooing). The process of kākau uhi is one where the artist guides their subjects down a path of...
Improving Neighborhoods. Sustaining Education.
https://vimeo.com/94570204 All our investments, whether they’re in financial assets across the globe, whether they’re in commercial real estate in Hawaii, they’re all for the purpose of supporting education for Native Hawaiians Kamehameha Schools’ endowment exists to...
Fear of the Dream
After this voyage, one of the big hopes is that those of us that have been learning will be able to take the reigns. https://vimeo.com/96952326 The Worldwide Voyage leg to Tahiti has multiple levels of reconnection and perpetuates traditional navigational studies. By...
Weather Delay Out of Hilo
https://vimeo.com/96463435 “In the real-life sailing scenario, everything is driven by the weather, everything is driven by the wind,” said pwo navigator Kālepa Baybayan. This realistic aspect of voyaging is what delayed the crew’s send off for their leg our of...
Lei ʻO Hilo
Pēlā nō e hoʻomaka ai, ʻike maka i nā waʻa nā kanaka e holo ana, a laila hoʻomaka nā nīnau i loko o lākou “Pehea?” no laila ʻo ko mākou hana ma nā papahana i aʻo ʻia, ʻo ia ka paipai ʻana i nā keiki, [That is how it starts. The kids see for themselves and they become...
Balanced Meal
My kuleana as quartermaster is to inventory every single thing that passes the rails onto the canoe. https://vimeo.com/96246822 While the ladies have done their job of repacking the food that will go on the first two voyaging legs, it is now up to the guys to load it...
Lāhainā ʻAwa Ceremony
https://vimeo.com/95921268 The community of Lāhainā, Maui, welcomes the Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia crews on their first stop of the Worldwide Voyage.
Kau Ka Peʻa, Holo Ka Waʻa
May 17, 2014 marked the beginning of a new chapter for history here in Hawaiʻi. Hundreds gathered at the dock of the Marine Education Training Center, from which Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia, and their crew would bid farewell to Oʻahu for the last time as they embark on their...
Worldwide Voyage – Oʻahu Departure
https://vimeo.com/95635802 All those gathered at METC send off Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia with “Hawaiʻi Aloha” at the Worldwide Voyage Oʻahu Departure.
A Teacher on Land, A Student at Sea
Education is a core element of this voyage and trained educators will be on-board every leg of the journey. For the first international leg to Tahiti, Noelani Kamalu has taken on the big responsibility of this role. https://vimeo.com/95903121 "I believe one of the...
Navigational Trust
There’s a group of us that are navigating, and that brings our own set of challenges that are distinct from just one person navigating and carrying that burden. https://vimeo.com/95489995 "I was told, you got to ask yourself do you want to navigate? It’s a real deep,...
Jack Johnson, Paula Fuga, & Chucky Boy Chock: Nā Hoʻokele ʻŌpiopio
https://vimeo.com/96146376 With Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia making their way for another leg in the Worldwide Voyage, the Polynesian Voyaging Society reflects back on the many types of donations that have helped to spread the message of Mālama Honua thus far. "There are...
Worldwide Voyage Music Video: Mālama Honua
https://vimeo.com/95482561 In this Worldwide Voyage Music Video, Carlos Andrade sings "Mālama Honua."
Woldwide Voyage Music Video: Come Back Home
https://vimeo.com/95480894 In this Worldwide Voyage Music Video, Kīhei Nahale-a sings "Come Back Home."
OHA Kamana’opono Crabbe Press Conference
https://vimeo.com/95062932 OHA CEO Kamanaʻopono Crabbe held a press conference Monday in response to his letter regarding the state of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Mālama Honua Musicians: Mahalo Concert
https://vimeo.com/112763286 A full version of the Mālama Honua Mahalo Concert, featuring Jack Johnson, Paula Fuga and Chucky Boy Chock, held at Marine Education and Training Center on May 10, 2014. The concert concludes with an original song by Jack Johnson entitled,...
Ka Ipu a ka Hoʻokele
https://vimeo.com/95349550 I loko nō o ka hoʻomākaukau kino ʻana no huakaʻi holo puni honua ma luna o nā waʻa kaulua kaulana o Hawaiʻi nei, ua like a ʻoi aku paha ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana...
From Pō to Pwo: Chadd ʻŌnohi Paishon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khcyE41DoFk Pwo navigator Chadd ʻŌnohi Paishon shares how he was inspired by Herb Kane's vision for Hōkūleʻa during his early childhood.
Hoʻomā“kaukau”
With no refrigeration onboard the waʻa, majority of the crew’s meals consist of dried, packaged, or canned goods. But how do you supply a crew of thirty who will be out on the ocean for thirty days? https://vimeo.com/96132717 Thanks to Aunty Lita Blankenfeld and her...
Nā Loea: The Masters | Ed Wendt: The Great Heart of Waiokāne
https://vimeo.com/69568188 Fulfilling a soldier’s duty to preserve life, Edward Wendt personifies servant leadership with a tenacious resolve to fight for what is right. A Vietnam War veteran and a strong advocate for native Hawaiian rights, he used ancestral...
Hawaiian Skies: Episode 1 | History of Hōkūleʻa and Polynesian Voyaging
https://vimeo.com/86186617 An introduction to the storied Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa and its significance from the Hawaiian Renaissance to today.
ʻOhana Night
https://vimeo.com/91773154 Crew members’ families come together to learn about the Worldwide Voyage and leave with peace of mind that their loved ones are well-prepared.
Mele Murals: Waimea
https://vimeo.com/90588168 The Estria Foundation’s latest project, Mele Murals, was recently completed in the small town of Waimea on the island of Hawaiʻi. “Mele Murals is a series of murals that we are intending to do across all the islands. The larger goal is to...
Let’s Play Music! Slack Key with Cyril Pahinui & Friends
https://vimeo.com/71532612 2014 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winning Film Flanked by the steep Koʻolau mountains and the blue serenity of the Pacific waters, the humble town of Waimānalo has long been a gathering place for the best of Hawaiian music. It was here that Gabby...
Walking in Pauahi’s Footsteps
https://vimeo.com/90388483 “When we look at Pauahi, she left her legacy for us. And this is the same concept or idea that we want our students to think about as they are doing their legacy,” says Roy Alameida, a kumu at Kamehameha Schools, Hawaiʻi Campus. “Senior...
ʻImi Naʻauao 2014
https://vimeo.com/91770645 “At the very core of ʻImi Naʻauao is ʻOhana Waʻa. And I think at the very core of ʻOhana Waʻa are those who started Hōkūleʻa in the 70s. It's perpetuating, It's making sure that their legacy continues,” said Pōmai Bertelmann, a crewmember...
Nā Loea: The Masters | Mac Poepoe: Mālama Moʻomomi
https://vimeo.com/76657703 For locals on the rural Hawaiian island of Moloka‘i, the “ice box” isn’t just the refrigerator in their kitchens but the abundant ocean that still provides a main source of sustenance for that community; a community that has fought against...
Safety Training: Life Raft, PFDs, Flares
https://vimeo.com/89747038 The Worldwide Voyage crew gets ready for dangers on the open ocean by learning how to properly use the safety equipment on board.
Hawaiʻiloa: The Legend Returns
https://vimeo.com/90586521 On March 24, 2014, the traditional sailing canoe Hawaiʻiloa returned to the sea after more than a decade on land. Led by master canoe builder Uncle Jerry Ongies, a small, committed group of volunteers has worked tirelessly to accomplish this...
Hikianalia Crew Training
https://vimeo.com/89457484 “We're in continual process of crew training. And what we did today was kind of break up into our watches and the purpose for that was to familiarize ourselves and build that cohesiveness,” said Kealoha Hoe, a watch captain on Hikianalia....
Carving the Waʻa Community
https://vimeo.com/88952728 “I started to bring that canoe down here. The first year it was like, just rubber band together. And people said, ʻHo man! How are you going to repair this?ʻ Then we brought it last year, it was a little better, and today I have it here...
Honolulu Festival
https://vimeo.com/89054594 The Polynesian Voyage Society's booth at the 20th annual Honolulu Festival proved to be very popular as kamaʻāina and malihini connected with crew members as the Worldwide Voyage soon begins.
Makaliʻi: Canoe and Crew
https://vimeo.com/88832844 “The canoe is the mother. And the navigator is the father. And the crew members, that pretty much makes us all brothers and sisters. What makes Makali'i special is this relationship we have with each other.” This strong bond between canoe...
He ʻOhana na Hawaiian
https://vimeo.com/89155553 He mokulele hou ko Hawaiʻi nei nāna e kīkaha i nā pali o Koʻolau a e kuʻu ana i waena o ka ʻohana Molokaʻi, kahi i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ai ka maka mua o kēia lele ʻana. ʻOiai ʻo ka mua kēia o ko Molokaʻi kau ʻana aku i ua mokulele lā, he pilina...
Back Where She Belongs
https://vimeo.com/88841189 Thirty nine years after her launching at Kualoa in 1975, Hōkūleʻa returned to the ocean as she embarks on the Worldwide Voyage. The next dry dock will be in Aotearoa, and she will return to Hawaiʻi in 2017.
Announcement of Convention to Form the Hawaiian Nation
https://vimeo.com/88418763 The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will be funding and facilitating the process to build a Hawaiian nation, including electing delegates, convening delegates to develop a a governing document, and holding a referendum to approve proposed...
Mahiʻai Matchup 2014
https://vimeo.com/87239279 The Mahi‘ai Match-Up Business Plan Contest was created through a partnership between Kamehameha Schools and the Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation as a means to address Hawai‘i’s food security issues and increase food production for the local...
Nā Loea: The Masters Trailer
https://vimeo.com/88393731 Nā Loea: The Masters is an original film series by ʻŌiwi TV perpetuating kuanaʻike Hawaiʻi, or a Hawaiian worldview, through the engaging stories of a select group of masters whose lives represent an amazing body of cultural wisdom.
Navigating Towards Leadership
https://vimeo.com/88118666 Being out on the open ocean with no land in sight and having limited resources, can be a scary experience for most. But for an up and coming navigator, the scary part is learning how to become a leader in this kind of environment. “It was a...
Nā Loea: The Masters | Herbert Hoe: Food For The Soul
https://vimeo.com/76659539 Growing up in the ahupuaʻa of Hakipuʻu, Herbert Hoe learned from a young age the value of ʻohana and the ʻāina and the mutual dependence between the two. Following a career in the Honolulu Fire Department, Herbert recognized how the...
CRDP live wih Faʻafaite
https://vimeo.com/87623041 The third grade class from the Arue 2 School learn about Faʻafaite’s voyage to Hawaiʻi.
Holopuni Iā Hawaiʻi
https://vimeo.com/87529517 “When we went down to Kaʻū, we sailed and got to see all of the volcanoes, erupting and flowing into the ocean. I was on Hoʻokela, but, I have this beautiful image of Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia in the background with just this steam, of the...
Physical to Digital Outreach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sueae7bX3ZA “The goal is by March the canoes are ready to start sea trials and testing. So this last month is to try and get as many kids and teachers as possible to be a part of the outreach. Today was ʻIolani school, my alma mater....
Haleʻōlelo: Ka Haka ʻUla’s Home
https://vimeo.com/86669219 Ma hope o ke kanakolu a ʻoi makahiki o ke kōkua ma ka hoʻokele ʻana i kekahi o nā aukahi hoʻōla ʻōlelo ʻōiwi ikaika loa a puni ka honua, ua paʻa maila he home no ke koleke ʻo Ka Haka ʻUla ʻO Keʻelikōlani, ʻo Haleʻōlelo nō ia. After 30 years...
Pow! Wow! Hawaiʻi and PVS
https://vimeo.com/86644237 Pow! Wow! Hawaiʻi and 808 Urban team up to add artistic expressions on Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia.
Aʻo Hawaiʻi
https://vimeo.com/85985819 To teach the students, you have to engage the teachers first. And the teaches need to believe in what you are doing is meaningful and transformative. Aʻo Hawaiʻi is a partnership between the College of Education at UH-Mānoa, the Polynesian...
Island Scenics
https://vimeo.com/84442671
ʻŌiwi TV 2013 Year End Recap
https://vimeo.com/82604272 ʻŌiwi TV: Na Ka Hawaiʻi, No Ka Hawaiʻi. Blessed to be the eyes, ears and voice of this ʻāina aloha. Telling stories about our people, culture and traditions, and language and place, ensuring they ground us as we move forward into tomorrow....
Mālama Hawaiʻi 2013 Recap
https://vimeo.com/82524236 In 2013, Hōkūle'a and Hikianalia visited 33 communities on all islands, sailing 2,495 nautical miles and engaging more than 20,000 people.
Hawaiʻiloa: Rebuilding the Legend
https://vimeo.com/82602897
Haul Out for the Long Haul
https://vimeo.com/83720590 As the first international leg of the Worldwide Voyage quickly approaches, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are undergoing final preparations for their most ambitious journey to date. “This is actually the third dry dock we’ve done in preparation for...
Archiving for All
https://vimeo.com/81843906 “It’s like going into a worm hole and you- all of a sudden look up and it’s been four hours. But it’s really time well-spent.” Stacy Naipo, a former graduate and the new archivist of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama, has spent countless hours...
Punahou School Sail
https://vimeo.com/82337725 At the beginning of their school year, Punahou President, Dr. James Scott, challenged the faculty to incorporate Hōkūleʻa and her worldwide voyage as an extension of their classroom. “It’s a combination of Hawaiiana, global education,...
Kamehameha Schools Christmas Concert 2013: For A Peaceful World
Kamehameha Schools Kapālama presents its annual Christmas concert, "For a Peaceful World," from historic Hawaiʻi Theatre. A blend of traditional melodies and contemporary island favorites are sure to awaken your holiday spirit! Watch the full...
Maori TV Primer
https://vimeo.com/80435258 Launched in 2009, ʻŌiwi TV is the only all Hawaiian broadcast media network. Although our initiative is small, our native cousins, like those at Maori TV, have shown us just what our future can hold.
Modern Science, Traditional Platform
https://vimeo.com/78214055 As Hikianalia accompanies Hōkūleʻa on her Worldwide Voyage, their mission is to prove that old traditions are applicable in a modern context both here in Hawaiʻi and abroad. “The way that we’re trying to bridge that gap is we’re conducting...
Kamehameha Schools Christmas Concert 2012: Highlights
The Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Christmas Concert is almost upon us! Get in the holiday spirit and view some highlights from last year's Christmas Concert. This year's concert will be available on demand on ʻŌiwi TV Oceanic Digital Channel 326...
Papahānaumokuākea Cultural Briefing
https://vimeo.com/79731455 Learn about the cultural significance of Papahānaumokuākea (Northwest Hawaiian Islands).
Bridging Large Distances in “Distance Learning”
https://vimeo.com/78971125 “We take this traditional learning and we’re trying to document it in the digital world." - Pilimai Traub Over 30 miles from the nearest town, 5 miles away from their mailboxes, and down a road of twists and turns, lies the small village of...
Papahānaumokuākea GoPro Reel
https://vimeo.com/79365101 Check out GoPro footage of Papahānahumokuākea Marine National Monument, shot aboard the NOAA Hiʻialakai.
Life On The Edge
https://vimeo.com/78881021 Imagine rappelling off the side of the 310 foot-tall Sheraton Waikīkī Hotel. Now imagine performing that same feat in a wheelchair. Damon Boiser did just that to support the Special Olympics. "Damon raised $1200 for Special Olympics Hawaiʻi,...
Make A Wish
https://vimeo.com/78873463 “Make a Wish Foundation, primarily, their purpose is to grant wishes to children who have life threatening conditions to create a memorable experience that promotes positivity and hope,” said Aolani Kailihou, Wish Coordinator at Make-A-Wish...
Kamehameha Community Learning Center Coming to Māʻili
https://vimeo.com/78671350 On October 31, 1883, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop signed her will that established the Kamehameha Schools. Exactly 130 years later, her legacy continues at the groundbreaking ceremony for a future Kamehameha Community Learning Center in...
Hawaiian Airlines ʻOhana Fest
https://vimeo.com/78686963 "One of the reasons why we are having it here is because, our employees work really hard and this is an opportunity to thank them, and their families for being so supportive during the course of the year," said Debbie Nakanelua, Hawaiian...
A Promise to Children
https://vimeo.com/78787942 In the past six months, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia have sailed 2,500 nautical miles, visited 33 communities, and received more 60,000 volunteer hours of support during their Mālama Hawaiʻi journey. The most significant statistic, however, is...
Waimānalo Waters
https://vimeo.com/78231253 It means a lot to have Hōkūleʻa be here. First of all because they don’t represent people just coming, just navigators; they represent our lāhui. They embody the ʻike of our kūpuna. And they pretty much proved it. So I saw it as an...
Maori TV Kohanga
https://vimeo.com/78220728 As ʻŌiwi TV continues to grow and mature as THE native Hawaiian broadcaster, we were fortunate to spend some time with our cousins in Aotearoa, at Māori TV, working alongside them and seeing first hand how they have become a leader in this...
Hōkūleʻa’s First Visit to Lāʻie, Oʻahu
https://vimeo.com/77734905 Kūpuna, mākua, and keiki recently gathered at Hukilau Beach to greet Hōkūleʻa and her crew for their long-awaited first visit to Lāʻie. “There is so much aloha that the community has for Hōkūleʻa and for the whole idea of voyaging,” said...
Hōkūleʻa Arrives in Maunalua
https://vimeo.com/77651766 Hōkūleʻa was welcomed into Maunalua Bay at Kawaihoa by paddlers from Hui Nalu Canoe Club. After towing into the bay and dropping her sails and masts she made her way under a bridge to dock at Hawaiʻi Kai Towne Center where she was met by the...
Pacific Islands Leadership Program on Hōkūleʻa
https://vimeo.com/77171227 “We are all connected by the ocean. The Hōkūleʻa is symbolic of those ties, and I believe that Hōkūleʻa is the ambassador, not only for Hawaiians, but also to all other indigenous people from the Pacific,” said Claire Hiwahiwa Steele, a...
UH Mānoa Mural Protest
https://vimeo.com/77021075 Hundreds gathered this morning in front of Ka Leo's office at UH Mānoa in protest for a student's mural that was partially censored by the school. The mural was made as part of the Ka Leo Arts Festival and brought attention to the...
Hoʻokele Naʻauao: A Library Symposium
https://vimeo.com/76196959 “Ahu kupanaha iā Hawaiʻi ʻImi Loa,” proclaims Dr. Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa. “Bountiful is that new knowledge that brings great rewards.” A small group of Library and Information Science (LIS) students, called Nā Hawaiʻi ʻImi Loa, assembled a rather...
ʻOhana ʻIke: Preparing for College
https://vimeo.com/75908737 "ʻOhana ʻike means knowledge of the family. So the purpose of the program is to engage ʻohana, engage families, in the college planning process. Our goal for each child is that each child enrolls in a post-high institution of their...
Stewards of Kuleana Lands
https://vimeo.com/75622948 The kuleana of the Natural and Cultural Resource unit of Kamehameha Schools is to help provide guidance in how Kamehameha Schools cares for their natural and cultural resources “I’m humbled to think that I might be able to follow in the...
Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Nānākuli Visits Hōkūleʻa
https://vimeo.com/75932046 As Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia continued their journey along Oʻahu's Leeward Coast, the crew was greeted by the keiki of Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Nanakuli.
MA’O Organic Farms Connects with the Waʻa
https://vimeo.com/75834882 As Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia continued their journey along Oʻahu’s Leeward Coast, the crew was greeted by community members who long awaited their return. One group in particular, was MAʻO Organic Farms who welcomed the crew to their ʻāina...
ʻUkiʻuki – Kapalikū Schirman
https://vimeo.com/50193503 Kapalikū Schirman teaches us about the ʻukiʻuki plant.
Leeward Coast sees Long-term Benefits in Preschools
https://vimeo.com/75059713 Preschools on the Leeward coast foster an ʻohana-based learning environment that really ties that comfort of the household in a classroom setting, where students, families and educators grow as a community. “I always say: ‘whether it be...
Limahuli Garden and Preserve, Kauaʻi
https://vimeo.com/74964917 While on Kauaʻi, Hōkūleʻa crew members visited Limahuli Garden & Preserve.
Navigating Through Generations
https://vimeo.com/81863702 “I’m like the luckiest person on planet earth that has had, the Herb Kānes and the Mau Pialug and the Eddie Aikaus, and the greatest navigator that I know in my life is my father. My job is to do just a fraction of what they did for me for...
Mākua Valley
https://vimeo.com/75370636 After visiting each of the eight major Hawaiian islands on the Mālama Hawaiʻi leg, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia return to the Leeward coast of Oʻahu where Mākua Valley greeted them.
Flourishing Helumoa for a Flourishing Hawaiʻi
https://vimeo.com/74243288 “Niu Kupu ʻohiʻohi o Helumoa”, “The flourishing coconuts of Helumoa” was the theme for the rededication celebration of the new and improved Helumoa area in the heart of Waikīkī at the Royal Hawaiian Center. “About six years ago, we renovated...
Prophecy Fulfilled
https://vimeo.com/74148869 Artist: Kali Navales Song Title: Prophecy Fulfilled Duration: 3:38
Leave it on my Mind
https://vimeo.com/73981414 Artist: Ashley Lilinoe Song Title: Leave it on my Mind Duration: 3:36
Mele Haʻi Kupuna
https://vimeo.com/73984085 Artist: Kaumakaʻiwa Kanakaʻole Song Title: Mele Haʻi Kupuna Duration: 5:22
Kaʻupu Aloha
https://vimeo.com/73987263 Artist: Aaron Salā Song Title: Kaʻupu Aloha Duration: 3:26
Love Me Right
https://vimeo.com/73989163 Artist: Johnna Padeken Parel Song Title: Love Me Right Duration: 3:47
ʻAno ʻAi
https://vimeo.com/73898407 Artist: Kali Navales Song Title: ʻAno ʻAi Duration: 4:05
Wanting More
https://vimeo.com/73824716 Artist: Ashley Lilinoe Song Title: Wanting More Duration: 3:03
Kialoa’s Song
https://vimeo.com/73818263 Artist: Lehua Kalima Song Title: Kialoa's Song Duration: 3:05
Kuʻu Lei Awapuhi
https://vimeo.com/73727727 Artist: Lehua Kalima Sont Title: Kuʻu Lei ʻAwapuhi Duration: 3:35
Manaʻo Lana
https://vimeo.com/73357760 Artist: Kaumakaʻiwa Kanakaʻole Song Title: Manaʻo Lana Duration: 5:19
Leiana o Mānoa
https://vimeo.com/73368966 Artist: Aaron Salā Song Title: Leiana o Mānoa Duration: 4:59
Molokaʻi Jam
https://vimeo.com/73332221 Artist: Kaumakaʻiwa Kanakaʻole Song Title: Molokaʻi Jam Duration: 4:17
Fish and Poi: Lunch at the Loʻi
https://vimeo.com/72943148 “I Hawaiʻi nō no nā Hawaiʻi i ka ʻāina. We are who we are because of where we are. We are who we are because we associate and we grow from this land.” - Neil Hannahs Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, Top Chef’s Judge Hubert Keller, and Ming Tsai,...
Naʻu ʻOe
https://vimeo.com/73259877 Artist: Kali Navales Song Title: Naʻu ʻOe Duration 3:38
Kānaenae a ke Aloha
https://vimeo.com/73273314 Artist: Aaron Salā Song Title: Kānaenae a ke Aloha Duration 5:16
Makaliʻi Crew
https://vimeo.com/72466734 As Hōkūleʻa continues her journey throughout the paeʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, we mahalo the Makaliʻi ʻohana who have cared for our waʻa on Moku o Keawe. “The idea of building Makaliʻi came out after sailing on Hōkūleʻa. We decided that maybe it was...
ʻŌiwi TV Waʻa Training
https://vimeo.com/72446583 As Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia continue on their initial legs of this epic worldwide voyage, we at ʻŌiwiTV are honored to document this adventure. A, ʻoiai, ma ka hana ka ʻike, we are doing some training of our own to make sure that we are...
Hōkūleʻa Training at West Hawaiʻi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf-ZUKqaZVY While Hōkūleʻa is on her extended stay in West Hawaiʻi, the local voyaging community trains aboard Hōkūleʻa.
Hōkūleʻa Visits Miloliʻi: One of the Last Traditional Fishing Villages
https://vimeo.com/71619113 While in West Hawaiʻi, Hōkūleʻa and Makaliʻi crewmembers sailed to Miloliʻi, one of the last traditional fishing villages in Hawaiʻi! “He ʻōlelo kā kākou, ʻo ia hoʻi, he waʻa he moku, he moku he waʻa. Ma ia manaʻo, ʻike ʻia, ʻo ka waʻa, he...
ʻĀina Momona: Sustainable Molokaʻi
https://vimeo.com/71310136 As Hōkūleʻa docked in Kaunakakai harbor, crewmembers experienced sustainable life on Molokaʻi as they met with local residents around the island. “Just everyone that we met, kind of each person had their own mana to share their own stories....
Hula: A Way of Life
https://vimeo.com/71298451 Hula Preservation Society has conducted one-on-one oral histories and public panel discussions with over forty beloved hula elders throughout Hawaiʻi, resulting in over one thousand hours of priceless and valuable ʻike or knowledge. Become a...
A New-Old Way of Learning in Hawaiʻi
https://vimeo.com/70164164 Educators gathered for the first Culture-Based Education Conference that was recently held at the Convention Center to learn a new-old way to approaching education. Their goal is to integrate thousands of years of education in this 21st...
Hōkūleʻa sails to Molokaʻi
https://vimeo.com/70226017 “It’s always a special feeling, you know, it’s always a real special thing to greet Hōkūleʻa; to be able to have her in Kaunakakai, or on our ʻāina is a good thing.” says Hōkūleʻa crewmember, Penny Martin. Hōkūleʻa crewmember, Mahina Ross...
Nā Pua Noʻeau Lānaʻi Visits Hōkūleʻa
https://vimeo.com/70214616 Throughout the week that Hōkūleʻa was docked in Mānele Bay, community members of Lānaʻi and visitors alike were encouraged to visit the canoe, take tours, and learn about the vessel and its upcoming worldwide mission. One of the student...
Pūlama Lānaʻi Leadership Aboard Hōkūleʻa
https://vimeo.com/70211097 Pwo Navigator, Nainoa Thompson says that, “when we look at success of our organization we don’t see it as the lens that we do it in isolation. We look at other organizations, primarily non-profits that need to raise funds but are going to...
Mālama Hawaiʻi on Lānaʻi
https://vimeo.com/70075314 Pwo Navigator, Nainoa Thompson says that, “the importance of us being here is a number of reasons. For me, an agreement was with the community that we were going to create an opportunity to make sure that young people on Lānaʻi have an...
Navigation and Kahoʻolawe
https://vimeo.com/70001380 Hōkūleʻa Crewmember, Kaʻiulani Murphy says that, “Kahoʻolawe is part of our pae ʻāina and one of our really sacred sites, because of the connection with voyaging for one; Kealikahiki, the channel, and Kealaikahiki, the point. So whether it...
Mālama ʻĀina Field School
https://vimeo.com/69211394 The Mālama ʻĀina Field School in Nanakuli focuses on helping incoming 8th and 9th graders of Nanakuli to develop and enhance math, science and reading and writing skills, while engaging in outdoor, field activities. “This is a brand new idea...
Kohala Becomes a Field School for Grad Students and Residents Alike
https://vimeo.com/69059080 Kohala Archaeology Field Schools engages community about knowledge of wahi kupuna. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] He kuleana ko Nā Kula ʻo Kamehameha e mālama i ko kākou mau ʻāina a wahi...
Hakalama: Pūnana Leo’s Literacy Program
https://vimeo.com/66967255 Learn about the approach Pūnana Leo preschools are using to teach their students how to read as early as age four.
Hōkūleʻa: Her Farthest Journey Trailer
https://vimeo.com/69133578 Watch Hōkūleʻa: Her Farthest Journey on Thursday, June 27 @ 9pm on KHON2 and CW93.
Hawaiki Rising: The Early Years of Hōkūleʻa
https://vimeo.com/68429358 “My job on Hōkūleʻa has always been as documenter. I was always taking notes and writing stories. At the end, I had so much material and people had shared with me their manaʻo. And I realized that the last thing I had to do, as documenter,...
Hōkūleʻa: Her Farthest Journey
https://vimeo.com/68873321 Get ready for Hōkūleʻa’s farthest journey yet: around the world. Learn the history of the canoe and how the dream of circumventing the earth came to be.
ʻAi Pono Waʻa
https://vimeo.com/68743557 Hikianalia crew member Kealoha Hoe explains the process of cooking on board the waʻa with an emphasis on healthy eating.
Hilo To Māʻalaea
https://vimeo.com/68668635 Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia sail from Hilo on the island of Hawaiʻi to Māʻalaea on Maui.
Mahiʻai Match-Up: Calling All Farmers
https://vimeo.com/67928715 Kamehameha Schools is the largest private landowner in Hawaiʻi, with over 363,000 acres in its land holdings, including 181,000 acres in agriculture. The vision for these ag lands are to provide reliable food sources, local jobs, and a...
ʻImiloa: Voyaging to Global Knowledge
https://vimeo.com/68429510 “I loko o nā mea a pau, ʻelua ʻaoʻao i kēlā mea, kēia mea,” wahi a Kalepa Babayan, he Hope Luna Hoʻokele ma ʻImiloa. “Ka ʻaoʻao ʻepekema haole, ʻo ia ka ʻaoʻao noiʻi ʻana, eia naʻe, ko mākou ʻaoʻao, ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi, he pili ana kēlā i...
Mālama Hawaiʻi: First Leg of the Worldwide Voyage
https://vimeo.com/68415660 "This voyage launched over 2,000 years ago. This voyage is in the wake of extraordinary mariners, the worlds greatest explorers and voyagers of time, of the whole earth. We are children in that wake and we respect that." says Hōkūleʻa Pwo...
A Native Hawaiian Forest for Future Waʻa
https://vimeo.com/68349029 After taking part in proper protocol, Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia and the crew were prepared to start giving back through a reforestation project in Keauhou, Kaʻū on Hawaiʻi Island. “I think a lot of times, us as voyagers or surfers or canoe...
Calling All Educators: Culture Matters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMhlDhiXlgA Kamehameha Schools is inviting all educators to its first Culture-Based Education Conference and Hawaiian Education Summit to explore the value of culture in learning. "It’s looking at culture as a focus or lens through...
Why Launch from Hilo?
https://vimeo.com/68265053 Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia left Oʻahu and docked at Palekai, Hilo, on Hawaiʻi Island, where they will take off on the beginning of their Worldwide Voyage; But why Hilo? Pwo Navigator, Nainoa Thompson says that, "starting from Hilo, from the...
ʻAwa Ceremony at Palekai
https://vimeo.com/68190972 As Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia await their departure from Palekai in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, Keaukaha community members gathered with Hōkūleʻa crew and ʻohana for an ʻawa launch ceremony and at Palekai. "I think especially for us, on Oʻahu, were kind of...
Culture Based Education Conference Promo
https://vimeo.com/68094490 Kamehameha Schools is inviting all educators to its first cultural-based education conference and Hawaiian Education Summit to explore the value of culture in learning. The conference runs from July 8 to July 10 at the Hawaiʻi Convention...
What is Pūnana Leo?
https://vimeo.com/66970095 Learn about the Pūnana Leo Hawaiian medium education preschool system.
A Blessing of Naiʻa
https://vimeo.com/67490898 While sailing on Hikianalia in this perfectly blue ocean water, I hear sounds of excitement coming from the bow. I run up to the bow and there they are, a pod of at least seven dolphins paying us a visit. I stood there for a moment,...
Maui To Hawaiʻi
https://vimeo.com/67491397 Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia sail from Maui to Hawaiʻi.
Hōkūleʻa – Inspiring a Hawaiian Way of Life Around the World
https://vimeo.com/67359962 Hōkūleʻa, which sparked a cultural reawakening in Hawaiʻi, has embarked on yet another inspiring journey, this time around the world with Hikianalia. Their theme “Caring for Our Mother Earth” is what they hope to share with each community...
Sky High, Skin Deep
From Māori Television Air New Zealand's promotional video featuring the very tattooed Gin Wigmore's famous tune. But for our national carrier, we've found out it's not what's "under your skin" but what's on top that...
Teaching Chemistry Through Culture
https://vimeo.com/66687886 Learning by doing is a fundamental part of the Hawaiian culture and knowledge. According to the Principal of Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi High School, Lehua Veincent, “Our content courses such as science, math, English, and Hawaiian are taught...
Hōkūleʻa Worldwide Voyage Overview
https://vimeo.com/66678393 In 2014, Hōkūleʻa, will embark on a voyage around the world. Here is an overview of Hōkūleʻa and its upcoming voyage.
OHA Summits Build Positive Momentum Towards Hawaiian Self-Governance
https://vimeo.com/66293925 The Office of Hawaiian Affairs brought the big issues of self-determination and sovereignty of our Hawaiian people to the table last December at their first Kāmau A Ea summit. Community leaders discussed varying opinions to find solutions to...
Reconnecting Through Land-Based Education
https://vimeo.com/65856861 Acknowledging Kahalu'u-Keauhou as a historically important place of Hawaiian culture and leadership, Kamehameha Schools has prioritized its efforts to perpetuate this knowledge and expand land-based educational opportunities. “Here in...
OHA Presidential Appointment Project
https://vimeo.com/65783675 “Our voice to advocate for Native Hawaiian issues does not stop here in Hawaiʻi. Our political advocacy must extend out to the U.S. continent, to Washington D.C., and into the international arena regarding the United Nations.” says...
Civic Engagement: Kuleana at the Capitol
Many gathered to raise attention to bills that affect the Hawaiian community, namely SB 1171 and HB 224. SB 1171, a bill that allows for phased archaeological surveys, ultimately passed with a vote of 16 to 9 out of the...
He ʻOhana Kākou: Kamehameha Schools Maui ʻAha Mele 2013
Lee Ann DeLima, Poʻo Kula of Kamehameha Schools Maui, says that, “Kamehameha Schools Maui embraces Pauahis love for choral music. And this is really a Kamehameha Schools tradition, where we come together and...
Hawaiian Land Research Goes High Tech
https://vimeo.com/64860720 After three years of intense labor, OHA launched Kīpuka Database, a geographical information system (GIS), overlaying cutting-edge mapping technologies with valuable Hawaiian history and knowledge.
He Mahina Kūhelu ko ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
ʻAkahi a ʻāpono ʻia ka pila SB409 e ke kiaʻāina ʻo Neil Abercrombie i mea e hoʻolaʻa ʻia ai nō ka mahina ʻo Pepeluali, ʻo i aka mahina ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi kūhelu ma Hawaiʻi nei. Governor Neil Abercrombie signed SB409...
Huli Ka Lima I Lalo
“We are but servants of the land” is the mentality that thrives among the ʻĀina Ulu ʻohana. “It’s an old formula, which involves stewardship, sustainability, cultural practices that are meant to be at harmony with...
Voicing Concerns Against SB 1171
In light of the Hawai’i Supreme Court decision that halted the multibillion-dollar rail project, the State introduced legislation that would allow for archaeological inventory surveys or AIS to be done in phases instead...
Singing to the World
https://vimeo.com/122717311 Lanaʻi High and Elementary perform "Singing to the World" with an appearance by Jake Shimabukuro
Every Day is Earth Day
https://vimeo.com/121971603 Students from Lānaʻi High and Elementary School Perform an original composition by Matt Glickstien. "Every Day is Earth Day" do your part to Mālama i ka Honua.
Nānākuli will Nānā I Mua Toward Higher Education Opportunities
Having class at the beach or on the water is any student’s dream! For Nānākuli High School Juniors and Seniors this wasn’t a typical day at the beach as they took their Astronomy 110 course from Leeward Community College...
Get Activated! OHA Launches Kamakakoʻi Website
“What we’ve learned in the past decades, is that the success of our efforts, are strongest when we are clear about our causes and the solutions that we seek,” says Kamanaʻopono Crabbe, the CEO of the Office of...
Binding the Cord: Archaeology and Hawaiian Culture
At the 78th annual Society for American Archaeology meeting held in Honolulu, members of the Hawaiian community discussed the ongoing relationship between archaeology and culture. "In the very early days of archaeology...
E Ola Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Ma KTA
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ma kēia piha makahiki kanakolu o ke aukahi hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma lalo o ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo, ua ʻike ʻia ka nui o ke ola o ka ʻōlelo...
Merrie Monarch: Overall Pilina
No nā hālau e eo ana ka lanakila nui iā lākou ma ka Mele Manaka, mai ka mea lanakila ma ka 2012, a i ka mea mua loa i ka 1971, kahua ana kēia ʻoi kelakela i ka paʻu a hoʻoikaika mau. Wahi a Florence Koanui,...
E Mālama i ke Kai
E mālama i ke kai, hosted by the Pūnana Leo o Mānoa Hawaiian Language preschool, invites teams of students, community groups, and businesses to race in this inaugural regatta to raise money for and awareness of the...
Pāʻina Mele Manaka Style
ʻOiai he kahua hula nō paha ka mea e nana nui ʻia ma ka wā Mele Manaka, loaʻa nō nā ʻano hoʻolauleʻa like ʻole ma waho o kēlā i ʻō a i ʻaneʻi a ma Keaweua pū! E hoʻolaha mai i kāu hana leʻaleʻa no ka Mele Manaka ma o ka...
Hilo, A Hawaiian Language Mecca #MerrieMonarch
Within the town of Hilo, the Hawaiian language can be seen and heard everywhere from The Merrie Monarch at the Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium to the many shops fronting Hilo Bay. Our ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi thrives with the help of the...
Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani: He Kahua Hale Hou!
Wahi a kūpuna, ʻo ke kahua ma mua, ma hope ke kūkulu. Wahi a Kauka Larry Kimura, he polopeka ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo, “hana nui ka hoʻokele ʻana i kēia papahana nui. Ua ʻike ʻia ka ulu o ka papahana me ka...
Hula, Without Hawaiian It Wouldn’t Be The Same #MerrieMonarch
Hearing the Hawaiian language used in the context of hula is wonderful! Can you imagine hula without our ʻōlelo?? Kumu Hula Uluwehi Cazimero, Manu Boyd and Kalena Silva shares their manaʻo about the significance of ʻōlelo...
He Moʻokūʻauhau Hula
ʻOiai holo ana ka hoʻolauleʻa Mele Manaka no nā makahiki he 50, ua ʻike ʻia nō ka puka ʻana o nā hanauna hou o nā ʻohana ma nā hālau, a pēia pū nā hanauna hou o nā hālau kekahi. ʻO kekahi o nā hālau e hōʻea mai ana i ka...
Celebrating 30 Years of Hawaiian Language Revitalization
The ʻAha Pūnana Leo marks its 30th anniversary this year and this video speaks to their accomplishments in revitalizing ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi!
Merrie Monarch in Hilo My Hometown
Eia mai mākou ma Hilo kaona, kahi hoʻokahi i hiki ai ke hoʻokipa i nā kini a lehu a mālama i ka hoʻolauleʻa kaulana a puni ka honua ʻo ka Mele Manaka, a keu aku i kēia piha makahiki kanalima. Mai ka hoʻokūkū ʻumiʻumi, a i...
Two Ladies Kitchen, Too Good!
No trip to Hilo would be complete without a stop at Two Ladies Kitchen. Be sure to swing by this small shop on Kilauea Avenue before their famous strawberry mochi and other confectionary delights sell out! 274 Kilauea...
#MerrieMonarch: More Than a Competition
Wahi a Kumu Kalena Silva, kahi luna loiloi no ka Mele Manaka 2013, ʻo “kēia makemake o ka poʻe Hawaiʻi e hoʻokūkū, he mea kahiko loa, ʻaʻohe mea hou. Kēlā manawa, ʻano hoʻohenehene ʻana kekahi hālau i kekahi. E piʻi ai ka...
E Ola Nā Aliʻi: In memory of the Merrie Monarch
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] “Kapa ʻia kēia hanana no ka Mele Manaka, ʻo Kalākaua. ʻAʻole hoʻi he mau kaʻao, akā he mau aliʻi maoli nō. ʻO ia ke kumu; inā ʻaʻole lākou...
Mele Manaka 50 ma ʻImiloa
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"][spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] I loko nō o ka liʻiliʻi o ke kaona ʻo Hilo, nui ʻino nā wahi e kipa aku ai ma ka pule Mele Manaka... nā noʻeau hana lima, nā hale ʻāina a keu...
Early Childhood Education Sees Holomua
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ke hoʻoholomua ʻia nei nō ke kākoʻo ʻia o ka papahana hoʻonauao kamaliʻi ma lalo o ka ʻōnaehana mokuʻāina ma ka holomua o kēia mau pila SB...
Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi High School Hōʻike
The entire High School student body performed their version of "Keaomelemele," in the form of an opera, done entirely in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi! Eō mai e ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kamehameha Hawaiʻi! E like me ka mālama...
Community Leaders Oppose SB 1171
Community members voice their concerns about Senate Bill 1171. “I am here today to attend the meeting that was coordinated by The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, for a group of concerned Native Hawaiians individuals, and...
ʻĀina – Uncle Maka
https://vimeo.com/61941275 Uncle Maka talks about the importance of ʻāina.
Lihilihi Molina – Kaipoʻi Kelling
https://vimeo.com/61940668
On Board Hōkūleʻa: Bare Minimum Electronics
Adding on to the preparations for her Worldwide Voyage, Hōkūleʻa is geared up with basic radio equipment to communicate with her sister and escort vessel, Hikianalia. Both vessels will travel to Worldwide Voyage...
On Board Hōkūleʻa: How to Transfer Data at Sea
As Hōkūleʻa awaits its Worldwide Voyage, crew members onboard the escort vessel test out the marine WIFI; allowing the ʻŌiwiTV communication team on board to send back footage to air for all of us to view
Mana Maoli All-Star Kanikapila Mashup
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] He mea nui nā mele Hawaiʻi, keu hoʻi ka mālama ʻia ʻana o nā pilina hānauna ma o ka hoʻokani pila a hīmeni mele ʻana. Eia hoʻi, ua mālama...
Hōkūleʻa Is Ready To See The World
Ua pau kona hoʻomākaukau ʻia ʻana no ka holo kai, a i kēia manawa, ua hoʻi ʻo Hōkūleʻa i ke kai, e kali ana no kona huakaʻi loa, a puni ka honua. No nā ʻikepili hou aku e pili ana i ka World-Wide Voyage, a hahai iā mākou...
Hālau Pua Aliʻi ʻIlima
https://vimeo.com/60521903 Hālau Pua Aliʻi ʻIlima performs at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
https://vimeo.com/60298445 Hālau I Ka Wekiu performs at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Governor John Waiheʻe Speech
https://vimeo.com/60301235 Governor John Waiheʻe gives a speech at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Kanaʻiolowalu Songbook
https://vimeo.com/60303208 Kenneth Makuakāne, Jeff Rasmussen and Alden Levi perform songs from the Kanaʻiolowalu songbook at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Nāpua Greig
https://vimeo.com/60301242 Nāpua Greig performs at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī and Closing
https://vimeo.com/60298441 The audience along with musicians sing Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī at the closing of Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Mohala Pono Ē
https://vimeo.com/57979452 Composed by Brickwood Aluteria, Natalie Ai Kamauʻu sings Mohala Pono ē at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Tui Z Poem
https://vimeo.com/60298314 Tui Z recites a poem at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Hālau Kū Mana Hula
https://vimeo.com/60288070 Hālau Kū Mana performs at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Roland Cazimero
https://vimeo.com/60301237 Roland Cazimero performs at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Hālau O Ke ʻAʻaliʻi Kū Makani
https://vimeo.com/60301233 Hālau O Ke ʻAʻaliʻi Kū Makani performs at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Governor John Waiheʻe Closing Speech
https://vimeo.com/60298443 Governor John Waiheʻe gives a closing speech at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Lehua Kalima
https://vimeo.com/60301232 Lehua Kalima performs at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Kalani Akana Oli for Queen
https://vimeo.com/60298316 Kalani Akana performs an oil for Queen Liliʻuokalani at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Natalie Ai Kamau
https://vimeo.com/60298442 Composed by Brickwood Aluteria, Natalie Ai Kamauʻu sings Moahala Pono ē at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
ʻAi Pōhaku
https://vimeo.com/60298331 ʻAi Pōhaku performs at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Nā Palapalai
https://vimeo.com/60298444 Nā Palapalai performs at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Travis T Poem
https://vimeo.com/60298332 Travis T. recites a poem at Huliāmahi at ʻIolani Palace. Sponsored by Kanaʻiolowalu.
Hoʻomau 2013: 11 Pūnana Leo & Kula Kaiapuni Immersion Schools Perform
Nā Pūnana Leo Hoʻomau 2013: Pūnana Leo o Honolulu Hoʻomau 2013: Pūnana Leo o Koʻolauloa Hoʻomau 2013: Pūnana Leo o Koʻolaupoko Hoʻomau 2013: Pūnana Leo o Mānoa Hoʻomau 2013: Pūnana Leo o Waiʻanae Nā Kula Kaiapuni Hoʻomau 2013: Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue Hoʻomau...
Hoʻomau 2013: Pūnana Leo o Honolulu
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
Hoʻomau 2013: Pūnana Leo o Koʻolauloa
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
Hoʻomau 2013: Pūnana Leo o Koʻolaupoko
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
Hoʻomau 2013: Pūnana Leo o Mānoa
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
Hoʻomau 2013: Pūnana Leo o Waiʻanae
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
Hoʻomau 2013: Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
Hoʻomau 2013: Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Hauʻula
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
Hoʻomau 2013: Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Nānākuli
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
Hoʻomau 2013: Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Pūʻōhala
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
Hoʻomau 2013: Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo S.M. Kamakau
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
Hoʻomau 2013: Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Waiau
As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, we supported our Hawaiian language immersion schools on Oʻahu at their 25th annual Hoʻomau concert and fundraiser. 11 Pūnana Leo and...
E Ola Mau ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ma ke Ao Pāpaho
Thirty years ago, we were celebrating the opening of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo. Since then we’ve seen much success in the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, especially today. SB 1235 was introduced and passed through...
“He Kēkelē Hawaiʻi Mai Nā Kūpuna Mai:” Introducing Dr. Larry Kimura!!!
Ua kamaʻāina loa kēia maka i waena o ko ke kaiāulu Hawaiʻi, he kupa o ia ʻohana kaulana no Waimea, ʻo nā Lindsey nō hoʻi. He pou paʻa o ke aukahi hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no kēia mau makahiki 30 a ʻoi, he haku mele laha a...
OHA Drafts Bill For Hawaiian Immersion Students
Immersion students rally in support of OHA's SB410 and HB224. Nā moʻolelo i pili i kēia wikiō (Stories relating to this video); Hawaiʻi State Assessment Lost In Translation Testing Discrimination [spb_tabs width="1/1"...
North Shore Field School
Millions flock to Oʻahu’s North Shore each year to catch the best of big wave surfing. Along the way, they pass an ancient hidden treasure – Kupopolo Heiau. But now, a partnership between Kamehameha Schools and the...
Hoʻomau 2013
Hoʻomau 2013 [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] https://vimeo.com/58425036 [/spb_tab] [spb_tab title="English"] https://vimeo.com/58423992 [/spb_tab] [/spb_tabs] As we celebrate...
Pōhaku – Billy Fields
https://vimeo.com/58206362 Billy Fields teaches us the importance of pōhaku in Hawaiian culture.
Piko – Kaua Newman
https://vimeo.com/58207378 Kaua Newman teaches us about the kalo variety, piko.
Huli-Ā-Mahi Celebration at ʻIolani Palace
Huli-Ā-Mahi Celebration at ʻIolani Palace on January 20, 2013
#IdleNoMore Hawaiʻi, Label GMO & Pounding Kalo
Hawaiians were protesting at the State Capitol Wednesday through marching, rallying and even through pounding taro. Why were Hawaiians at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol on the opening day of legislator marching, rallying, and...
Idle No More
The open of the 2013 Legislature revealed the commitment of Hawaiʻi coming together as a people and as generations of Aloha ʻĀina who will be idle no more. "The sun just starts to puka through the horizon and then as it...
He Lā Pūnana Leo
https://vimeo.com/57101106 Experience a day in the life of a Pūnana leo keiki.
Hōkūleʻa Statewide Sail 2012 – Waiheʻe, Maui
https://vimeo.com/56832603 On their statewide sail Hōkūleʻa crew visit the Waiheʻe Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge while on Maui. Here they assist with replanting native ʻakiʻaki grass and remember their connection to the land.
Kakaʻako Night Market
Each month, hundreds are drawn to Kaka’ako for the latest food, entertainment, and shopping from local vendors as the area is transformed for the Night Market. "It’s cool. It’s got a really great vibe. The Pinch of Salt...
“Kanakaloka” – Nā keiki o Pūnana Leo o Mānoa
https://vimeo.com/55989195 Hiki mai ʻo Kana Kaloka Mai ka ʻāina hau anu, Lele mai i Hawaiʻi Me nā kia punahele (Hui) Kani mai nā pele e, Kani ʻoli, kanikē, Kani mai nā pele e Mele Kalikimaka He mau maka ʻoluʻolu, ʻUmiʻumi pūhuluhulu, Paʻalole ʻulaʻula, ʻOia nō ʻo Kana...
2012 “Bring Us Light” Christmas Concert
Kamehameha Schools Annual Christmas Concert "Bring Us Light" The Christmas concert includes performances from the children of Kamehameha Elementary School, High School Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Drill Team, Hawaiian Ensemble, and the Concert Glee Club. ...
2012 OHA Trustee Investiture
"E ʻauamo i ke kuleana e kūkulu i ke kahua - Let us carry the kuleana of building the nation," was the rallying call at the 2012 Office of Hawaiian Affairs' Trustee Investiture Ceremony. The gathering was an opportunity...
Kou – Keoni Kuoha
https://vimeo.com/51329065 Keoni Kuoha teaches us about the kou tree.
Hawaiian Leaders Work Together Toward Self-Governance
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs hosted the first of a three-series summit to bring leaders within our Hawaiian community together to discuss strategies towards self-determination. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first...
Department of Native Hawaiian Health of JABSOM Turns 10
JABSOM’s Department of Native Hawaiian Health, serving our community for 10 years. for more information on OHA, visit: http://www.oha.org for more information on the Department of Hawaiian Health,...
Six Eighty: Creating an Urban Community
Visit the Six Eighty website for more information. Six Eighty Ala Moana Boulevard is the first major project of the Kamehameha Schoolsʻ 15-year “Our Kakaʻako” redevelopment plan. The project will transform the Kaka’ako...
Kekuewa Kikiloi’s Doctoral Defense
Through his Doctoral Defense, Kekuewa Kikiloi explains the reason why Native Hawaiians build temples in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. For the full presentation Click Here Ma kāna kūpale pepa laeʻula, hōʻike mai ʻo...
Kikiloi’s (Entire) Doctoral Defense: Kūkulu Manamana
Kūkulu Manamana: Ritual Power and Religious Expansion in Hawaii. The Ethnohistoric and Archaeological Study of Mokumanamana and Nihoa Islands.
OHA Puʻuhonua Summit: Place of Refuge
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Department of Public Safety give families a cultural-based alternative in the criminal justice system as they define the meaning and purpose of Puʻuhonua. Ua mālama ʻia kahi hālāwai...
Northwest Hawaiian Islands Trailer
https://vimeo.com/53175787 There’s been a long history of reef surveys in the northwestern Hawaiian islands, yet almost all have been restricted to the upper 100 feet because of the dangers of breathing air in lower depths. An ʻŌiwi TV film crew joined a NOAA research...
Hoʻokele: Developing Leaders in Public School Education
Kamehameha Schools' Hoʻokele Leadership Program intends to help DOE schools in the Maui County to navigate their way through education with a sense of place. This process includes building relationships among themselves,...
WOW Farm: The Future of Mahi ʻai
With plans to increase the amount of farmers, WOW Farm owner, Mike Hodson, and his ʻohana has created a model for the future of mahi ʻai for the working class families of the Waimea Homestead. [spb_tabs width="1/1"...
Waimea: A Model for the State
Governor Neil Abercrombie and other state entities, such as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, visited Waimea for discussion led by WOW Farm owner, Mike Hodson, on a self-sustainability initiative dealing with...
He Au Hou: A New Beginning
With the welcoming of a new Headmaster and High School Principal, Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi is excited to see an increase of Hawaiian language and culture in and out of the classroom. [spb_tabs width="1/1"...
Saving the Native Forests with OISC
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Hōʻike mai ko ka Oʻahu Invasive Species Committee i ʻelua hana e kōkua ai i ka mālama wai a mālama ululāʻau ʻōiwi, i mea e mau ai kēia mau...
Sustaining the Continuum of Inter-generational Knowledge: Mahina Paishon-Duarte at #TEDxManoa
Mahina Paishon-Duarte hails from O'ahu a Lua and currently serves as Paepae o He'eia's Board President. As the organization's first executive director, Mahina and her core leadership team transitioned the...
Creativity’s Visual Voice – Indigenous Wisdom In Bold Color: Maile Meyer and Meleanna Meyer at #TEDxManoa
A tireless enthusiast for constructive and creative change in community, Meleanna loves to work to envision ways to make positive inroads wherever there is a need or call for positive change. A visual artist,...
Mau a Mau – Continuum: Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele and Kekuhi Kanahele at #TEDxManoa
Pualani Kanakaole Kanahele was born in Keaukaha, Hawai'i and is of pure Hawaiian descent. She is a Kumu Hula, a master hula teacher, and is an accomplished writer, researcher, educator, community leader and public...
ʻĀina-Based Learning in the 21st Century: Brandon Ledward at #TEDxManoa @KSNews
Born and raised in Kailua, O'ahu, Brandon developed a love for the 'āina and kai (land and sea) that continues to inform his work as the manager of the 'Āina-Based Education Department at Kamehameha Schools (KS). In...
The Poetry of Us: Kealoha at #TEDxManoa
Kealoha is the first Poet Laureate of Hawai`i. As an internationally acclaimed poet and storyteller, he has performed throughout the world -- from the White House to the `Iolani Palace, from Brazil to Switzerland. He...
Eia Tita, Kou Kalipa: Waiʻaleʻale Sarsona at #TEDxManoa @KSNews
Waiʻaleʻale Sarsona is a native Hawaiian woman born and raised in Waimānalo. She is a Hawaiian Immersion Charter School parent and past director of Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M. Kamakau, public charter school. Currently she...
Maka Maoli – Storytelling On A Screen Beyond Stereotypes: Lisette Flanary at #TEDxManoa
An independent filmmaker and a hula dancer, Lisette creates documentary films that celebrate a modern renaissance of the hula and Hawaiian culture. She is the writer, producer and director of Lehua Films and her...
ʻŌiwi TV – The Future of Television: Nā’ālehu Anthony at #TEDxManoa
Naalehu Anthony is a native of Kaʻaʻawa and the owner of Palikū Documentary Films, a production company that concentrates on documentaries and oral histories with a special focus on Hawaiʻi and it's people. He has a...
Hawaiʻi’s Legacy of Literacy: Puakea Nogelmeier at #TEDxManoa @UHManoaNews
Puakea Nogelmeier is a Professor of Hawaiian language at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa, where he has taught for 28 years. His BAs in Hawaiian language and Anthropology, his MA in Pacific Islands Studies and PhD in...
Balancing Cultural Consciousness and Robust Retail with Kamaʻāina Focus: Manu Boyd at #TEDxManoa
Manu Boyd serves as cultural director at Royal Hawaiian Center at Helumoa, a Kamehameha Schools property that generates revenues to support education. A graduate of Kamehameha and UH Mānoa's Kamakakū-okalani Center...
Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke – Thinking Before and Knowing Beyond: Aaron Salā at #TEDxManoa
Accomplished as a vocalist, pianist, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and music scholar, Aaron J. Salā is the consummate musician. In addition to his collaborations with a tremendous range of artists from...
Ola (i) Nā Moʻolelo – Living Moʻolelo: Brandy McDougall at #TEDxManoa
Born and raised on Maui, Brandy Nālani McDougall is of Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiʻi, Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi lineages), Chinese and Scottish descent. She is the author of a poetry collection, The Salt-Wind, Ka Makani Paʻakai...
Moʻolelo Refigured – Developing a New Hawaiian History Textbook: ʻUmi Perkins at #TEDxManoa @KSNews
ʻUmi Perkins teaches Hawaiian History at the Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama, a private, preparatory school for native Hawaiian students in Honolulu. He is also a lecturer in Political Science at Windward Community...
It’s Naʻau or Newa – The Maoli Arts Movement: Noelle Kahanu and Vicky Takamine at #TEDxManoa
Noelle Kahanu was born, raised, and educated in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Following graduation from the William Richardson School of Law (1992), Noelle served as Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for 5...
Restoring Hawaii’s Natural History…Before It Is History: Rick Barboza at #TEDxManoa
Graduate of Kamehameha School (1993); Rick obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Zoology from the University of Hawai'i (1999), with a primary focus on Hawaii's natural history & the conservation of native...
New Old Wisdom: Al Lagunero at #TEDxManoa
Al Lagunero was born in 1945 and graduated from Farrington High School. He furthered his art education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Arizona State University, and the San Francisco Art Institute. Al's...
Hawaiʻi’s College of Pharmacy
With accreditation on the line, the UH Hilo College of Pharmacy, which is also the only College of Pharmacy in the entire Pacific region, hopes to get funding from the State Legislature for the construction of a...
OHA Trustee-At-Large Candidate Forum
ʻAhahui o Hawaiʻi at UH Richardson School of Law hosted a forum with the candidates for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Trustee-At-Large. The two-hour forum covered major issues facing Native Hawaiians and OHA. The...
Kamehameha Kapālama Seniors Give Back Through Mālama ʻĀina
Inspired by Hilo's very own mālama ʻāina guru, Bradda Skibs, Kamehameha Kapālama seniors give back to their own communities. Ua hoʻolauleʻa nā haumāna puka o Ke Kula ʻo Kamehameha Kapālama i ko lākou makahiki hope ma o ke...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Behind The Lens at Papahānaumokuākea
You've seen the many stories put forth on this journey of the places and people of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Now take a step behind the lens of the camera and witness the journey from the experiences of...
Hawaiʻi Premier of “Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings”
With a passion for creating and recreating unique compositions, Hawaiʻi's own Jake Shimabukuro has become the most famous ʻukulele player in the world. His film, entitled "Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings,"...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Life On Board Hiʻialakai
The NOAA ship Hiʻialakai functions as its own floating city, requiring the expertise of the various crew members and researchers on board to ensure a safe and successful mission, especially when voyaging and conducting...
Congratulations To All 2012 Molokaʻi Hoe Finishers
This past weekend was the 60th annual Molokaʻi Hoe and ʻŌiwiTV was there to cheer the finishers in. Congratulations to all finishers.
Koʻokoʻolau – Kīhei Nahale-a
https://vimeo.com/51251472 Kihei Nahale-a teaches us about the koʻokoʻolau plant.
ʻŌhā Wai – Sebastian Marquez
https://vimeo.com/51251477 Sebastian Marquez teaches us about the ʻōhā wai plant.
Nā Mea Hawaiʻi are Now Being Labeled
Supporting local now has a new look with Nā Mea Hawaiʻi's labeling system. “I’m excited because it’s part of a trend. People want to buy local, you can’t buy any more local than buying something made- maoli made with...
Senator Akaka Leaves a Legacy of Hawaiian Leaders
Hundreds attended CNHA's 11th annual Native Hawaiian Convention to discuss ideas for more moving forward as a people building on the work accomplished by those who came before us. And Senator Akaka is one of those very...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Shark Tagging
Sharks and other apex predators are vital in maintaining the health of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. These larger predators help to maintain healthy populations of fish and other animal life to...
ʻŌiwiTV “Na Ka Hawaiʻi” Instagram Contest
Win a FREE "Na Ka Hawaiʻi, No Ka Hawaiʻi" ʻŌiwiTV t-shirt. to win: 1) Pictures must be taken on your phone or mobile device. 2) Photo must depict what "Na Ka Hawaiʻi" means to you. 3) Must be hash tagged with #nakahawaii,...
ʻŌIWI TV away AT SEA FOR 25 DAYS
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Huakaʻi aku ko ʻŌIWI TV a me PALIKŪ DOCUMENTARY FILMS i Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument ma ka moku ʻo Hiʻialakaʻi no 25 lā...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: A Marinerʻs Heart
A poem by Brian Chandler that takes you through life on board the open oceans. Original Song by Carmen Greto Video shot and edited by Justyn Ah Chong
Senator Akaka Speaks at the Native Hawaiian Convention
At this years annual Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) Convention, outgoing U.S Senator Daniel Akaka addressed convention goers with words of encouragement and hope for the future of Native Hawaiians.
Hawaiʻi’s Youth is Taking the Kuleana of Voting into Their Own Hands
Historically, Hawaiʻi has had the worst voter turnout in the Nation. However, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is hoping to stop that trend. “Our campaign title says it all, “I mana ka leo”, there’s power in our voice,”...
I Mua e Kamehameha ma ke Aʻo Hawaiʻi
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="English"] After 20 years of planning, Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama celebrated the grand opening of their new Hawaiian cultural center. “Our...
What is Bio-Control?
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua lohe mua ʻoe no ke KĀOHI MEAOLA? Ma ka lā 25 o Kepakemapa, no ka Hawaiʻi...
Hawaii Bottom Voter
With Hawaiʻi being one of the lowest voting states in the Nation, it's time we take active roles in government. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="Politics"] During this time of the...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Reaching New Depths
Diving to new places where no human eyes have seen, brings new information and hope for the main Hawaiian Islands. The aquatic ecosystems in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument are beginning to thrive and flourish...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Living and Loving the Ocean
Science cruises to Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument require a very skilled and dedicated crew to ensure a successful and safe journey. Meet some of the crew of Hiʻialakai
Testing Discrimination
Hawaiian Immersion administration, faculty and staff gather to discuss civil rights violations within the HSA testing. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] The purpose of the...
Hawaiʻi State Assessment Lost In Translation
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Hoʻomau aku nō ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Hawaiʻi Mokuʻāina e unuhi i ka HSA ma hope o 10 makahiki. ʻOiai ʻo Hawaiʻi mokuʻāina ka mokuʻāina...
ʻOhe – Keoni Kuoha
https://vimeo.com/50195850 Keoni Kuoha teaches us about the ʻohe plant.
Naupaka Kuahiwi – Rick Barboza
https://vimeo.com/50192952 Rick Barboza teaches us about the naupaka kuahiwi plant.
ʻAwapuhi – Kapalikū Schirman
https://vimeo.com/50193188 Kapalikū Schirman teaches us about the ʻawapuhi plant.
Hoʻolauna – Kapalikū Schirman
https://vimeo.com/50193191 Kapalikū Schriman introduces us to Papahana Kualoa.
Kahua – Kīhei Nahale-a
https://vimeo.com/50192612 Kīhei Nahale-a teaches us about building kahua.
Moi ʻOhana – Kaipoʻi Kelling
https://vimeo.com/61940669 Kaipoʻi Kelling teaches us about moi ʻohana.
Niu – Kīhei Nahale-a
https://vimeo.com/50192615 Kīhei Nahale=a teaches us about niu.
Hala – Kīhei Nahale-a
https://vimeo.com/50192610 Kīhei Nahale-a teaches us about the Hala plant and explains its uses.
Hala Pepe – Sam ʻOhu Gon
https://vimeo.com/50195315 Sam ʻOhu Gon teaches us about the hall pepe plant.
Loulu – Rick Barboza
https://vimeo.com/50192951 Rick Barboza teaches us about the loulu plant.
Pāpala Kēpau – Kapalikū Schirman
https://vimeo.com/50193506 Kapalikū Schirman teaches us about pāpala kēpau plant.
Maiʻa – Kapalikū Schirman
https://vimeo.com/50193193 Kapalikū Schirman teaches us about the maiʻa tree.
Kokiʻo Kea – Kapalikū Schirman
https://vimeo.com/50193192 Kapalikū Schirman teaches us about kokiʻo kea.
Hao – Rick Barboza
https://vimeo.com/50192950 Rick Barboza teaches us about the hao plant.
Pōhaku – Mahealani Bambico
https://vimeo.com/50195851 Mahealani Bambico teaches us about multiple uses of pōhaku.
ʻŌhiʻa Lehua – Sam ʻOhu Gon
https://vimeo.com/50190900 Sam ʻOhu Gon teaches us about the ʻōhiʻa lehua.
ʻĀlaʻa – Rick Barboza
https://vimeo.com/50192948 Rick Barboza teaches us about the ʻālaʻa tree.
Hau – Mahi LaPierre
https://vimeo.com/50195316 Mahi LaPierre teaches us about the hau plant.
A Huge Celebration for Kamehameha Schools and Aloha Festivals
Bands marched while floats paced their way through the rows of thousands of people that lined up at the sidewalks of Waikīkī to celebrate this year’s Aloha Festivals Floral Parade. Aside from all the entertainment...
Kukui – Hiʻilei Kawelo
https://vimeo.com/50174380 Hiʻilei Kawelo teaches us about the kukui plant.
ʻAiea – Rick Barboza
https://vimeo.com/51251479 Rick Barboza teaches us about the ʻAiea plant.
Uahi a Pele – Anthony Deluz
https://vimeo.com/58206360 Anthony Deluz teaches us about the kalo variety, uahi a Pele.
Palapalai – Pueo Pata
https://vimeo.com/50187772 Pueo Pata teaches us about the palapalai fern.
Loʻi: Irrigation – Kīhei Nahale-a
https://vimeo.com/50191951 Kīhei Nahale-a explains the irrigation system at Waipao.
Hāpuʻu – Rick Barboza
https://vimeo.com/50188513 Rick Barboza teaches us about the hāpuʻu plant.
ʻOʻopu Kai – Anthony Deluz
https://vimeo.com/58206357 Anthony Deluz teaches us about the kalo variety, ʻoʻopu kai.
Koa – Kīhei Nahale-a
https://vimeo.com/50192614 Kīhei Nahale-a teaches us about koa.
Wauke – Pueo Pata
https://vimeo.com/50187773 Pueo Pata teaches us about the wauke plant.
ʻŌhiʻa ʻAi – Rick Barboza
https://vimeo.com/50188514 Rick Barboza teaches us about the ʻōhiʻa ʻai tree.
ʻAlaʻalawainui – Sam ʻOhu Gon
https://vimeo.com/50191952 Sam ʻOhu Gon teaches us about the ʻalaʻalawainui plant.
Carex – Sebastian Marquez
https://vimeo.com/50175920 Sebastian Marquez teaches us about the carex plant.
Kalo – Kealoha Domingo
https://vimeo.com/50188809 Kealoha Domingo teaches us about the kalo plant.
ʻĀkōlea – Sebastian Marquez
https://vimeo.com/50175921 Sebastian Marquez teaches us about the ʻākōlea plant.
ʻĀkia – Hiʻilei Kawelo
https://vimeo.com/50173925 Hiʻilei Kawelo teaches us about the ʻākia plant.
Loʻi: Hāloa – Kīhei Nahale-a
https://vimeo.com/50191953 Kīhei Nahale-a explains the Hawaiians connection to land through Hāloa.
ʻAʻaliʻi – Rick Barboza
https://vimeo.com/50192945 Rick Barboza teaches us about the ʻaʻaliʻi plant.
Maua – Sebastian Marquez
https://vimeo.com/50175917 Sebastian Marquez teaches us about the maua plant.
Maʻohauhele – Kapalikū Schirman
https://vimeo.com/50193504 Kapalikū Schirman teaches us about the maʻohauhele flower.
Maile – Pueo Pata
https://vimeo.com/50187770 Pueo Pata teaches us about maile.
ʻIlima – Mahi LaPierre
https://vimeo.com/50177348 Mahi LaPierre teaches us about the ʻilima plant.
ʻElepaio – Kaipoʻi Kelling
https://vimeo.com/61940666 Kaipoʻi Kelling teaches us about the kalo variety, ʻelepaio.
Lama – Keoni Kuoha
https://vimeo.com/50189510 Keoni Kuoha teaches us about the lama plant.
Mana – Kaua Newman
https://vimeo.com/58207390 Kaua Newman teaches us about the kalo variety, mana.
Pāpala – Kapalikū Schirman
https://vimeo.com/51251471 Kapalikū Schirman teaches us about the pāpala plant.
Pūkiawe – Kapalikū Schirman
https://vimeo.com/50193502 Kapalikū Schirman teaches us about the pūkiawe plant.
ʻUki – Sebastian Marquez
https://vimeo.com/50175915 Sebastian Marquez teaches us about the ʻuki plant.
Kō – Kīhei Nahale-a
https://vimeo.com/50192613 Kīhei Nahale-a teaches us about the kō plant.
ʻUlu – Keoni Kuoha
https://vimeo.com/50189509 Keoni Kuoha teaches us about the ʻulu tree.
ʻIliahi – Sam ʻOhu Gon
https://vimeo.com/50190903 Sam ʻOhu Gon teaches us about the ʻiliahi tree.
ʻUlaʻula ʻOhana – Kaipoʻi Kelling
https://vimeo.com/61940670/settings Kaipoʻi Kelling teaches us about the kalo varieties in the ʻulaʻula ʻohana.
Mamo – Sam ʻOhu Gon
https://vimeo.com/50190901 Sam ʻOhu Gon teaches us about the mamo plant.
Kāī Kea – Anthony Deluz
https://vimeo.com/58206356 Anthony Deluz teaches us about the kalo variety, kāī kea.
Nāʻū – Rick Barboza
https://vimeo.com/51329064 Rick Barboza teaches us about the nāʻū plant.
Kāwelu – Sam ʻOhu Gon
https://vimeo.com/51251474 Sam ʻOhu Gon teaches us about the kāwelu plant.
Palaʻā – Sam ʻOhu Gon
https://vimeo.com/50190896 Sam ʻOhu Gon teaches us about the palaʻā fern.
Lauloa – Kaua Newman
https://vimeo.com/58207355 Kaua Newman teaches us about the kalo variety, lauloa.
Piko Lehua Apiʻi – Anthony Deluz
https://vimeo.com/58206358 Anthony Deluz teaches us about the kalo variety, piko lehua apiʻi.
ʻAwa – Kealoha Domingo
https://vimeo.com/50188810 Kealoha Domingo teaches us about the ʻawa root.
Kōpiko – Mahi LaPierre
https://vimeo.com/50189246 Mahi LaPierre teaches us about the kōpiko plant.
Wai – Kīhei Nahale-a
https://vimeo.com/50191954 Kīhei Nahale-a teaches us about Hawaiʻi's people connection to wai.
Lau Kī – Keoni Kuoha
https://vimeo.com/50189508 Keoni Kuoha teaches us about lau kī.
Māmaki – Hiʻilei Kawelo
https://vimeo.com/50174378 Hiʻilei Kawelo teaches us about the māmaki plant.
ʻAhakea – Mahi LaPierre
https://vimeo.com/50186477 Mahi LaPierre teaches us about the ʻahakea tree.
Hāhā – Sebastian Marquez
https://vimeo.com/50188214 Sebastian Marquez teaches us about the hāhā plant.
Kamani – Mahi La Pierre
https://vimeo.com/50177349 Mahi La Pierre teaches us about the kamani tree.
Lonomea – Rick Barboza
https://vimeo.com/50188515 Rick Barboza teaches us about the lonomea tree.
Pualoalo – Hiʻilei Kawelo
https://vimeo.com/50174375 Hiʻilei Kawelo teaches us about the pualoalo plant
Welina – Kapalikū Schirman
https://vimeo.com/50193190 Kapalikū Schirman welcomes us to Waipao and introduces us to the organization, Papahana Kualoa.
Olonā – Mahi La Pierre
https://vimeo.com/50186478 Mahi La Pierre teaches us about olonā.
Alaheʻe – Mahi LaPierre
https://vimeo.com/50186476 Mahi LaPierre shows us an Alaheʻe plant and explains its uses.
Munroi Dendron – Kuʻu
https://vimeo.com/61940671 Kuʻu teaches us about the munroi dendron plant.
ʻŌlena – Pueo Pata
https://vimeo.com/50187771 Pueo Pata teaches us about the ʻōlena plant.
Meet the New Head of School for Kamehameha Kapālama- Earl Kim
As the Kamehameha Schools celebrates 125 years of educating Hawaiʻi’s keiki, a new era in its legacy is dawning atop Kapālama. With expanded facilities to serve more students to brand new leadership at the helm. Earl Kim,...
Hawaiʻi Agriculture Conference 2012
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua kaʻanalike mai ʻo John McHugh, kekahi lālā kōmike a alakaʻi o ka Agriculture Leadership Foundation of Hawaiʻi, ma ka Hawaiʻi Agriculture...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Pihemanu (Photos)
For more information on Pihemanu (Midway Atoll): Papahānaumokuākea Website Wikipedia Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012 An ʻŌiwi TV film crew joined a NOAA research vessel in September 2012 to document...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Papa‘āpoho (Photos)
For more information on Papaʻāpoho (Lisianski Island): Papahānaumokuākea Website Wikipedia Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012 An ʻŌiwi TV film crew joined a NOAA research vessel in September 2012 to document Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Very...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: HPU Research
Two Hawaiʻi Pacific University masters candidates are aboard the NOAA research vessel Hiʻialakai performing scientific research on the ocean, focusing on acidification. For more information about programs and degress...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Finding Inspiration – Solomon Enos
Hawaiian artist Solomon Enos on finding inspiration by immersing himself in the natural wonders of Papahānaumokuākea. For more information on Solomon Enos: http://www.solomonenos.com/ Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012...
Kanu Hawaiʻi 2012 Voter Registration: Taking “I Will” to “We Will”
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] I loko nō o ka nui o nā poʻe o Oʻahu, ua liʻiliʻi ka poʻe e koho pāloka ana. No laila i hoʻoholo ai ʻo Kanu Hawaiʻi e hoʻonui i ka poʻe koho...
The First Step To Your Dream Home
https://vimeo.com/49652013 Through the economic hardships we face today, owning a home seems far from reality for many, but this single parent is proof that it is possible.
Hālau Kū Māna Teams Up With Nā Koa of Ānuenue
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first las"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] E kau mai ana ka māʻamaʻama o ke kukui ʻālohilohi o nā pāʻani pōpeku ma luna o nā ʻālapa e paʻu ikaika ana ma ke kahua paio pau ʻole....
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Holoikauaua (Photos)
More information on Pearl & Hermes Atoll: Papahānaumokuākea Website Wikipedia Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012 An ʻŌiwi TV film crew joined a NOAA research vessel in September 2012 to document Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Very few people...
Hawaiʻi Family Finance Project
https://vimeo.com/49477353 Prices for a home in Hawaiʻi are soaring, but the Hawaiʻi Family Finance Project is making home ownership possible.
AVA Konohiki Launch Party
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Click to visit avakonohiki.org To learn more about programs and degrees offered at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoaʻs Hawaiʻi Nui Ākea: School of Hawaiian Knowledge click...
The University of Hawaiʻi Warriors Go Native
Coach Chow and UH Mānoa’s football team tackle on pounding poi and a day at the taro patch. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Hoʻonaʻauao ʻia ʻo Kaʻi Chow a me ke kime pōpeku...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future – Waipā, Kauaʻi
Hōkūleʻa crew travels to the island of Kaua`i to assist in a stream restoration project in the ahupua`a of Waipā. This is the last leg of their 2012 statewide sail. To learn more about the Waipā...
“Tug Life” – Preview
https://vimeo.com/49337654 A teaser promo for an upcoming story from aboard Hiʻialakai, a NOAA research vessel currently in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. An ʻŌiwi TV film crew is aboard this cruise to document the natural beauty and marine life in this...
Coqui Frog Watch: Listen. Report. Protect.
Coqui frogs are invading Oʻahu shores. Watch and learn what you can do to help stop the invasion and infestation of coqui frogs on beautiful Oʻahu. Do you think that’s irritating try that multiplied by a hundred, a...
Hoʻoulu Ka ʻUlu Festival 2011 #breadfruitfestival #sustainability
Produced, Photographed, and Edited by Kainoa Rudolfo Sponsored by the Hawaiʻi Homegrown Food Network and the Breadfruit Institute, the first annual Hoʻoulu Ka ʻUlu Festival aimed to raise awareness of this Polynesian food...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea: Tern Island (French Frigate Shoals)
Tern Island is one of the atolls in Kānemiloha‘i (French Frigate Shoals). Learn more about his unique ecosystem and wildlife sanctuary in this story by Nāʻālehu Anthony. For more information on Tern Island:...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea – Nihoa
An ʻŌiwi TV film crew is aboard the NOAA research vessel, Hiʻialakai, for a 3 week expedition to Papahānaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Northwest Hawaiian Islands). Their first stop was the island of Nihoa. Kekuewa...
Blog: “Number 19” – Tern Island
We stopped at Tern Island in French Frigate Shoals today to shoot some of the sights there. Its the only other place to land a plane in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands besides Midway Which is hundreds of miles to the north west. That said, it reads as a...
Aloha Festivals Kick Off
Aloha Festivals Website Click here for a list of Aloha Festivals events [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua hoʻomaka Nā Hoʻolauleʻa Aloha i kēia pule, a e like me ka mākia o...
Blog: Negotiating with God on Nihoa Island
Spent the last two days on Nihoa shooting amazing footage. Everything was a first time for me, from getting on the zodiac to the super sketchy landing on shore. Everything is safety. Precautions, preparation, procedure. We arrived off the south shore of Nihoa. No...
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Kānemilohaʻi (Photos)
For more information on Tern Island: Papahānaumokuākea Website Wikipedia
Huakaʻi Papahānaumokuākea 2012: Nihoa Island (Photos)
ʻAha Kāne 2012- Hiapokeikikāne Perreira Keynote
Hiapokeikikāne Kichie Perreira was raised in Waiau, Oʻahu and nurtured over the past 37 years by ʻohana, immediate and extended from, Hilo to Kekaha. "Hiapo" is a 1992 graduate of the Kamehameha Schools and holds a BA...
ʻAha Kāne 2012- Haʻi ʻŌlelo
The art of oration is rooted in our ancient traditions and was a skill perpetuated by the ali‘i and kahuna classes. Ha‘i‘ōlelo was cultivated in the royal courts and used in public to recount our history and legends, and...
Hawaiian Focused Charter Schools Excel in State Tests ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Lanakila nā kula hoʻāmana Hawaiʻi ma ka HSA!!! ʻEkolu o nā kula kiʻekiʻe DOE he ʻehiku i eo i ke kūlana “unconditional in good...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future – Anapuka, Molokaʻi
Hōkūleʻa's last workday on Molokai had the crew visiting the area of Anapuka near `Ilio Point on the West end on Molokai. They helped the Molokai Land Trust with the restoration of a rugged coastal landscape that...
ʻŌiwi TV Aboard NOAA Research Ship to Papahānaumokuakea
Going to sea for me has always been a difficult thing to do. Since the first time I went on a "long trip" in 1999 I knew that I could physically and mentally handle the time at sea but only through working really really hard at it. That push to sail was always...
ʻAha Kāne 2012- Hula Traditions
We gathered three of Hawai‘i’s most sought after hula experts to share their experiences, observations and hopes for the future. Facilitated by Keali‘i Reichel, this panel will focus on the role kāne have in Hula and some...
ʻAha Kāne 2012-Papa Ha‘i Ōlelo
Once the preferred method of Hawaiian poet-warriors, the art of oration shaped Hawaiian history. Master orator Hiapo Perreira held firm to revive this seldomly-found art form and is now resurrecting it through the akamai...
ʻAha Kāne -‘Ai Kūpele
When sickness was detected within the body certain foods were eliminated or prepared in a certain fashion to assist in the healing process. Better known as therapeutic nutrition, come and be enlightened as the Hoe family...
ʻAha Kāne 2012-Kākāʻōlelo
Aia ke ola i ka waha; aia ka make i ka waha. Kū ki‘eki‘e ka pali ‘ō ahi o Makana. ‘Auhea la ‘oe e Kāmaile? E Makuaiki e? E pi‘i ā pulelo ke ahi ha‘aheo i nā pali. Witness the very best throughout our pae ‘āina as they...
ʻAha Kāne 2012- Kālai Laʻau
Woodcarving was a fundamental skill of all of our Hawaiian kupuna kāne and practiced in diverse traditions that included canoe building, house construction, carving images, shaping weapons, and developing other utensils....
ʻAha Kāne 2012- How to Kalua a Pig
Our kupuna used every part of an animal they slaughtered. Take part in this demonstration as the Hoe family shares their knowledge of cleaning pig for edible consumption.
ʻAha Kāne – Eric Enos: Working and Caring for the ʻĀina
Working the ʻāina is what Hawaiians have always done, but now in the 21st century we must care for the ʻāina as well. We must care for the land as much as we take from it. Speaker: Eric Enos is the co-founder and...
Hawaiians Wary of New State Agency
Public concerns regarding the new Public Land Development Corporation leads discussion on the corporation’s future plans moving forward.
ʻAha Kāne 2012: Kuahu- Building with Ancient Knowledge
One of the greatest hawaiian dry-stack masons of our era, Billy Fields shares his insight into the sacred art of constructing traditional rock walls, alters, and shrines. Eō e nā Kānaka Hawaiʻi (Click Here) ʻAha Kāne...
Let’s Play Music! Slack Key with Cyril Pahinui & Friends – Trailer
https://vimeo.com/48488161 Celebrates the music and legacy of Gabby “Pops” Pahinui who spread the unique melodies and rhythms of Hawaiian music across the globe. 2014 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winning Film Flanked by the steep Koʻolau mountains and the blue serenity of...
ʻAha Kāne 2012- ‘Oihana Kākau and Uhi
Kākau, or tattoo, is rooted in Polynesian tradition. Responsible for not only reviving practices; kākau has contributed to increased cultural identity and pride. Acknowledged tattooists share the art of tattoo, beliefs,...
ʻAha Kāne 2012- “Hakukole” a Cutdown With a Smile
‘A‘ohe inoa komo ‘ole o ka ‘ai. No name prevents food from entering the mouth (Similar to the saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me). This PowerPoint presentation explores an often...
Music by Hāwane Rios – Poliʻahu i ke Kapu
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Poliʻahu i ke Kapu, ʻo ia ke mele keu a ka maikaʻi ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no ko kēia makahiki Big...
Hāwane Rios Remains Culturally Grounded Through Music
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title=" ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua lohe akula kākou no nā manu mele kaulana ʻelua o ke kūʻono Hema o ka Pākīpika nei, ʻo Haumoana hoʻi no Rapa Nui a ʻo Maisey Rika no...
Indigneous Insight- Culture
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look the many...
ʻAha Kāne 2012 – Wehena
Take part in the movement, as kāne from all islands garner their traditional wear and answer the call to put forth the very best during the ‘awa ceremony conducted by Hale Mua Kuali‘i. Held at Windward Community College,...
Indigneous Insight- Technology
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look at how...
Music by Maisey Rika – Tangaroa Whakamautai
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] E hoʻolono mai i ka leo nahenahe o Maisey Rika ma kona hīmeni ʻana i kāna mele ʻo Tangaroa Whakamautai. [/spb_tab] [spb_tab title="English"]...
Maisey and JJ Rika Stay True to Their Cultural Roots Through Music
Ua lele mai ʻo Maisey lāua ʻo JJ Rika, no Aotearoa mai, i kēia kauwela no ka hīmeni ʻana a me hoʻolaha ʻana i kā lāua mau mele kaila loa. Hōʻike mai lāua i...
Haleʻiwa Farmer’s Market Relocates
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ma hope o ka ʻelua makahiki o kā lākou ʻoihana ma ke kaona o Haleiwa, ua loli ke kahua a me nā hola hana no ko Haleiwa Farmer’s Market i nā...
Haumoana – Cultural Music With a Modern Twist
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="Tab 1"] I kēia kauwela lele mai ʻo Haumoana, kekahi ʻōiwi no Rapa Nui, no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kāna mau mele kaila loa. Hōʻike pū maila ʻo ia i ke ahuwale o...
A New School For the New School Year
With the beginning of the new school year, the ʻAha Pūnana Leo blessed its newest location to welcome the incoming students.
Kuʻu Kumu
Kuʻu Kumu: I am a product of my teacher's good/strong teachings. MUSIC VIDEO
Pāka Kahakai
Pāka Kahakai: The beach is a gathering place for family and friends to socialize. MUSIC VIDEO
Eia Au He Keiki
Eia Au He Keiki: I am a child brought up by the strong foundation in my ʻohana MUSIC VIDEO
Kahi Pā Waiho Wale
Kahi Pā Waiho Wale: the joys you can find in an empty lot. MUSIC VIDEO
Conserving Hawaiʻi Year after Year with Aloha ʻĀina
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] ʻO Kamehameha Schools kekahi kākoʻo nui ma ke kūmakahiki 20 o ko ka ʻAha Hawaiʻi Conservation i mālama ʻia mai ka lā 31 o Iulai a i ka lā 2...
KS Middle School: Classrooms Without Walls
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua hāmama ʻia nā ʻīpuka o ke kahua kula hou ma Kapālama no ke kula waena holoʻokoʻa e hoʻi ana i ke kula i kēia makahiki nei. A ʻoiai ʻo...
Indigneous Insight- Religion
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look at the different...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future- Hakipuʻu
Hōkūleʻa made her way full circle as she and her crew returned to her one hānau in Hakipuʻu where they first started their statewide sail. This time they headed mauka.
Music by Haumoana- Island Princess
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title=" ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Pali ke kua, mahina ke alo, ʻaʻohe puʻu, ʻaʻohe keʻe. He wahine uʻi. No kēia ʻōiwi o Rapa Nui, ʻo nā welo o ka wahine ʻailana ka mea e uʻi...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future- Molokaʻi
While on Moloka`i, during its Statewide sail, the crew of the Hokuleʻa spent the day assisting Ka Honua Momona, Int. in the restoration of Kaloko`ele Fishpond.
Music by Haumoana- Land of Kings
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Kaulana ʻo Hawaiʻi paeʻāina i kona mau aliʻi kahiko. Ua kaulana pū ʻo Rapa Nui i nā moai, nā hē o nā “ariki”, he nui wale e waiho...
Music by Haumoana- “Hapaʻo Tatou”
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] He Rapa Nui ʻo Haumoana i hānai ʻia e kona kupunahine ma ka ʻōlelo a nohona kuʻuna o Rapa Nui. E luana kākou i kāna mele nahenahe i kapa...
Meet the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission: Lei Kihoi
Lei Kihoi is the appointed Hawai'i County commissioner. Kihoi has served the Native Hawaiian community in various aspects for over 25 years. As an attorney for the State of Hawaiʻi, she drafted legislation for which...
Haumoana Promo
https://vimeo.com/46903367 A native of Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Haumoana is here in Hawaiʻi to promote his newest album, "Land of Kings" that has become a big hit in Tahiti. He will be performing August 3rd at First Friday in Downtown Honolulu at Ong King. He will...
Indigneous Insight- Sports
(ʻ12) Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look at the...
Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea 2012 – ʻIke Kūʻokoʻa
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua hōʻea mai ka lā hoʻihoʻi ea a me ka panina o ka pāhana ʻIke Kūʻokoʻa ma lalo hoʻi o Awaiaulu i kēia lā. Ua nui loa ka holomua akā ʻaʻole...
Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Celebration
Today is the official Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, but its major celebration was held this past weekend at Thomas Square in Honolulu. We recap what took place that day, but encourage more events similar to this one, held across the...
Meet the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission: Mahealani Perez-Wendt
Perez-Wendt was the Executive Director of Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) for 32 years before retiring in December 2009. During her tenure the NHLC litigated landmark cases including Public Access Shoreline...
ʻAha Wahine 2012 Registration
A gathering of wahine to inspire, inquire, invest, and invigorate each other with ʻike, aloha, and kuleana. Registration is now available. We will limit the registration to the first 1000 wahine who register. Please...
The Process for the Kanaʻiolowalu Initiative
The year-long Kana'iolowalu initiative is an important first-step in the restoration of a Native Hawaiian Government. Its a two-step process. First is to sign the petition. This should be signed by anyone who affirms the...
Indigenous Insight – Youth
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look what the...
Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea 2012
I kēia Lāpule, lā 29 o Iulai, e mālama ʻia ana ka hoʻolauleʻa no ka Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea. He lā nui ia ma ka mōʻaukala Hawaiʻi a he mea koʻikoʻi ia no kākou i kēia lā. E hele kākou a e aʻo, e ʻike, a e hoʻolauleʻa hoʻi i ke...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future – Keawanui
Hōkūleʻa arrives on the island of Moloka`i and helps the fishpond guardians of Keawanui rebuild 700-year old rock walls destroyed by the recent Japan tsunami. The experience fosters new and lasting connections for the...
Meet the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission: Gov. John Waiheʻe
After serving as Lt. Governor under Governor George Ariyoshi, Waihe'e became the first Native Hawaiian Governor and served two terms from 1986 to 1994. His administration created the A-plus after-school-care program,...
Meet the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission: Nāʻālehu Anthony
Anthony is the Chief Executive Director of 'Oiwi TV and the Principal of Paliku Documentary Films. He is the Director and Executive Producer of 'Aha'i 'Olelo Ola, Hawaiian Language news. Anthony has produced and...
Meet the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission: Robin Danner
She is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA). Danner has over 20 years of experience working in the field of Native to federal trust responsibilities and...
Indigenous Insight – Politics
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look at the current...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future – Haʻikū
The Hōkūleʻa Crew made their next stop at Papahana Kuaola last week, where their purpose there was much like that of Hōkūleʻa’s in terms of keeping our cutlure alive.
Hōkūleʻa: Matthews Slider Reel
https://vimeo.com/46007628 Taking the Matthews DC Slider on an epic voyage between the islands of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, namely the Kaʻieʻie Waho channel.
ʻAha Kāne- Māhū: The 3rd Gender
Walking the line between Kū and Hina. Historically, māhū or transgender males, assumed key roles in ancient Hawaiian society, often esteemed for their skills in oration, healing, and various other traditions. The panel...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future – Lana’i
On this leg of the Statewide sail the crew of the Hokuleʻa helped with the Lanaʻi limu restoration project. Crew members of the Hōkuleʻa not only helped to restore the limu populations but also did their part to clean...
ʻAha Kāne- Moʻokū: The Lineage of Kū
Members of the Hale Mua will highlight their experiences coming from the lineage of Kū philosophies. Topics covered will include the many faces of Kū and the necessity for the lāhui to focus on the commitments of this...
From Maleness to Manhood – Thomas Kaulukukui Jr. ʻAha Kāne 2012 Keynote
Just because a person is a male doesn't necessarily make them a man. The Honorable Thomas Kaʻauwai Kaulukukui, Jr. provides a insightful contrast of what it means to be a male and what it takes to be a man. Thomas...
Hawaiian Kāne in Politics Pt. 1 #ahakane
(Part 1) Ho‘okahi e pō‘ino, pau pu i ka pōʻino. One meets misfortune, all meet misfortune. (Said of those who are important to the community—...”). The health and well-being of our Hawai‘i is dependent upon the quality of...
Hawaiian Kāne in Politics Pt. 2 #ahakane
(Part 2) Ho‘okahi e pō‘ino, pau pu i ka pō‘ino. One meets misfortune, all meet misfortune. (Said of those who are important to the community—...”). The health and well-being of our Hawai‘i is dependent upon the quality of...
Indigenous Insight- Music & Art
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look at at how...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future – Kaneohe
Hōkūleʻa’s experience at Kaielepulu stream was one full of lessons applicable to another estuary project near Hōkūleʻa’s own birth sands in Hakipuʻu. Their next stop was at Waikalua Loko Iʻa in Kāneʻohe.
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future – Kailua
After months of doing restoration projects on the soil of our neighboring islands Hōkūleʻa returned to Oʻahu be a part of an inspirational project in Kailua that was well on it’s way of completion. Its outcome reflects...
Indigenous Insight- Environment
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look at the...
ʻAha Kāne 2012 – Lā‘au Lapa‘au
https://vimeo.com/45334757 The mana of Hawaiian herbal healing continues to save lives and trip out modern doctors. Come and learn basic philosophy and traditions of Lä‘au Lapa‘au. Topics to be covered include how to identify, grow, harvest, prepare, store and use...
Make Changes in Your Community #ahakane
Keʻeaumoku Kapuʻs keynote calls out to young Hawaiian men to get involved in their communities and make changes from within regardless of their age. Keʻeaumoku Kapu Hawaiian cultural practitioner, community organizer, and...
Lua As a Way of Life #ahakane
While lua has gained international attention because of the effectiveness of fierce ali‘i koa such as Kamehameha Pai‘ea, what does it mean to be a Hawaiian warrior? ‘Ōlohe lua and Ho’oponopono master Likeke Paglinawan...
Mana I Ka Leo- The Power of the Voice
Kalena Silva, Tony Lenchanko, and Manu Boyd discuss their concerns and knowledge on this practice of resonating mana. The art of oli in recent years has taken center stage. These premier practitioners of the art share...
Supreme Court Hearing for Nā Wai ʻEhā
“Wai”, the Hawaiian word for water is at the root of the very word that describes anything of value, “waiwai.” This is telling in terms of our traditional perspective on this precious resource; a perspective that permeates...
Mana: Hawaiian Power #ahakane
Hawaiians believe in a life forces that existed in all forms of life. This life form is called Mana, it is acquired from out ancestors and gained through out ones life. Kekuewa Kikiloi presents on Mana in Hawaiʻi....
ʻAha Kāne- Mana Panel
Mana is both an abstract and concrete force that has direct and indirect influences. Inherited mana is transferred from the gods to mankind in continual processes that began at birth, ended with death and was also...
ʻAha Kāne 2012 – Hāloa & Ku‘i ‘Ai
https://vimeo.com/45108722 Pounding poi and its connection to Häloa, the first chief of our ancestors, will be discussed by leading kalo specialists. The workshop will also have a hands-on component, so prepare to learn theory and technique in this family reunion of...
ʻAha Kāne 2012 Introduction
"Paʻa ke kahua, kū ʻia nā pou kihi, nā pou hana, kau ʻia ke kaupoko o ka hale o Kūkāne." Set is the foundation, the corner posts and center pillar erected, the ridgepole and roofing placed above the house of Kūkāne. ʻAha...
Indigenous Insight- Language
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look at how the...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future – Heʻeia, Oʻahu
Hōkūleʻa nears the end of her statewide voyage as she returns to Oʻahu and helps Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi in the restoration of loʻi.
Pō & The 4Fathers- Kingdom Come
Coverage of the 2012 ʻAha Kāne with the musical stylings from the East side of Oʻahu's very own, Pō & The 4Fathers. Buy the single "Kingdom Come" on iTunes Pō & The 4Fathers Facebook ...
What Is Mana and How Can I Get Some?
Thomas Kaʻauwai Kaulukukui Jr. provides a simple explanation to what mana is. Stay tuned to ʻŌiwi TV for the full mana workshop.
OHA
https://vimeo.com/44829734 Candidates for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee share their plans on ceded lands, the Akaka Bill, and more.
“ʻOpihi Man” at ʻAha Kāne 2012
Ernie Cruz Jr. entertained the men at ʻAha Kāne 2012 with a fitting song about an ʻOpihi "MAN".
Aloha John Koko
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua hoʻi aku nei ko kākou puolo o Mākaha Sons ponoʻī iho nō i loko o ka poli o ko kākou Haku inehinei, ʻo John Kapualani Koko nō hoʻi. A me...
What?! We have three pikos? ʻAha Kāne 2012
ʻAha Kāne presenter Puahi Chun demonstrates the undeniable connection we have through one of our three pikos, the manawa.
Kamehameha Schools: Agricultural Video
https://vimeo.com/44581721 “He aliʻi ka ʻāina, he kauwā ke kanaka,” “the land is a chief and man its servant.” The wisdom in this transitional Hawaiian proverb is as powerful today as in ancient times. Hawaiʻi’s landscape is under rapid change and agricultural lands...
Start the Day with A “Mana Exercise”
Focus your mana with ʻAha Kāne 2012: Mana Exercise by master carver J. Kanani Kaulukukui Jr. Stay tuned to ʻŌiwiTV for more ʻAha Kāne 2012.
Indigenous Insight- Education
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look at at the...
Ernie Cruz and Special Guest – #ahakane
Melodic Musician Ernie Cruz is joined by a youngster to sing a song for the attendees at this years ʻAha Kāne conference.
Native Affairs – Charting a course
https://vimeo.com/44287713 Maori TVʻs NATIVE AFFAIRS is an hour-long current affairs programme that mixes pre-recorded stories with live interviews and panels, where invited guests discuss the latest events. In this segment the topic at hand was charter schools....
Indigenous Insight – Health
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look at at the...
ʻElele Pono- Moana Jackson
As a Māori Law and Philosophy professor Moana Jackson shares what he believes are the tools and mindset to help indigenous peoples "reclaim the fullness of what we were, what we are, and what we will be."
ʻElele Pono – James Anaya
By definition of his position, James Anaya's primary kūleana is to report to the UN Human Rights Council on the status of kanaka maoli and other indigenous peoples. Listen to his manaʻo, then email him to tell him what...
ʻElele Pono – UNDRIP Q&A
How do indigenous peoples access the United Nations? This question and others are addressed in this session focused on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
ʻElele Pono Mele – Jon Osorio sings “Kuʻu Pua i Paoakalani”
Kuʻu Pua i Paoakalani performed by Jon Osorio Composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani, this mele is about her garden, Paoakalani, from which a loyal supporter wrapped flowers in Hawaiian language newspapers so that the Queen...
Hawaiian Caucus
https://vimeo.com/43992274 Hawaiian Caucus Day brings Hawaiian issues to the forefront and Hawaiian constituents to the Capitol.
ʻElele Pono: A Discussion of Indigenous Peoples Rights
Moana Jackson and James Anaya are two of the world's leading experts on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Both played significant roles in the drafting of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous...
Indigenous Insight – Tourism
Indigenous Insight, an international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this episode we take a look at different...
Kāmau Aʻe Opens at Kumu Kahua
On May 31st Alani Apio's hit play, Kāmau Aʻe, returned to stage of Kumu Kahua Theater bringing to light the struggles faced with the issues of Hawaiian sovereignty for a new generation of audiences. The play runs from...
Hawaiʻi International Film Festival – Kaʻiulani
https://vimeo.com/43422379 “Barbarian Princess,” the story of Princess Kaʻiulani, will premiere at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival.
Indigenous Insight – Economy
Welcome back to the fourth season of Indigenous Insight. An international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network. In this...
A Gift of Knowledge
The deadline to digitize over 125,000 pages of Hawaiian Newspaper text is coming up soon. One of the leaders in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi revitalization, Lolena Nicholas, is asking all her haumāna to kōkua with the ʻIke Kūʻokoʻa...
Makaweli Poi Mill
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua pau akula ko kākou hopohopo ʻana no ka manaʻo i hāpai ʻia no ke pani ʻia o ka hale wili poi ʻo Makaweli i kēlā pule aku nei ma muli o ka...
ʻAha Kāne 2012
Registration is now open for the upcoming ʻAha Kāne Native Hawaiian Men's Health Conference from June 15-17, 2012 at Windward Community College. Visit www.ahakane.org to sign up now! The goal of ‘Aha Kāne 2012 is to...
Moke Action
Moke Action Two guys like scrap until aunty scold dem. (translation) When an unfortunate accident occurs, two young men are about to break into fisticuffs, but out of respect for their elder, they subside their...
Lightbulbs
https://vimeo.com/43152953 ʻIolani Palace had electricity even before the White House had it, and continues to lead the way with the latest in energy-efficient technology.
Dolphins Swim with Hōkūleʻa in Alenuihaha channel
https://vimeo.com/42857857 May 21, 2012. A pod of dolphins swim alongside the traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa during her sail between Kawaihae, Hawaiʻi and Hāna, Maui.
ʻImiʻimi Wahi Pana – Scavenger Hunt
Pūnana Leo o Wai`anae is hosting our first scavenger hunt fundraiser - `Imi`imi Wahi Pana o Wai`anae and we invite you to join us as we weave our way throughout the storied places of Wai`anae in teams of 2-4 players...
A Sister’s Guidance and Care for the Homeless
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] ʻO ka hale pule ʻo Our Lady of Keaʻau ka home hou no kekahi o nā kānaka hale ʻole i kipaku ʻia mai ke kahakai ʻo Keaʻau i kēlā mahina aku...
MAMo Fashion: From the Canvas To The Runway
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Mai ke kapolena a i ke ala paikini, ʻo MAMo ka mahina e hāpai aku ai i ke ao hou o ka hana noʻeau Hawaiʻi. No kekahi hakulau lole ʻōpio, ʻo...
Sashay! Shantay! MAMo Art on the Runway!!
Highlights from last nights MAMo wearable art fashion show!! Featuring designs by Maile Andrade, Marques Hanalei Marzan, Harinani Orme, Manuhealiʻi, Keone Nunes, Wahine Toa Designs by Nita Pilago, and Carrington ʻBaba"...
Another Asset in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Graduates
Congratualations to all the 2012 spring graduates, including ʻŌiwiTV’s own ʻIwalani Kūaliʻi-Kahoʻohanohano. With a Hawaiian language background and now a Bachelors degree in Journalim, she is prepared to propel the...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future – Kaʻū
Hōkūleʻa's Statewide Sail continued southward to Kaʻū on Hawaiʻi Island where clearing the water on and near land became the crew's next restoration project. With hope to unveil its hidden beauty, the crew worked...
Blessed Assurance
Blessed Assurance What if Hawaiʻi ran out of gas? This film was created for the short film competition Showdown in Chinatown where filmmakers were given 21 days to make a film relating to the topic, "What if Hawaiʻi ran...
Pidgenology
Pidgenology An episode dedicated to analyzing, as well as comprehending, Hawaiʻi's creole language, commonly referred to as Pidgin English. In this episode we take a look at the words Shoots, Sample, and Bumbye....
Hoʻoulu Lāhui, Hoʻoulu Pae ʻĀina
Produced by the Kamehameha Schools The full 92nd Annual Kamehameha Schools Song Contest can be viewed here
State Declares A Month Just for ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mahina nei, ua pani ʻia ka ʻaha ʻōlelo o kēia makahiki 2012 me ka ʻāpono a hoʻopuka ʻia o kekahi pila e kūkulu aku...
The 92nd Annual Kamehameha Schools Song Contest
Hoʻoulu Lāhui, Hoʻoulu Pae ʻĀina (Vibrant Lands, Vibrant People) - 30 minute pre-show 92nd Annual Kamehameha Schools Song Contest, full with no commercials. ...
Kauwela: Changes Come With The Setting Of The Sun
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] ʻOiai ua kamaʻaina loa ka wā Hoʻoilo iā kākou ma Hawaiʻi nei ma muli o ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻia o ka Makahiki a me ke akua ʻo Lono, ua loaʻa pū...
Growing the Next Generation of Farmers
https://vimeo.com/121971321 Produced by the First Nations' Futures Program & the Kamehameha Schools The Fellows of the 2011 First Nations’ Futures Program produced this short documentary as part of their place-based case study project focused on “growing the next...
Nostalgic Waikīkī
https://vimeo.com/121974732 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Enjoy Waikikiʻs magical past of music and entertainment as seen through the eyes of the Monarch room from 1945 to present day.
Kealoha: Hawaiʻi’s First Poet Laureate
On May 3, 2012 renowned slam poet Kealoha was named the inaugural Poet Laureate by Governor Neil Abercrombie. He will spend the next year promoting the aloha spirit through his own unique brand of self expression.
He Koa Kūpaʻa Na Pauahi
The Kamehameha Schools-Kapālama ‘ohana celebrated Dr. Michael Chun's 24 years of service with songs, chants, and dances. Mahalo nui e Dr. Chun. He koa kūpa‘a na Pauahi.
Kapālama Flash Mob
Kamehameha Schools - Kapālama students break out in a flash mob for Dr. Chunʻs "Last Dance."
Literacy Tips for the Home
Produced by Kamehameha Schools Department of Education-based literacy experts from Kamehameha Schools share ideas for how parents can effectively help their keiki to reach educational success at home.
Landscape Invaders
Produced by Kamehameha Schools Uncover some of Hawai'i’s most common invasive plant species and see how Kamehameha Schools and its collaborator, Hui Kü Maoli Ola, are working to revive the native landscape.
Culture Meets Marketplace
Produced by Kamehameha Schools Since its redevelopment in 2005, a large investment in cultural vibrancy and native Hawaiian art has helped revitalize the once struggling Royal Hawaiian Center and reinvigorated Waikīkī.
Farming for Hawai’i’s Future
Produced by Kamehameha Schools Too much of Hawai‘i’s food now comes from offshore. Find out about efforts to create a food sustainable future for our state.
Restoring Cultural Sites
Produced by Kamehameha Schools Cultural sites throughout Hawaiʻi are cherished links to our past. Learn how Kamehameha Schools and its community partners are working to restore and protect some of Hawai‘i’s most...
Chicken Coop to Charter School
Produced by Kamehameha Schools Ka Waihona o ka Na‘auao Public Charter School in Nānākuli is home to 27 Kamehameha Schools alumni giving back to the Wai‘anae Coast community through education.
Helping Babies Grow
Produced by Kamehameha Schools. Experts from Kamehameha Schools Hi’ilani early childhood family education program discuss keiki development, offering tips and tools for determining the best times to stimulate learning.
Kumu Kahua Theater Kicks off Maoli Arts Month with a Film Festival
May kicks off the 7th annual Maoli Arts Month and the first of their events is Kumu Kahua Theatre's 2nd annual Maoli Film Festival, which seeks to raise the awareness of local story tellers and promote place-based story...
A Boy from Aotearoa talks with ʻŌiwiTV about “Boy”
Taika Waititi, writer and director of the film "Boy, sat down with ʻŌiwiTV's own ʻĀina Paikai for an in depth interview where he shared his outlook on films, his experiences growing up in Aotearoa, and his plans for the...
Hālau Kū Māna – Celebrating 10 Years of Hawaiian Charter School Excellence
Hālau Kū Mana is now accepting applications for the SY2012-2013. Hālau Kū Māna New Century Public Charter School in Makiki is a shining example of the success of culture-based education and provides families with a meaningful alternative to the traditional public...
Hōkūleʻa: Voyaging Toward a Brighter Future – Kōhala
Hōkūleʻa and the Polynesian Voyaging Society are visiting 14 separate sites throughout the Hawaiian Island chain. Their first stop was to the North tip of Hawaiʻi Island in Kōhala, where crew members helped the Kōhala...
“Boy” Premiering in Honolulu, Go See It!
Taika Waititi's film "Boy" is premiering in Honolulu this week at the Kahala and Pearlridge theaters, opening Friday April 27, 2012. Be on the look out for our full interview with the Aotearoa born filmmaker...
Kawamoto: Instilling Ethics with Ethnic Food
Ebi. Nori Chicken. Teriyaki. The Kūaliʻi ʻohana serves aloha with every order. For more than 70 years, Kawamotoʻs has been a Hilo landmark for the best Japanese okazuya and local fare. And the Kūaliʻi ʻohana have...
Earth Day is every day with Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi
Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi celebrates their one year anniversary this Earth Day 2012 with a beach cleanup at Makapuʻu where 651 volunteers picked up 3,632 pounds of trash! After the beach cleanup Sea Life Park hosted...
Puka ʻŪniki: When a Student Becomes a Master
Hālau hula are places of learning. ʻŌlapa or dancers train for years, and become alakaʻi or leaders. When kumu feel they are ready, they puka or graduate. For some, moving on is a little shocking at first, but is...
Aloha Koʻolauloa 2012
Nā Leo Kākoʻo o Koʻolauloa and Pūnana Leo o Koʻolauloa are proud to present the annual Aloha Koʻolauloa festival, a fundraisers to support the Hawaiian Language Immersion program in the Koʻolauloa district. Aloha...
Paikau Mele Manaka
The Merrie Monarch parade helps to conclude the festival however, Hawaiian language groups see this as a time to celebrate and share 'ōlelo Hawai'i with everyone.
Opposition to State Water Commission Nominee
A non-partisan opposition group held a press conference on April 16, 2012 to voice concerns over the nomination of Maui land appraiser Ted Yamamura to the Hawaiʻi State Commission on Water. Opponents believe Mr. Yamamura...
Mauka Makai: Sig Zane and Vans
Sig Zane and Vans are bringing the best of Hawaiian designs and shoes together in a new line called Mauka Makai. You Know Where We Stay. Vans Vault recently approached KICKS/HI to do a collection of shoes that represents...
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Ma Ka #MerrieMonarch Nei
From the time we left Honolulu, boarded the plane and arrived in Hilo, it was clear that our ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi is being heard more and more! The Merrie Monarch festival, in Hilo town, is full of examples of how our language...
Think you know your Merrie Monarch Trivia?
The ʻŌiwi TV crew went out into the Merrie Monarch crowd to see just how much festival-goers know about this annual event. The results were hilarious!
Photos: April 13, 2012 Merrie Monarch Craft Fair
Hilo, Hawaiʻi Pictures taken at the Merrie Monarch craft fair You can view the pictures in our Facebook album so you can tag and share with your friends! Click HERE
Photos: April 13, 2012 Merrie Monarch Stadium (Kahiko Night)
Hilo, Hawaiʻi Pictures taken on April 13, 2012 outside the Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium. View the pictures on our Facebook album so you can tag and share with your friends. Click HERE
Photos: April 12 & 13, 2012 – ʻImiloa Astronomy Center
Hilo, Hawaiʻi Photos taken on April 12 & 13, 2012 at ʻImiloa Astronomy Center View these pictures in our Facebook album so you can tag and share with your friends! Click HERE!
Photos: April 14, 2012 – Merrie Monarch Parade
Hilo, Hawaiʻi Pictures taken on April 14, 2012 at the Merrie Monarch Parade. View these pictures on our Facebook album so you can tag and share with your friends. Click HERE Flickr slideshow:
The Merrie Monarch Craft Fair Craze
We speak to some of the most popular vendors at the Merrie Monarch Craft Fair - Kealopiko and Wahine Toa - about how theyʻve infused Hawaiian culture and language into popular apparel.
Hālau Kepanī
As hulaʻs appeal has spread internationally, the Japanese have become some of the most dedicated fans. Each year, a hālau from Japan is invited to take the stage at the annual Merrie Monarch Festival to perform at the...
Weaving a Lei of Tradition
For Nā Lei O Ka Holokū, lei are not only decorative; they are an integral part of the perpetuation of hula and culture.
Hula Costumes: Dreaming Up Designs
The design of the dancer's costume is an integral part of the hula. This story looks into the design process from the perspective of Hālau o Kekuhi.
ʻIke Kūʻokoʻa & ʻŌiwi TV Hosted Events in Hilo to Liberate Hawaiian Knowledge
Hilo, Hawaiʻi ʻŌiwi TV, Puakea Nogelmeier and Kaui Sai-Duduoit held two "typing parties" this week in Hilo to raise awareness about their project, ʻIke Kūʻokoʻa. This grassroots effort is reviving Hawaiian knowledge and...
Costuming for Merrie Monarch
https://vimeo.com/40329031 The design of the dancer's costume is an integral part of the hula. This story looks into the design process from the perspective of Hālau o Kekuhi.
Whats the Favorite Places to Eat at Merrie Monarch?
We asked people in the crowd where their favorite places are to eat in Hilo during Merrie Monarch week.
April 12, 2012 – Merrie Monarch Craft Fair & Stadium
Hilo, Hawaiʻi Find all of these pictures in our Facebook album HERE. Please TAG & SHARE!! Flickr Gallery:
Merrie Monarch Collectibles Over the Years
Dr. Ben Ono, Auntie Dottie's doctor is the keeper of a Merrie Monarch treasure trove. His collection of official T-Shirts and Posters is keeping the history of the Merrie Monarch Festival alive.
“Mauka Makai” a Sig Zane, Kicks/HI & Vans Collaboration Launching This Friday
From SigZane.com: Sig Zane for KICKS/HI “Mauka to Makai” by Vans Vault 2012 You Know Where We Stay. Vans Vault recently approached KICKS/HI to do a collection of shoes that represents their unique perspective of...
The Craft Fair Must Haves at Merrie Monarch 2012
Each year, thousands of hula fans are drawn to Hilo for the annual Merrie Monarch Festival. But the craft fairs also draw a crowd of their own as people line up to purchase the latest must-have items. We were there for the opening of...
April 11, 2012 Merrie Monarch Craft Fair (Photo Gallery)
Pictures from April 11, 2012 at the MM Craft Fair See our Facebook gallery of this event and tag yourself and friends here. Flickr Gallery:
April 11, 2012 – Hōʻike Night (Stadium)
Hilo, Hawaiʻi Pictures taken at the stadium for Hōʻike night on April 11, 2012. Here is our Facebook album for these pictures. Please tag and share these!
A New Hālau With a New Mele
At this years Merrie Monarch, Hālau Ka Lehua Tuahine will be entering for the first time. As the newest member of the Merrie Monarch stage, this hālau has more than a dance to share with its audience.
Hālau Fundraising for Merrie Monarch
What many people who watch the annual Merrie Monarch Festival don't think about is how the many hula hālau raise the money to travel to Hilo each year. The cost of airfare, transportation, lodging, and meals can really...
A Reawakening of Hula Kāne
In the past men played a vital role in hula but over time that role changed. Today men are turing back to hula to find balance within themselves as well as in the Hawaiian culture.
Hula: The Bonds That Bind Us
The camaraderie between hula sisters and brothers is something practitioners, from kumu to haumana, can all relate to.
Kick-off to our 2012 Mele Manaka Coverage
Its April so that means its time for the hula world to converge on Hilo for the annual Merrie Monarch Festival. ʻŌiwi TV will be out and about in Hilo all week to bring you behind the scene stories to get an inside look...
Stranded in Zürich
https://vimeo.com/39919402 Traveling companions look for a way to keep things lively in between flights.
ʻŌiwi TV at WITBC 2012
NRK Sapmi, hosted the third Word Indigenous Television Broadcast Conference, in the heart of Sapmi - Guovdageaidnu, Norway. The main theme of this years conference was indigenous journalism. To develop indigenous...
What is WITBN? (WITBC 2012)
The World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network (WITBN) is a global alliance which aims to unify television broadcasters worldwide to retain and grow our Indigenous languages and cultures.
A Sápmi Way of Life (WITBC 2012)
From livelihood, food and clothing to being inspiration for song, reindeer are more than animals or pets for the Sapmi, they are at the core of their way of life. Here is a direct glimpse into the culture and lifestyle...
Inaugural World Indigenous Journalism Awards (WITBC 2012)
The World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network, WITBN, has selected nine finalists out for the in-depth reporting category of the 2012 WITBN Indigenous Journalism Awards, 2012 WIJA.
Ka Pili ka Sápmi iā Hawaiʻi (WITBC 2012)
Guovdageaidnu, Norway Its easy to see the differences between Hawaiʻi and Sápmi. What we learned, however, were many relevant and applicable lessons from Sami in terms of creating programs in academic settings and...
Response to NZ Herald Criticisms of Maori TV Attending WITBC 2012
The New Zealand Herald attack on Māori Television's attendance at WITBC 2012 presents WITBN members a lesson on the value of good journalism and the potential political strength of this network. Read the text of Māori...
ʻŌiwi TV Journey to Sápmi for WITBC 2012 (Music Video)
Guovdageaidnu, Norway A look back at the images from WITBC 2012 laid out to the music of Sámi singer, Elle Márjá Eira.
Sápmi Food (WITBC 2012)
Guovdageaidnu, Norway We enjoyed many Sápmi delicacies during our stay for the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Conference and one thing was certain - reindeer is the most important food source for the Sami...
Sápmi Fashion (WITBC 2012)
Even in the great white north, the Sápmi people have found a way to brighten things up. Their colorful clothes contain details about each person.
Joik: Music With No Words (WITBC 2012)
What are the telltale signs you are in Sami land? Snow for miles, thousands of reindeer and this traditional song called a joik. Joik is the Sapmi way of singing and a continued old tradition.
Conference Attendees Watch Movies in an Ice Cinema
One cool feature at the 2012 World Indigenous Broadcasters Conference was just that, cool. A entire cinema constructed out of ice, from the stadium seating, 20 ft screen and a bar.
O’Brian Eselu – Ke Kai O Kahiki – ʻAha Kāne 2010
https://vimeo.com/39727944 The late O'Brian Eselu's performance at the 2010 ʻAha Kāne. The beloved kumu hula and musician will be missed.
Indigenous Insight – Sports Heros
Some of the best athletes in the world are from indigenous nations, in this episode we examine the effect of their cultural identity on their performance.
World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network
https://vimeo.com/39326134
‘Ike Kū‘oko‘a
Call to action! Help support the ‘Ike Kū’okoʻa project. Join any of the two typing parties being held in Hilo during Merrie Monarch week. For more information, visit Awaiaulu.org.
Indigenous Insight – Politics
In this episode we look at the political voice that indigenous people have over their own self-determination and the effects it has on their culture.
Indigenous Insight – Keeping Language Alive
In this episode we look at the security of our languages and how we revive and sustain them for the future. Many indigenous nations have established their own television stations to help the survival of their native...
E Mālama I Ke Kai
Join the Pūnana Leo o Kawaiahaʻo on March 17th for its annual E Mālama I Ke Kai Ocean Awareness Festival. This yearʻs event will feature a canoe race from Maunalua Bay to the shores of Kaimana Beach in Waikīkī. Teams can...
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder is a feature-length documentary that takes a retrospective look at the influence of Mau Piailug, a native from the tiny Micronesian atoll of Satawal, on reviving the art of non-instrument...
Hōkūleʻa Relaunch
Ma hope o ka 18 mahina o kona noho ʻana i uka, ua hoʻi ʻo Hōkūleʻa i ke kai. A ma loko kona mau makahiki he 37 o ke ola ʻana, ua mākaukau ʻo ia no ka huakaʻi ʻana i waena o...
Indigenous Insight – Art and Music
Some of the best artists and musicians in the world are influenced by their culture and language. In this episode we will look at how important art and music is to the survival of indigenous languages.
Waikīkī Sand
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] “ʻOiai ʻo Waikīkī ke kikowaena o ka ʻoihana malihini, he koʻikoʻi kona mālama kūpono ʻia no ka ʻekonomia,” wahi a ke kahu o ke Ke’ena...
GMO Labeling Rally
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Status of Kahoʻolawe
Ma hope o ka noʻonoʻo hou ʻana i ka hoʻokuleana kūpono ʻia o ke kahu nāna e mālama iā Kahoʻolawe, ua hoʻoholo ʻia e hoʻokuʻu i ka pila 3056 i neihinei. Ua hoʻoholo pū...
No ʻAneʻi Ko Kākou Ola
No ʻAneʻi Ko Kākou Ola explores the benefits of Hawaiian-medium education in establishing a strong foundation in culture and language as exemplified at Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu. Located in the district of Puna on...
ʻAha Kāne 2010 Primer
ʻAha Kāne 2010 addresses the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership by focusing on the cultural history and role of Native Hawaiian men in the past, present, and future. This 3-day conference held at the Windward...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi – Pukana 2
The Hawai'i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi – Pukana 1
The Hawai'i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Lua Demonstration
Rudy Valentino and Hale Paʻa Kaua demonstrate a few techniques of lua. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community involvement by focusing on the...
Mana Wahine: Female Empowerment
Presenter: Kuʻualoha Hoʻomanawanui Traditional stories in many cultures lay the foundation for cultural values and expectations, and Hawaiian moʻolelo (history, stories) are no different. This presentation focuses on...
Music of ʻAha Wahine: Kāneʻohe
The Music of ʻAha Wahine: Kāneʻohe Performed by: Uʻilani Bobbitt, Kainani Kahaunaele, Ānuenue Punua.
Music of ʻAha Wahine: Pua ʻAʻaliʻi
The Music of ʻAha Wahine: Pua ʻAʻaliʻi Performed by: Uʻilani Bobbitt, Kainani Kahaunaele, Ānuenue Punua
Music of ʻAha Wahine: I Kona
The music of ʻAha Wahine: I Kona Performed by: Uʻilani Bobbitt, Kainani Kahaunaele, Ānuenue Punua
Social Enterprise As A Community Empowerment Tool
Presenter: Kukui Maunakea-Forth The Waiʻanae Community Re-Development Corporation's (Kauhale) mission is to establish a non-profit community development corporation (CDC) to plan and implement community-based economic...
What Could You Possibly Be M.A.D. About?
Presenter: Helen Wai According to the American Psychological Association a survey in late 2008 found that 80 percent of the people who responded said that the recent financial crisis was causing them a significant amount...
Wahine Voyagers
Presenters: Bonnie Kahapea, Pomai Bertelmann, Pua Lincoln-Maelua The ocean is a very healing place which also fosters courage, connection to elemental forces, community, and a host of other things. Makali`i has always...
Kū-A-Kanaka: Educated Modern Hawaiian Women
Presenters: Dr. Kū Kahakalau, ʻIʻinimaikalani Kahakalau, Pōlanimakamae Kahakalau This presentation explores how a family of modern Hawaiian women practitioners on Hawai’i Island exhibit being Hawaiian, expressed as...
HAUMEA-Establishing Sacred Space, Female Ceremonies and Heiau
Presenter: Kalei Nuʻuhiwa Haumea is a deity whose important function is to establish sacred space. She provides the tools to recognize when that special space is potent for ceremony and ritual. As the pertinent female to...
Dr. Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele Keynote Address
Presenter: Dr. Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele Like her ancestors, Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele epitomizes cultural brilliance, beauty, and power. She is the beneficiary of a rich, matrilineal legacy. A renowned scholar and...
Makahiki Maoli 2012
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] E kipa aku i ka ʻohana Pūnana Leo o Honolulu i kēia Poʻaono no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i nā kuʻuna Hawaiʻi a me ko kākou ʻōlelo makuahine. E...
ʻAha Wahine: Hoʻomālamalama o Nā Wahine Kapu
Tune in for coverage of the 1st ʻAha Wahine. More videos will be posted next week with featured presentations from Kalei Nuʻuhiwa, Lincoln Maielua, Kū Kahakalau, Helen Wai, Kukui Maunakea-Forth, and an epic keynote from...
Nā Momi Ho‘oheno- Helen Kamana
Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless mo‘olelo of our cherished and unique way of life. Meet Tutu...
Mana Maoli Collective
The Mana Maoli Collective, a group of Hawaiʻi musicians, is soon to release its second CD to support charter schools throughout the state. Visit the Mana Maoli Collective website to learn more or visit their Facebook....
Kākau Demonstration
Kākau (traditional tattoo) demonstration with Keone Nunes. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community involvement by focusing on the cultural...
Why Māui Snared The Sun
Long ago, Kalā (the sun) raced across the sky as he pleased, leaving the land and its people with short days and long, dark nights. Among those suffering from the lack of daylight was the goddess Hina, mother of the...
Hawaiʻi Unite Concert 2012
https://vimeo.com/36390149 This year’s Hawaiʻi Unite Music Festival will celebrate the release of the latest Mana Maoli CD compilation. There will be performances by Anuhea, Paula Fuga, Mike Love charter school youth and many more. A portion of the proceeds will raise...
Indigenous Insight – Elderly
In this episode we look at how we caring for our indigenous elderly, the indigenous attitude toward the care of our elders, and how the changing times impact cultural practices leaving our elderly vulnerable.
Breathe Concert
Although lung cancer tops the chart for the most common cause of cancerous deaths in America, it is often overlooked. In order to change that, the American Lung Association is hosting their fourth annual Breathe Concert...
Pro Athletes Giving Back
While this year's Pro Bowl is over, the generosity of the National Football League and several professional footballers will be seen for years. As part of its national Play60 campaign to encourage physical activity, the...
Indigenous Insight – Impact of Names
The editors of a new book on Aboriginal languages say more than a million Indigenous place names are in danger of being lost forever. Are our indigenous names getting the recognition they deserve and what is achieved by...
Global Warming Laws
The State is working to pass a proposed bill that will recognize global warming adaptation in future developmental planning. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Me ka piʻi ʻana...
Kuilima Makahiki
Kamakau and Turtle Bay Resort team up to host a unique Makahiki celebration to educate both the Hawaiian community and the visiting tourists. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo...
UH Mānoa Semester of Sustainability
Students are leading the fight for a sustainable future in Hawaiʻi. This week was the initial kickoff, encouraging the entire university to live healthy. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab...
Sustainable Coastlines: Kahuku Beach Cleanup
Jack Johnson and Captain Charles Moore spent this past Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday at Kahuku Beach for a day of service along with 272 other volunteers. Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi, The Kōkua Hawaiʻi...
Indigenous Insight- Indigenous Youth
In this episode we look to answer the question: in what ways are we succeeding or failing in caring for indigenous children/youth?
Kamakau Makahiki Close
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ma ka panina ʻana o ka wā makahiki, eia mai ka hoʻolauleʻa makahiki Kuilima e mālama ʻia ana i kēia hopena pule ma ka hōkele ʻo...
Eō E Nā Kānaka Maoli!! VOTE!!!
As the 2012 Hawaiʻi State Legislature opens, many issues affecting Native Hawaiians will be decided. This includes a potential deal on ceded land revenues with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Native Hawaiian Roll...
‘Ōiwi TV Behind the Scenes: 2012 Legislature Open
2012 Legislation Open to New Media
A new year of legislation comes with new ways of communicating information. At this years legislative open session, a broader scope of news gatherers were in attendance, including ʻŌiwiTV. [spb_tabs width="1/1"...
Anniversary of the Overthrow
Today marks the 119th year since the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In an effort to educate the children of Hawaiʻi, several schools, including Hālau Kū Mana, brought their students to ʻIolani Palace, the...
Nā Momi Hoʻoheno- Leianaikaroselaniomaui “Leiana” Long Woodside
Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless mo‘olelo of our cherished and unique way of life....
Nā Momi Hoʻoheno- Elaine Nickie Ahuna Hines
Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless mo‘olelo of our cherished and unique way of life. Elaine Nickie...
Kahuku Beach Clean Up
Beach Cleanup Hosted By Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii, The Kokua Foundation, and Plastic Free Hawaii on January 16, 2012 Looking for Volunteers Honolulu (May 16, 2011)–A beach clean up of the James Campbell Wildlife...
Indigenous Insight- Indigenous Peopleʻs Day
The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of the World's Indigenous People is observed on August 9 each year to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. This event also recognizes the...
Simply Solar
Sustainable energy is a hot topic and HECO has devised a plan to help with Hawaiʻi's energy use. The Simply Solar program will provide solar water heating units to qualified residential homes with no up front costs.
The Cultural Significance of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Cultural Research and Significance The first discoverers of the Hawaiian Archipelago, Native Hawaiians, have continued to inhabit these islands for thousands of years prior to Western contact. During this time, Native...
ʻAha Wahine 2012: A Preview
Eō mai e nā wāhine! The first ever wahine-only conference is set for August 2012 with a mini-ʻAha Wahine just around the corner. Hereʻs a preview. To register or for more information visit ʻAha Wahine. Or contact...
Indigenous Insight – Spiritual Practices
In this episode of Indigenous Insight we look at religious and spiritual practices and the effect that they had on indigenous cultures. How are indigenous people expressing their religious or spiritual beliefs? Are they...
2012 Preview
We donʻt know how 2012 will play out but here's a sneak peek at some of the issues, events and people, we'll be following throughout the year. Stay tuned.
Hawaiʻi’s First Urban Rooftop Farm
Hawaiʻi rolled out its first organic, urban rooftop farm in Kakaʻako on Wednesday. FarmRoof founder Alan Joaquin in partnership with landowner Kamehameha Schools installed the first phase of its 38,000 square-foot farm....
Nā Haliʻa Aloha O Ka Makahiki 2011
From the sun-drenched shores of Tahiti to the snow-capped mountains of Maunakea to the winding roads of Hana and everywhere in between, 2011 was a busy year for the ʻŌiwi TV team - and we wouldn't trade a single moment....
2011 Year In Review: Memorial
In 2011, some of the greatest figures in Hawaiian history left us, but not before creating lasting legacies that will persist for generations. Their individual contributions have greatly benefited our collective...
Indigenous Insight – Culinary Delights
In this episode of Indigenous Insight we take a look traditional indigenous food: What are some of our traditional delicacies and how popular are they today? Have we retained or lost the art of gathering or preparing...
2011 Year In Review: Environment
Small steps, big hope. That was the theme of sustainability stories in 2011. Even small steps can make a difference. From providing our own energy to supplying our own food, going green in 2011 was all local, all the way.
2011 Year In Review: Economy
This past year was eventful for Hawaiʻi's economy, full of foreign dignitaries and Disney magic. Although the world spotlight was on Hawai'i for the annual APEC summit, the economy also benefited from people choosing to...
2011 Year In Review: Culture
2011 continued a theme familiar to many involved with the revival of Hawaiian culture: normalization. As a people, we persist in normalizing our language and culture in all venues. The road is a long, arduous one, and...
2011 Year In Review: Politics
Politics in 2011 can be described in one word: promise. From new government leaders to new laws on the books, Hawaiʻi has taken the crucial first steps towards promising change across the board. But the path to fulfilling...
2011 In Review
As 2011 comes to a close, ʻŌiwi TV revisits some of the yearʻs most memorable moments. But stay tuned to ʻŌiwi TV in 2012 - The best is yet to come!
Indigenous Insight – Financial Crisis
In this episode we look at how the global financial crisis has effected indigenous nation through out the world. Countries around the world have been hit hard by the global recession. Governments around the world are...
Japan Tsunami Marine Debris Headed to Hawaiʻi.
Marine debris is not a new topic but, the recent Japan tsunami washed 25 million tons of debris into the Pacific Ocean. The debris that are still afloat are headed toward the Hawaiian archipelago and the west coast of...
ʻĀina Momona – Kāwika Kahiapo
https://vimeo.com/34107052 ʻĀina Momona- written by Ānuenue Punua, performed by Kāwika Kahiapo at the Paepae o Heʻeia fundraiser.
City Trying to Clear Sidewalks?
https://vimeo.com/34112390 Honolulu recently enacted Ordinance 11-29, which allows the city to remove personal belongings from city sidewalks and parks. However, the law has some concerned that it unfairly targets the homeless and does not address the underlying...
State Response to Sand Island Development Concerns
The State wants to build a marina in Kamokuʻākulikuli, better known as Sand Island. Community members voiced strong opposition to the plan at a recent community meeting. Department of Land & Natural Resources...
A Hawaiian Christmas
https://vimeo.com/33995205 In celebration of the Christmas season, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs presents a holiday concert featuring Amy Hānaialiʻi, Kapena, John Cruz, Afatia Thompson, Lehua Kalima from Nā Leo and OʻBrian Eselu performing songs of the season.
Charter School Audit
Officials meet at the Capitol to discuss concerns about operating procedures for the 31 Hawaiʻi charter schools after a report from the state auditorʻs office found improper usage of funds and lack of accountability....
OHA Legislative Preview
The proposed ceded lands settlement is on the top of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ list of concerns being taken to the 2012 Hawaii State Legislature. Here’s a preview of this and other concerns OHA hopes to address come...
RZO: The New ʻAwa Drink
To learn more about ʻawa's cultural significance throughout Polynesia, check out this story about the History of ʻAwa. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ke ‘ōʻili nei kekahi...
Indigenous Insight – Conservation
In this episode we look at how indigenous cultures around the world are being affected by the destruction of their land and how important conservation has become in protecting cultures. Waterways and forests are...
State of OHA 2011
The annual State of OHA Address highlighted the accomplishments of the agency in the past year and the future initiatives to serve Native Hawaiians. Keynote speaker Gov. John Waiheʻe III emphasized the goals of the Native...
History of ʻAwa
“Kamaʻāina ka poʻe i kēia mea ʻo ke Kava, a ma Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻAwa,” wahi a ka polopeka o ka huli kanaka ma ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa. ʻO ka ʻAwa, he mea...
Water Commission Nominations
As competition for Hawaiʻiʻs fresh water continues, itʻs up to the State Water Commission to act as trustee in overseeing the rightful sharing of the water. A task made ever more difficult with the retirement of...
OHA Ceded Land Proposal Community Meetings
Visit the Office of Hawaiian Affairs website and the Kakaʻako Makai Ceded Lands Proposal website for more information. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua ʻākoakoa ka...
John D Waiheʻe, Keynote Speech – State of OHA 2011
Former Governor John Waiheʻe, Chair of the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, gives keynote speech at the 2011 State of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Address, December 14, 2011 at St. Andrewʻs Cathedral.
Kauhale Community Meetings
Hawaiian Homes Commission Chairman Alapaki Nahale-a announced that the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust will be holding two meetings on Hawai'i Island this week to discuss a new homesteading opportunity with applicants on the...
Kanu Hawaiʻi – No Waste Challenge
Kanu Hawaii partnered with Kale's Natural Foods on a carrot mob for the No Waste Challenge. The No Waste Challenge aims to raise awareness and incite action to reduce our waste output in Hawai'i. From...
Indigenous Insight – Natural Disasters
An international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network.(SERIES PREMIERE) In this episode we look at the effect of natural...
Proposed Ceded Land Settlement – Pros & Cons
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has been offered 25 acres in Kakaʻako to settle back-rent claims to ceded lands but what is the potential value of these lands and are they worth it? For more information on the ceded lands,...
Sand Island Marina Plan
Producer, Photographer, and Editor: Maui Tauotaha (E-mail) Associate Producer: Justyn Ah Chong (E-mail) The conceptual plan for the $30 million Sand Island Ocean Recreation Park being proposed by the Department of Land...
Congressional Medal of Honor – 100th Battalion & 442nd Regiment
On Dec. 17th Hawaiʻi will honor local 100th Battalion and 442nd Regiment with a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony at the Convention Center. Local filmmakers Oz Go and Johnathan Walk will be premiering their recent...
Vans Triple Crown of Surfing
Producer, Photographer, and Editor: Justyn Ah Chong Every winter the world’s surfing community flocks to Oʻahu’s North Shore for the prestigious Vans Triple Crown of Surfing competition, bringing together the most elite...
Makahiki Market
Makahiki Market offers locally-grown and locally-styled gift options for your holiday shopping list. Event organizer Kealopiko leads the way with Hawaiian-inspired clothing. They are celebrating their 5th Anniversary and...
3rd Annual Anti-Canvas Event
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua koho ʻia he kanakolu kaha kiʻi na Contrast Magazine a me Hurley e komo ma ke kolu o kā lākou hanana kūmau ʻo Anti-Canvas a no Daniel...
Hālau Kū Mana Makahiki
Visit the Hālau Kū Mana website for more information. [spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Ua hiki mai ka wā o ka makahiki, a e like me ko kākou mau kūpuna, no kēia kula...
ʻIke Kūʻokoʻa
The campaign to typescript more than 60,000 pages of Hawaiian language newspapers kicked off on Monday, November 28, coinciding with Lā Kūʻokoʻa - the Hawaiian Independence day. Led by Kauʻi Sai-Dudoit and Dr. Puakea...
Lā Kūʻokoʻa
November 28 is Lā Kūʻokoʻa - the Hawaiian Independence Day. First celebrated in 1844, Lā Kūʻokoʻa commemorates Great Britain's and France's acknowledgement of the Hawaiian Kingdom as an independent nation. Following the...
What are the Ceded Lands?
ʻŌiwi TV delves into one of the most hotly debated (and long festering) issues in Hawaiian history – ceded lands. We’ve all heard about it, but there’s so much information to digest, it’s hard to wrap our heads around it....
Art & Flea
Writer: Kapōmaikaʻi Stone Photographer and Editor: Justyn Ah Chong As shoppers swarm shopping malls searching for the best deals on Black Friday, you may want to check out the Art & Flea market at Fresh Café. Among...
Kālai Pōhaku
Hungry for some of your own paʻi ʻai?!? Check out Papahana Kuaola this Saturday at Waipao, Heʻeia. Duffy Chang will enlighten you on the art of kālai pōhaku. produced by Kapōmaikaʻi Stone photography by Kaʻāina...
Highway Inn Mural
Writer: Andrea Kūaliʻi-Kahoʻohanohano Photographer and Editor: Justyn Ah Chong Those stopping by the popular restaurant Highway Inn will notice a new artistic addition to the building: a mural painted by area youth...
Hakipuʻu Thanksgiving Imu Fundraiser
Writer: Bryson Hoe Photographer: Kina Palaualelo Editor: Ken Chong Hakipuʻu Learning Center is holding its annual Thanksgiving imu turkey fundraiser to raise supplemental funds to continue its mission of educating youth...
ʻIolani Palace Recreates Royal Ball
The Friends of ʻIolani Palace are holding a Royal Ball at the Palace to raise funds for operations and special projects. The Royal Ball is an attempt to recreate the elegant and lavish royal balls held at this very...
Once In A Lifetime Visit for MAʻO
MAʻO Organic Farms in Waiʻanae was one of the very few Hawaiʻi organizations to bask in the international spotlight of last weekʻs Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit with a visit from the First Lady of the...
Occupy Honolulu
Writer and Photographer: Kina Palaualelo Editor: Kamaka Pili Across the United States, thousands of activists who identify themselves as the 99% have camped out to protest many of the societal ills facing the nation. As...
Mana Maoli Music Video Shoot
November 14, 2011 Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi (Papahana Kuaola) [imagebrowser id=8] We were lucky to get invited to the set for Mana Maoli's music video shoot for the song "Little Bit of Love". The song was written by John Cruz and is performed on the video by John, Jack...
Tribute to Marion Kelly (1919-2011)
UPDATE: http://marionkelly.wordpress.com/ A memorial celebrating Marion’s life will be held on Monday, December 19, 4:00 pm, at Church of the Crossroads. ______________________________________________________ ʻŌiwi TV...
Hālau Hula ʻO Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Producer & Writer: Kamaka Pili Photographer & Editor: Justyn Ah Chong In this story, we visit Kumu Hula Kaleo Trinidad and Hālau Hula ʻO Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā and learn a little bit about the...
Tribute to Herb Kawainui Kāne
If Hōkūleʻa had anything to do with the transformation of the role of Native Hawaiians in their own homeland, and we see Herb as the as the father of the canoe. If that's the case, then Herb is the father of the...
Moana Nui 2011 Wrap
Producer: Kapōmaikaʻi Stone Photographer: Kainoa Rudolfo Editor: Justyn Ah Chong As world leaders gathered in Waikīkī for last week's APEC Summit, indigenous peoples came together for the first Moana Nui Conference to...
Restaurant Week 2011 – Diamond Head Market & Grill
Producer: Kapōmaikaʻi Stone Photographer & Editor: Ken Chong From November 14-20, 2011, restaurants throughout Hawaiʻi will offer special menus as part of Restaurant Week with the goal of promoting the Culinary...
Self-Governance: A Discussion
ʻŌiwi TV recently visited the 2011 Annual Convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs to gain more insight into the new Hawaiʻi State law, Act 195, which sets forth a process for Native Hawaiian self-governance....
He Moʻopuna ʻŌlelo Ola- Neʻepapa 2011
Producer: ʻIwalani Kūaliʻi-Kahoʻohanohano Photographer & Editor: Justyn Ah Chong On 29 October 2011, the ʻAha Pūnana Leo held its annual fundraiser Neʻepapa I Ke Ō Mau at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The theme of "He...
Moana Nui Seeks Economic Sovereignty
Producer: Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi Photographer & Editor: Kaʻāina Paikai Pacific Islanders discuss the future direction of their economies in this era of increased economic globalization at the first Moana Nui Conference...
Ahu Kupanaha Iā Hawaiʻi ʻImi Loa
Ahu kupanaha iā Hawaiʻi ʻimi loa! The Hawaiian value of pursuing new knowledge brings bountiful rewards. - Zepherin Kepelino Kahoaliʻi Keauokalani Speaking from the 1800s, Kepelino could not have envisioned the recent...
Honolulu Airport Star Compass
On 31 October 2011, the State Department of Transportation and the Polynesian Voyaging Society came together to dedicate a navigational star compass that links modern day travelers to the ancient Polynesian seafarers....
Kahoʻolawe 20-Year Commemoration
Photographers: Kaʻāina Paikai & Kamaka Pili Producer: Kapōmaikaʻi Stone Audio: Justyn Ah Chong Editor: Kaʻāina Paikai Supporters of the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (PKO) came together on September 25, 2011 at Ka Papa...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Waiʻau
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi English Located on the slopes of Maunakea, the sacred waters of Waiʻau are memorialized in numerous moʻolelo, mele, and hula. It is said if you havenʻt...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Lehoʻula
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant places in...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Kamakahonu
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Hale o Lono
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Kualoa
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Ulupō
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: MaunaLua
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Kalāhuipuaʻa
One of seven traditional fishponds located in Kona, Kalāhuipuaʻa is a testament to the...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Puʻukoholā
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Kūkaniloko
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Kūʻīlioloa
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: ʻIao
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Kohala
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Wahi Koʻikoʻi: Kahaluʻu Keauhou
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority presents Wahi Koʻikoʻi. This series visits significant...
Nā Momi Hoʻoheno – Mālia Craver
Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless mo‘olelo of our cherished and unique way of life. Mālia...
Kaʻena Point Road Designation
October 2011. The Hawaiʻi Department of Land & Natural Resources Director William Aila, Jr. held 4 walk throughs with fishermen and cultural practitioners in the Kaʻena Point State Park to designate the official...
OHA Charter Funds
https://vimeo.com/46714314 The Office of Hawaiian Affairs grants $1.5 million to Hawaiian-focused charter schools.
Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation’s 2011 Kamaʻāina of the Year: Herb Kāne
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi"] Aloha kakahiaka kākou! E hoʻohanohano ʻia ana ʻo Herb Kawainui Kāne e ka Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation no kona paʻu ikaika i ka hoʻōla a...
Lomilomi Workshop
ʻAha Kāne Lomilomi workshop with Kumu Alva Andrews. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community involvement by focusing on the cultural history and...
Kalo Workshop with Daniel Anthony
Kalo and paʻi ʻai discussion with Daniel Anthony. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community involvement by focusing on the cultural history and...
Kalo Workshop with Jerry Konanui
Kalo discussion with Jerry Konanui. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community involvement by focusing on the cultural history and the roles...
ʻAi Pono with the Hoe ʻOhana
The Hoe ʻOhana demonstrate a few simple dishes that promote a healthy diet, or ʻai pono. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community...
Kajukembo Demonstration
ʻAiau Koa demonstrates a few techniques of Kajukembo. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community involvement by focusing on the cultural history...
Haʻi ʻŌlelo Competition
Challengers vie in this oration competition done entirely in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community involvement by focusing on...
Mālama I Ke Kai
Mac Poepoe discusses how the Hui Mālama ʻO Moʻomomi continues to preserve Molokaʻi's ocean resources by following the Hawaiian moon calendar. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native...
Hula Kahiko
Kumu Hula Kaleo Trinidad of Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā discusses the traditional aspects of hula kahiko. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and...
Hawaiʻi Martial Arts
BJ Penn and Rudy Valentino discuss how traditional and contemporary forms of martial arts share many similarities. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and...
Earl Kawaʻa Keynote
Earl Kawaʻa delivers the first keynote of ʻAha Kāne 2010. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community involvement by focusing on the cultural...
Hula & Lua Panel
Hula and Lua panel with Keone Nunes, Cy Bridges, and Jerry Walker. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community involvement by focusing on the...
ʻAha Kāne Overview
This 20-minute excerpt includes comments from ʻAha Kāne presenters, organizers, and participants about what impact the conference has in encouraging men to become more engaged in their family, culture, and community....
Kaleikoa Kaʻeo Keynote Speech
Keynote speech by Hawaiian philosopher Kaleikoa Kaʻeo. About ʻAha Kāne The goal of 'Aha Kane 2010 is to address the issues of Native Hawaiian male leadership and community involvement by focusing on the cultural history...
Neʻepapa 2011
Speaking from the 1800s, Kepelino could not have envisioned the recent technological advancements taking place in Hawaiʻi and across the world. He did, however, accurately describe the inclination of Hawaiians to pursue...
Hawaiians Painting a Presence at APEC
Written & Produced by Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi Photographed & Edited by Justyn Ah Chong & Kenneth Chong Native Hawaiian artists, alakaʻi and haumana, offer a Hawaiian perspective on the economy with the Hawaiʻi...
Molokaʻi Hoe 2011
Produced, Photographed, and Edited by Kaʻāina Paikai. For the sixth consecutive year, Shell Vaʻa from Tahiti has claimed the top prize at the worldʻs premier outrigger canoe paddling contest. The 41-mile journey...
Kamaʻāina of the Year 2011: Herb Kāne
Historic Hawai'i Foundation will be honoring Herb Kāne as Kama'āina of the Year. Event on Oct 22nd at the Sheraton Royal Hawaiian Hotel's Monarch Room. Click here for more info.
Vickys Hālau
https://vimeo.com/46714312 After over 30 years, Hālau Hula Pua Aliʻi ʻIlima finally finds a permanent home.
Hula Hālau ʻo Kawailiʻulā
In this story, we visit Hula Hālau ʻo Kawailiʻulā and Kumu Hula Chinky Mahoe and catch a glimpse of his style of dancing and see where it comes from. There is no wrong way of dancing hula, and Kumu Chinky knows that....
The Caretakers of Ka Lae
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121974549 This is the story of a Hawaiian family who makes a home at Ka Lae (South Point), a remote and rugged area at the southernmost tip of the island of Hawai'i. For eleven years, under threat of eviction by the...
The May Experience
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122817303 When community members take over Waiʻanae school classrooms for a day, students learn lessons about their environment, culture, and history. With a musical introduction by Manu Kahaialiʻi, this video features...
The Tribunal
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121976370 The proceedings of Ka Ho'okolokolonui Kanaka Maoli Peoples' International Tribunal Hawai'i, 1993 In August 1993, the production team of Na Maka o ka 'Aina spent twelve days capturing on video the proceedings...
Kapu Kaʻū
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121878514 Kapu Ka'u is a unique portrait of one of Hawai'i's most remote and rugged districts, Ka'u, located on the southern flanks of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawai'i. The people of Ka'u are known historically for...
Human Rights and the Hawaiian Kingdom
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121877313 Representatives of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and indigenous Alaskan and Lakota Sioux peoples, along with an international law expert, discuss human rights, land titles and the Hawaiian Kingdom....
Nā Wai E Hoʻōla i Nā Iwi? – Who Will Save the Bones?
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121884777 From an ancient burial site at Honokahua, Maui, to the streets of Honolulu, the issue of protecting ancestral remains is brought passionately to the public's attention by Hawaiians. A few days before...
Hōkai ua Lawaiʻa Makapaʻa
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121865518 Set to the songs of the Kahumoku Brothers, this music video demonstrates a traditional Hawaiian method of catching ʻopelu (Pacific mackerel) off the Waiʻanae coast of Oʻahu. Featuring Walter "Keli'iokekai"...
Living Jewels – The Rare Plants of Hawaiʻi
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121873559 Rare and endangered plants and their habitats are presented and discussed by horticulturist Heidi Bornhorst and botanist Charles Lamoureux. Plants include: ma'o, 'ihi, ma'ohi'ohi, mamane, pua kala, kulu'i,...
Nā Keiki o ka ʻĀina – Children of the Land
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121877975 In the shadow of Ka'ala mountain on the Wai'anae coast of O'ahu, a unique community project is creating a new educational curriculum. Gigi Cocquio, a native of Italy, has set up a community farm in Makaha and...
Pele’s Appeal
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121884509 In the swirling volcanic steam and misty rain forest of Kilauea volcano's east rift zone on the island of Hawai'i, two forces meet head on. Geothermal development interests, seeking to clear the rain forest...
Mālama Hāloa – Protecting the Taro
https://vimeo.com/121872000 Taro grower and Native Hawaiian practitioner Jerry Konanui works to propagate and save from extinction the numerous varieties of kalo (taro), a staple of the Hawaiian diet. Jerry's mission is also to protect kalo, revered as the elder...
Kula Kaiapuni Rally
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121978231 Speeches and music by Hawaiian language scholars, teachers and students at a rally to lobby for government funding for Hawaiian language immersion schools (kula kaiapuni). Attended by young children from the...
Puhipau
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122718065 Produced for Physicians for Social Responsibility/Hawai'i, this program explores, in stark and sobering detail, the medical and social effects of a theoretical nuclear attack on Hawai'i. Featuring members of...
Wao Kele o Puna
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/121975631 March and rally to protest geothermal energy development in one of the last lowland rain forests in Hawaiʻi. One of the biggest such demonstrations held on the issue, led by the Pele defense Fund and supported...
Aloha Quest
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina On Sunday, December 19, 1999, an historic six-hour educational television presentation was broadcast throughout Hawai'i on KFVE television. The "educast" was simultaneously webcast to the world over the Internet. Featuring a mix of live...
Ahupuaʻa, Fishponds, & Loʻi
Produced by Nalani Minton, Directed by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina The centuries-old Hawaiian system of land use allowed access to all resources in the ahupua'a, a land division that stretched from mountain to sea. Within the...
Ka Haku Hulu – The Featherworker
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122701588 Native birds and their feathers are the subject of this program hosted by John Dominis Holt. Hawaiʻi's endangered and extinct birds are featured both in wildlife footage and in the artwork of Ipo Nihipali....
Nā Waiwai Hawaiʻi – Treasured Values of Hawaiʻi
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Part 1 https://vimeo.com/122715742 The Hawaiian word waiwāi denotes something valued or treasured, true wealth. This program explores the concepts of aloha ʻāina, kōkua, ʻohana, and thinking "island." Featuring Lani Kapuni, Lilia Hale,...
Ka Hana Noʻeau Hawaii – Hawaiian Crafts
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122701537 Artist, craftsman and philosopher Sam Ka'ai displays his collection of fishhooks made of bone, ivory, pearl and turtle shell, and demonstrates the traditional way of making them using grinding stones and a...
Nā Hulu Kupuna – Margaret Aipoalani
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122715724 In this program, interviewer Tuti Kanahele visits with musician and Kaua'i resident Margaret Aipoalani who demonstrates the techniques and patterns of Hawaiian quilting, tells stories of her younger days, and...
Nā Hulu Kupuna – James Hueu, Jr.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122715110 In this program, interviewer Tuti Kanahele travels to the taro-growing district of Ke'anae, Maui, to talk with James Keolaokalani Hu'eu, Jr., a long-time resident and taro grower. Kupuna Hu'eu takes Tuti on a...
Nā Hulu Kupuna – Leimana Kanahele
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122715654 In this segment of Nā Hulu Kūpuna, interviewer Tuti Kanahele visits with her father, Leimana Kanahele, born and raised on the island of Niʻihau, now making his home on Kauaʻi. Leimana demonstrates the making...
He Huakaʻi Makaʻikaʻi
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122698108 Rachel Nahaleʻelua Mahuiki, one of Hanaleiʻs most beloved kupuna, leads Larry Kimura and a group of Hawaiian language teachers on a tour of Haʻena, Kauaʻi. The trip includes visits to the wet and dry caves,...
Nā Hulu Kupuna – Alina Kanahele
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122715130 In this segment of Nā Hulu Kupuna, Tuti Kanahele interviews Alina Kanahele about everyday life on the island of Niʻihau, where Alina was born and raised. In Hawaiian language; no English subtitles....
E Hoʻomākaukau Haupia
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122688198 Larry Kimura visits Helen Haleola Lee Hong at the Keliʻihoʻomalu family residence in Kaimu on Hawaiʻi island, to learn how to prepare haupia (coconut pudding). Assisted by Sammy Keliihoomalu, Helen shows how...
We Are Who We Were
Co-Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina & the Hawaiian Patriotic League https://vimeo.com/121926482 On August 12, 1898, during ceremonies at 'Iolani Palace, two figures stood on a platform before an international gathering. Sanford B. Dole and U.S. Minister Harold...
Today’s Makaʻāinana – The Fisherman & the Farmer
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122716684 Fisherman Kaiana Ahmad takes us out on an aku (tuna) boat for a day of deep-sea fishing. He shows how sea birds help fishermen to find the fish and demonstrates the use of fishhooks and lures. Then we travel...
Pae i ka Nalu – Surfing in Hawaiʻi
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122716163 Surfers Rell Sunn, Clyde Aikau, Rabbit Kekai, Buffalo Keaulana, and Alvin Kaʻio share their knowledge of the history of surfing, canoe surfing, big wave surfing and popular surfing spots. Lilikala...
Mākua – To Heal a Nation
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122714448 Located on the western tip of the Hawaiian island of O'ahu, Makua beach has long been a place of refuge for Kanaka Maoli (native Hawaiians) pushed out of modern society. Because it is one of the last...
Mākua Homecoming
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122714605 A documentary on the stand taken by Kanaka Maoli (native Hawaiians) at Mākua beach to resist eviction by police and government agents. The event was a milestone in the movement toward independence and...
E ʻAi Kākou: ʻAi Pono
https://vimeo.com/122693096 E ʻAi Kākou is a local cooking show that shows you how to prepare healthy foods with traditional Hawaiian ingredients.
E ʻAi Kākou: Loko Iʻa
https://vimeo.com/122796404 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Episode 3 - Loko Iʻa (fishpond) E ʻAi Kākou is a local cooking show that shows you how to prepare healthy foods with traditional Hawaiian ingredients. Visit Paepae o Heʻeia, a traditional fishpond on the...
E ʻAi Kākou: Iʻa
https://vimeo.com/122693354 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Episode 2 - Iʻa (fish) E ʻAi Kākou is a local cooking show that shows you how to prepare healthy foods with traditional Hawaiian ingredients. Hosted by Sharon Kaʻiulani Odom Guests: Herbert Hoe, Hosea...
E ʻAi Kākou: Kalo
https://vimeo.com/122693120 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Episode 1 - Kalo. E ʻAi Kākou is a local cooking show that shows you how to prepare healthy foods with traditional Hawaiian ingredients. in this episode visit the island of Kauaʻi and the beautiful...
Hawaiʻi’s Legacy of Learning
https://vimeo.com/122697660 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools A review of the findings from a the Kamehameha Schoolsʻ study of cultural influences in learning. This 20-minute documentary highlights the stories and successes of culture-based education through the...
E Huakaʻi Kākou: Kohala Kuamoʻo
https://vimeo.com/122690608 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Video tour with educator and cultural historian Fred Cachola as he travels through Kohala and shares place names and manaʻo about the timeless story of Naeʻole and the infant Kamehameha.
Kakaʻako: A Homecoming
https://vimeo.com/122159439 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Kamehameha Schoolsʻ master plan for Kakaʻako embraces cultural heritage, prudent land stewardship, community life, educational opportunities, and economic viability to enable Kamehameha Schools to fulfill...
Three Mountain Alliance
https://vimeo.com/122687193 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools The Three Mountain Alliance watershed partnership formed in 2008 when members of the ʻOlaʻa Kilauea partnership, based on their 14 year success of partnering, expanded watershed protection and management...
Feeding Ourselves-Feeding Our Nation: How to Build a Drybox
https://vimeo.com/122068656 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools In this segment from "Feeding Ourselves-Feeding Our Nation" Pokiʻi Magallanes shows and explains how to make a dry box.
Feeding Ourselves-Feeding Our Nation: How to Make Lomi Opelu
https://vimeo.com/122068793 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools In this segment from "Feeding Ourselves-Feeding Our Nation" Domingo Gomes shows and explains how to make Lomi Opelu.
Feeding Ourselves-Feeding Our Nation: Hoaʻāina O Makaha
https://vimeo.com/122069783 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools This segment from "Feeding Ourselves-Feeding Our Nation" focuses on building a more sustainable future for Makaha and other communities. Mahalo to Eric Enos and Kaʻala Farms.
Nā Momi Hoʻoheno – Adelaide Sylva
https://vimeo.com/122686605 Produced by Kamehameha Schools' Kaʻiwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless mo‘olelo of...
Nā Momi Hoʻoheno – Helen “Lady” Kamanā
Produced by Kamehameha Schools' Kaʻiwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these...
Nā Momi Hoʻoheno – Mālia Craver
https://vimeo.com/122684680 Produced by Kamehameha Schools' Kaʻiwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless mo‘olelo of...
Nā Momi Hoʻoheno – Bill Maioho
https://vimeo.com/119473796 Produced by Kamehameha Schools' Kaʻiwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless mo‘olelo of...
Nā Momi Hoʻoheno – Haili’s Hawaiian Foods
https://vimeo.com/122684181 Produced by Kamehameha Schools' Kaʻiwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless mo‘olelo of...
Nā Momi Hoʻoheno – Mary Lou Kekuewa
https://vimeo.com/122686909 Produced by Kamehameha Schools' Kaʻiwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless mo‘olelo of...
Kona Farmers
https://vimeo.com/122681527 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Multi-generational farmers in Kona discuss sustainable practices
Stones
https://vimeo.com/122717048 Written and Directed by Ty Sanga Produced by Jessie Creel Set in ancient times in the islands of Hawaiʻi, a forlorn woman living in isolation with her husband meets a child from a nearby village and contemplates whether she should bring her...
Nā ʻĀina Hoʻoilina o Kamehameha
https://vimeo.com/120655101 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools A historical and biographical look at the land legacy of the Kamehameha Schools that supports the education the Native Hawaiian people.
Huakaʻi ʻĀina Hoʻoilina
https://vimeo.com/122070139 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools. 2008 Kamehameha Schools is committed to caring for the lands entrusted to us by our founder, Ke Ali'i Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Huaka'i 'Āina Ho'oilina introduces KS' philosophy on land stewardship and its...
Through Namaka’s Eyes
https://vimeo.com/122070616 Raised by preeminent Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukui and her mother Paahana Wiggin, Patience Namaka Bacon is today one of Hawai‘’i’s most beloved kūpuna and keeper of Hawaiian traditions. Her storied life unfolds in this 60-minute...
Legacy of a Princess
https://vimeo.com/122683095 Produced by The Kamehameha Schools. (12-minutes, updated 2011) From Kamehameha Schools' website (www.ksbe.edu): Legacy of a Princess Kamehameha Schools was founded by the will of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, a descendant of Hawaiian royalty, and...
Kailikoa: An Olympic Journey
https://vimeo.com/122681913 This documentary follows Hawai‘i Island’s Daniel Kailikoa Coakley on his journey to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as part of the Philippines team. Produced by Dawn Kanaiaupio. 2008 Alphamedia Corp. Excerpt from an interview with Dawn...
Hakipuʻu ʻĀina Momona
https://vimeo.com/122069162 Hakipuʻu Learning Center is a Pubic Charter School based in Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu. This 12-minute video takes a look into the unique benefits of place-based learning and some of the challenges charter schools are facing. Mahalo to Charlene...
Hawaiʻi Charter School Panel
https://vimeo.com/121871432 A group of leaders of Hawaiʻi's public charter school movement discuss the challenges and opportunities charter schools face. Panelists include Alapaki Nahale-a, Dr. Shawn Kanaʻiaupuni, Vanelle Maunalei Love. Moderated by Amy Kalili Filmed...
Mai Poina Walking Tour
https://vimeo.com/121880537 The Hawai'i Pono'i Coalition presents the popular Mai Poina historic walking tours recreating four pivotal days leading up to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy. Written by local playwright Victoria Kneubuhl, the tours present dramatic...
Molokaʻi Hoe Preparations
https://vimeo.com/121866090 There are a lot of races out there to be won, but crossing the Molokaʻi channel tops them all. In honor of the paddlers and paddlers at heart, we dedicate an entire episode to the competition, culture and craft of outrigger canoe...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Molokaʻi Hoe – September 25, 2011
https://vimeo.com/122813949 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo September 25, 2011 The intense training and teamwork is a Hawaiian value still found in the modern world of paddling today. From the construction of paddles to voyaging the deep seas around the world, these...
Telling Our Story Through Street Art
Video of the 2011 Estria Foundation Graffiti Battle in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Artists John "Prime" Hina from Urban 808 and Estria Miyashiro of The Estria Foundation collaborated on an event to unite art with culture for a unique way to tell our...
Progress & Promise
https://vimeo.com/121863981 Update on the progress of the Kamehameha Schools' 2000-2015 Strategic Plan.
10 Years of Paepae o Heʻeia
https://vimeo.com/121863272 In 2001, a small group of young Hawaiians came together to form Paepae o Heʻeia. Their work was centered around the 80-acre traditional Hawaiian fishpond in Heʻeia and involved restoring and caring for this special place. Over the last 10...
Nā Momi Ho‘oheno- Adelaide Kaiwi Kuamū Silva
Nā Momi Ho‘oheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless mo‘olelo of our cherished and unique way of life. Meet Tutu...
Kaho’olawe Aloha ‘Āina-George Helm
Produced by the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana Edited by Ken Yasso, Joan Lander https://vimeo.com/121864411 Produced in 1977, this video documents the early days of the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana and the speeches and performances of George Helm, one of the founders of the...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Future of Hawaiʻi (Econ/Energy) – July 9, 2011
https://vimeo.com/123034787 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo July 9, 2011 Living in paradise isn’t as glamorous as it sounds. Government officials, protestors and musicians alike share the concern we all face with Hawaiʻi’s economy. This episode covers some of the...
Te Mana o Te Moana – Ceremony
https://vimeo.com/121865435 On Friday June 25, 2011, the 7 Pacific Voyagers canoes arrived on the shores of Kualoa, Oʻahu. ʻŌiwi TV was allowed to document this significant event. This half hour program captures the welcoming ceremony for the 7 crews....
Te Mana o Te Moana – Arrival
On Friday June 25, 2011, the 7 Pacific Voyagers canoes arrived on the shores of Kualoa, Oʻahu. ʻŌiwi TV was allowed to document this significant event. This have hour program captures the arrival of the 7 crews. From www.pacificvoyagers.com "Te Mana o Te Moana Day"...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Future of Hawaiʻi: Agriculture & Water – June 11, 2011
https://vimeo.com/122813907 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo June 11, 2011 Government officials, land owners, farmers and more reexamine the way we use our land and manage our water in charting a course for a sustainable future.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – MAMo Arts – May 7, 2011
https://vimeo.com/122071204 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo May 7, 2011 This celebration of native Hawaiian art and artists pays tribute to legendary artist Herb Kāne, and traditional craftsmen, contemporary artists and fashion designers all expressing their culture...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Merrie Monarch – April 9, 2011
https://vimeo.com/122813314 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo April 9, 2011 Our coverage of the intense preparation for the Merrie Monarch Festival by hula dancers, kapa makers, crafters and vendors, and a look at the life of legendary musician Kahauanu Lake.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – 11 To Watch In 2011: Part 2 – March 27, 2011
https://vimeo.com/122812768 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo March 27, 2011 Profiles of up and coming people to keep an eye on this year. In Part 2, Alapaki Nahale-a, Becky Soon, Keawe Kaholokula, Kaʻiulani Murphy, Kamuela Enos, and Ezekiel Lau.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – 11 To Watch In 2011: Part 1 – March 5, 2011
https://vimeo.com/122811830 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo March 5, 2011 Profiles of up and coming people to keep an eye on this year. In Part 1, Sam Kapoi, Malia Akutagawa, Kamanaʻopono Crabbe, Mehanaokalā Hind, and Kealoha.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Hawaiian Activism – February 6, 2011
https://vimeo.com/122811233 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo February 6, 2011 A look at the heroes of Hawaiian activism yesterday and today, the unique brand of community activism on Molokaʻi, and the music that fueled the spirit of the movement.
Mark Yamanaka
https://vimeo.com/46714311 Hilo-bred Hawaiian musician Mark Yamanaka wears his hometown on his sleeve.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – January 2, 2011
https://vimeo.com/122810583 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo January 2, 2011 Reactions to the inauguration of Governor Neil Abercrombie, a look at some Hawaiian issues that will be debated in the Legislature, and a crash course in Hawaiian football terms in time for...
Faces of the Nation
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Sovereignty is the ability of a people who share a common culture, religion, language, value system and land base to exercise control over their lands and lives, independent of other nations. From the history of the Mahele and the 1893...
2010 Hawaiʻinuiākea
https://vimeo.com/46713907 It’s time to put that college degree to work for the recent graduates from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoaʻs School of Hawaiian Knowledge.
Fitted Hawaiʻi
https://vimeo.com/46713906 Local company Fitted HI uses a modern Hawaiian perspective to create a display of a local line of street wear.
Bishop Mala
https://vimeo.com/46712689 Bishop Museum unveils a new Native Hawaiian plant garden.
Native Books – 20 years
https://vimeo.com/46713458 Over its 20 years in business, Native Books bookstore has become a place not just for Hawaiian books, but a thriving Hawaiian culture.
Abbott Memorial
https://vimeo.com/46712686 The legacy of the late Dr. Isabella Abbott encourages future generations to break barriers as a scientist and a Native Hawaiian, as she did.
ʻElua Puke
https://vimeo.com/46712684 Preview the Bishop Museum Pressʻ latest book release: Mai Paʻa I Ka Leo and Legend of the Gourd.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Kuleana – December 5, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122807589 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo December 5, 2010 In the joy of the holiday season, we must remember our responsibilities: to care for our families, to care for our heritage, and not to turn a blind eye to those less fortunate.
Pana Puʻuhonua
https://vimeo.com/46712683 Ancient Hawaiian refuge sites like Puʻuhonua O Honaunau on the Big Island helped balance the rigidity of the strict system of laws.
Helemano Trees
https://vimeo.com/46654124 Local Christmas tree farmer Aaron OʻBrien helps protect Hawaiʻiʻs environment all the while supporting local business.
Mahalo Giving
https://vimeo.com/46654123 For Hakipuʻu Learning Center kalua turkey is more than just a Thanksgiving novelty – itʻs a tradition.
Hickam Makahiki
https://vimeo.com/46654120 The U.S. Military redefines the sometimes contentious relationship between the military and Hawaiians by celebrating the ancient Hawaiian tradition of makahiki on base.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Water In Hawaiʻi – November 7, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122814004 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo November 7, 2010 A look at the complex system of mechanics, laws and regulations, and landmark court rulings that have shaped the way we treat one of Hawaiʻi’s most precious resources: fresh water.
Mokauea Service
https://vimeo.com/45153924 Kamehameha Schools Kapālama seniors connect to the Mokauea community by giving back.
Lā Kūkahekahe 2010
https://vimeo.com/45153919 Windward Community College invites the public to celebrate the living Hawaiian language.
MAMo: Maile Andrade
https://vimeo.com/42657392 Local musicians Anuhea and John Cruz take time out of their successful careers to give back to Hawaiian-focused charter schools.
KOKA Prison
https://vimeo.com/46714313 Local non-profit Keiki O Ka ʻĀina keeps family bond strong between Hawaiʻiʻs incarcerated and their children.
ʻŌiwi ʻEhā
https://vimeo.com/45153918 The fourth edition of the Hawaiian literary journal, ʻŌiwi Journal launches.
KKPG Talent
https://vimeo.com/44335445 Kani Ka Pila Grille in the Outrigger Reef Hotel is looking for up and coming Hawaiian musicians to add to their entertainment line-up.
Hoe Train
https://vimeo.com/45153917 For outrigger canoe paddler Uluwehi Keaunui preparing for the 41-mile, open-ocean race that is the Molokaʻi Hoe is not to be taken lightly.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – October 7, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122802447 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo October 7, 2010 A new film about the life of master navigator Papa Mau Piailug, Hōkūleʻa comes ashore for repairs and improvements, and artistic family traditions – the painter Dowsons, and the musically...
Poliʻahu
https://vimeo.com/45152429 Tau Dance Theater presents a dance opera telling the story of the Hawaiian snow goddess Poliʻahu through hula, ballet, traditional Yupik dance, and more.
Hiʻilani
[spb_tabs width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_tab title="Part 1"] Part 1: Introduction https://vimeo.com/121859374 [/spb_tab] [spb_tab title="Part 2"] Part 2: Baby Massage https://vimeo.com/121859947 [/spb_tab] [spb_tab title="Part 3"] Part 3: Baby Milestones...
2010 Kava Fest
https://vimeo.com/45152427 Kava culture is taking over the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa this weekend with the annual Kava Festival.
ʻŌpio Congress
https://vimeo.com/45152425 Social workers from around the world invite youth affected by child abuse and neglect to share their experiences at the Congress on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Hilo – September 26, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122802389 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo September 26, 2010 A trip to Hawaiʻi Island to meet with a hula dancer-turned-designer, Kalapana natives who have come to accept the volcano as a way of life, Pāpaʻikou residents on two sides of an access...
Tom Kualiʻi
https://vimeo.com/45152424 For Iraq War Veteran Tom Kualiʻi, photographing his homeland on the Big Island became an outlet to heal the lasting effects of war.
Lomilomi
https://vimeo.com/45152422 Traditional Hawaiian massage or lomilomi practitioner Piʻilani Wright brings the art of lomilomi to Waikiki.
Hawaiian Vote
https://vimeo.com/44828936 Political candidates in the 2010 Election urge Hawaiʻiʻs citizens to cast their vote.
U.S. Hale
https://vimeo.com/44828934 Candidates for Hawaiʻiʻs open seat at the U.S. House of Representatives share their plans for securing the state’s interest at the national level.
Taste of Heʻeia
https://vimeo.com/44828933 Local non-profit Paepae O Heʻeia puts on their annual Taste of Heʻeia Benefit Dinner where dishes are made with delicacies from their Heʻeia Fishpond.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Elections – September 5, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122153359 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo September 5, 2010 We chat with candidates for U.S. House, Governor, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on critical issues like the Akaka Bill, the state budget, and reforming education.
Kona Monk Seal Facility
https://vimeo.com/44828932 Plans are underway to build a facility in Kona on the Big Island to help the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – August 15, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122722226 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo August 15, 2010 A memorial to the life of master navigator Papa Mau Piailug, the remains of what used to be home to Hakipuʻu Learning Center, and a visit with a practitioner of a painful but beautiful...
Pewa Art
https://vimeo.com/44826080 Native Hawaiian visual artists unite to secure a more permanent home for their art in Honolulu.
Hawaiʻiloa Hou
https://vimeo.com/44826078 The traditional Hawaiian double-hulled canoe Hawaiʻiloa is being rebuilt after being in pieces for nearly a decade.
Hakipuʻu Out
https://vimeo.com/44826076 Itʻs back to school today for all Hawaiʻi public school students except for those at Hakipuʻu Learning Center, who were evicted earlier this summer.
KS Relay 4 Life
https://vimeo.com/44825401 Kamehameha Schools alumni use their vast alumni network to raise funds and get the word out on the high risk of cancer amongst Native Hawaiians.
Pana Nāonealaʻa
https://vimeo.com/44825400 The ancient Hawaiian story of peace prevailing in Kaneʻohe reminds us of the cultural and historical importance of this place now known as Kaneʻohe Beach Park.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – July 11, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122152866 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo July 11, 2010 The crew of voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa train for their upcoming worldwide voyage, a Hawaiian immersion graduate making a career in hip hop dance, and Kainani Kahaunaele’s new album ʻŌhai...
Aha Haku Mele
https://vimeo.com/44825399 The annual MELE Songwriters Workshop in Honolulu reminds musicians and music lovers of the true nature of music – putting poetry put to song.
Pana Nuʻuanu
https://vimeo.com/44825398 A reminder of the rich Hawaiian history of Nuʻuanu Valley.
Project Focus
https://vimeo.com/44825099 Local non-profit Project Focus Hawaiʻi helps at-risk youth express themselves through a camera lens.
ʻĀina Hoʻōla
https://vimeo.com/44824685 A local program helps families gain food self-sufficiency by reconnecting them to the land.
Aha Kāne Wrap
https://vimeo.com/44824684 The Native Hawaiian Menʻs Health Care Conference gives attendees the cultural perspective they need to fulfill their responsibilities as Hawaiian men.
Hōlua
https://vimeo.com/44824683 Waterman and traditional board shaper Pohaku Stone shares his knowledge of the traditional sport of holua sledding and its relevance nowadays.
Aha Kane Health
https://vimeo.com/44824682 Men at the Native Hawaiian Menʻs Health Care Conference discuss the role that culture plays in healing the Native Hawaiians nowadays.
Aha Kāne ʻAi Pono
https://vimeo.com/44824680 Men at the Native Hawaiian Menʻs Health Care Conference learn the cultural and nutritional value of traditional Hawaiian diet.
Aha Kāne Overview
https://vimeo.com/44824684 The Native Hawaiian Menʻs Health Care Conference brought together 600 Hawaiian men from across Hawaiʻi to rediscover their role as Hawaiian men in modern society.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – June 20, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122152667 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo June 20, 2010 A tribute to the inspiration behind many native filmmakers – the late Merata Mita, changes coming to the Kamehameha Day Celebration, science class at a fishpond, and the latest album from the...
Ka Hīmeni ʻAna Applications
https://vimeo.com/44823798 The Annual Ka Hīmeni ʻAna Hawaiian Music Competition is looking for undiscovered talent.
Kamehameha 200
https://vimeo.com/44823797 This yearʻs King Kamehameha Day Celebration got a boost this year, not with an infusion of money, but with an infusion of culture.
Paikau Prep
https://vimeo.com/44823796 Paʻu riders for this yearʻs Kamehameha Day Parade in Honolulu take us through the rigors of preparing for the big day.
Lā Kamehameha
https://vimeo.com/44823795 Tradition is re-infused into the annual Kamehameha Day Celebration.
Merata Memorial
https://vimeo.com/44337293 A tribute to legendary Maori filmmaker, the late Merata Mita, who had a lasting impact on her students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoʻs Academy of Creative Media.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – May 30, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122151936 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo May 30, 2010 Behind the scenes of a new Hawaiian language learning TV show, a conference for the betterment of Hawaiian men, the First Nations Fellows Program, and a thrust toward food sovereignty.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – May 16, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122151677 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo May 16, 2010 The eviction of Hakipuʻu Learning Center, a rally for Hawaiian immersion education in West Oʻahu, a festival for native filmmakers, and a new take on the Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards.
MAMo: First Friday
https://vimeo.com/44335443 The month-long celebration of Native Hawaiian art and artists kicks off with First Friday.
ʻŌiwi Film Festival: Pauʻole
https://vimeo.com/44335442 Maui filmmaker Kelly Pauʻole previews his documentary Release Our Water at the ʻŌiwi Film Festival.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – May 10, 2010 – Ocean Awareness Festival
https://vimeo.com/44334379 Preschoolers and parents at the Kawaiahaʻo Hawaiian Immersion Preschool gear up for the annual Ocean Awareness Festival.
Charter Book Fair
https://vimeo.com/44334378 The Native Hawaiian non-profit Alu Like promotes literacy in Hawaiʻiʻs charter schools with the second annual Charter School Book Fair.
ʻŌiwi Film Festival: Puhipau
https://vimeo.com/44334377 Veteran Native Hawaiian filmmaker Puhipau debuts his latest documentary on genetically modified kalo at the first annual ʻŌiwi Film Festival.
Special Election
https://vimeo.com/44334376 Candidates in the special election for the vacant seat at the U.S. House of Representatives discuss their plans on federal recognition for Native Hawaiians.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – May 2, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122151127 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo May 2, 2010 Seeking a permanent home for Waiʻanae’s voyaging canoe E Ala, a new home for Maoli Arts, a venture to grow Hawaiian maile, and a day of celebrating our vibrant Hawaiian language.
ʻŌiwi Film Festival
https://vimeo.com/44334375 The first ever ʻŌiwi Film Festival provides a long-awaited venue for Native Hawaiian filmmakers.
Lā Kūkahekahe 2010 (C/D)
https://vimeo.com/44333794 The Hawaiian language is thriving when it can be heard outside of the classrooms and in our communities, as it was at a recent celebration of the living language.
E Ala Arrives (C/D)
https://vimeo.com/44333793 Waiaʻaneʻs double-hulled canoe E Ala returns home after nearly 30 years.
E Ala
https://vimeo.com/44333791 The Leeward Coast has been waiting nearly 30 years for the return of their beloved double-hulled canoe E Ala.
Punana Leo O Honolulu 25
https://vimeo.com/44333789 The Hawaiian language revitalization movement is rooted in the Hawaiian language immersion preschools, a couple of which are celebrating their silver anniversaries.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Merrie Monarch Wrap-Up – April 11, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122150888 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo April 11, 2010 A tribute to three of the vanguards of the festival, Kumu George Nāʻope, Aunty Dottie Thompson and Kumu Rae Fonseca, the Wednesday night hōʻike that you don’t see on TV, and a look behind the...
Merrie Monarch 2010: House Bands (C/D)
https://vimeo.com/44333788 Dancers aren’t then only ones preparing for Merrie Monarch. Backstage will be some of Hawaiʻiʻs best musicians who prepare just as hard, if not harder, than the dancers.
Merrie Monarch 2010: Hōʻike
https://vimeo.com/43994311 While not broadcasted, the Wednesday night hōʻike could be one of the most anticipated events of the festival for dancers and spectators.
Merrie Monarch 2010: Rae Fonseca
https://vimeo.com/43994309 Despite the passing of Hālau O Kahikilaulaniʻs Kumu Hula Rae Fonseca, his dancers are ready to take the Merrie Monarch stage.
Merrie Monarch 2010: Art Show
https://vimeo.com/43994310 Hosting the world’s premiere hula event – the Merrie Monarch – means exposure for Hilo artists.
Merrie Monarch 2010: George Nāʻope
https://vimeo.com/43994308 The late hula master George Nāʻope co-founder of the Merrie Monarch is honored by his hula students.
Merrie Monarch 2010: Fundraising (C/D)
https://vimeo.com/43994307 Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima take us on their fundraising journey to Merrie Monarch.
Merrie Monarch 2010: Hālau ʻŪniki
https://vimeo.com/43993012 After 35 years, Kumu Hula Leinaʻala Heine finally graduated her first cohort of dancers, who will make their Kumu Hula debut at this yearʻs Merrie Monarch.
Merrie Monarch 2010: Hula Festival
https://vimeo.com/43993009 Long-time Merrie Monarch hosts Kimo Kahoano and Skylark Rossetti reminisce the early days of the hula festival.
Merrie Monarch 2010: Kalākaua (C/D)
https://vimeo.com/43993007 Hula traditions are alive and strong today because of the Merrie Monarch himself, King Kalākaua.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – Merrie Monarch Preview – March 28, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122069875 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo March 28, 2010 A look at the history of the festival, the preparation that goes into it, the pressure of being on that big stage all alone in the run for Miss Aloha Hula, and the musicians that bring the hula...
Lauaʻe Fundraiser
https://vimeo.com/43993006 Benefit concert for Lauaʻe Beamer, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, seeks to bring awareness of the higher rate of cancer among Native Hawaiians.
One Voice
https://vimeo.com/43993005 Executive Producer Heather Giugni previews the new, national documentary about the annual Kamehameha Schools Song Contest.
Song Contest glee club
https://vimeo.com/43992280 The alumni glee club at Kamehameha Schools extends the music experience beyond Song Contest and high school graduation.
Song Contest theme
https://vimeo.com/43992278 The Kamehameha Schools Song Contest is a 90-year tradition and this year’s theme revisits enduring classics sung over the years.
Kālai Hoe
https://vimeo.com/43992277 Master woodworker Uncle Bobby Puakea shows us how the perfect koa paddle is made.
Hoʻopili Alakaʻi
https://vimeo.com/43992275 Dozens of Hawaiʻiʻs middle and high school students shadow their state representatives to get a taste of a career in government.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – March 14, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122071023 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo March 14, 2010 Indigenous broadcasters using media to revive culture, Uncle Bobby Puakea reviving canoe crafting, Pāhua Heiau in a quaint Hawaiʻi Kai neighborhood, and the unique Hawaiian jazz stylings of Ke...
Taiwan Enroute
https://vimeo.com/43575058 ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola joins other native people from around the world for the second World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Taiwan.
Holokū Ball
https://vimeo.com/43575057 Hawaiian Civic Clubs kick off the month-long celebration in honor of Prince Kuhio Kalanianaʻole with the upscale Holokū Ball.
Tax Prep
https://vimeo.com/43575056 The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement offers free tax preparation services to low-income Native Hawaiians.
Nānākuli Laptop
https://vimeo.com/44826077 Freshmen at Nānākuli High School receive laptop computers to jumpstart the new school year, in the hope of improving student performance.
Noʻeau Puke
https://vimeo.com/43575055 Hawaiian language professor and author Noʻeau Warner releases a series of Hawaiian language children books that keiki can relate to.
Pasifika
https://vimeo.com/43575054 Hawaiian music and dance will be featured for the first time in 18 years at the annual Pasifika Festival in New Zealand, the largest gathering of Pacific peoples.
Makaha Sons (C/D)
https://vimeo.com/43574031 The Makaha Sons celebrate 34 years of homegrown, effortless harmonies.
CBE Study
https://vimeo.com/43574030 A recent study reveals that culture-based education has a very real and positive impact on test scores.
DHHL – Gaming
https://vimeo.com/43574028 Gaming on Hawaiian Home Lands did not become law, but putting it on the table was enough to get people talking.
Hōkūleʻa Kai Hoʻēʻe
https://vimeo.com/43574026 Hōkūleʻaʻs captain and crew prepared to set sail following Saturdayʻs tsunami warning.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – February 28, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122149936 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo February 28, 2010 A gaming bill may be just what the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands needs, a surfboard machine that still doesn’t replace the magic of hand shaping, and homegrown harmonies with the Mākaha...
Board Shaping
https://vimeo.com/43574025 Surfboard Shaper Jared Clapper mixes modern technology and handmade craftsmanship to take surfboard shaping to a new level.
Akaka House Floor
https://vimeo.com/43573338 As his 20-year career in Congress comes to an end, U.S. Representative Neil Abercrombie takes the House floor one last time in support of the Akaka Bill.
Punana Leo Paikomo
https://vimeo.com/43573337 Placing your child in a Hawaiian language immersion preschool requires the entire family’s commitment to language learning.
House Bill 2737
https://vimeo.com/43573336 House Bill 2737 attempts to balance the State budget by selling state lands, some of which are ceded lands. The Stateʻs authority over the sale of ceded lands, however remains unsettled.
Nā Kama Kai
https://vimeo.com/43573335 The Nā Kama Kai ocean safety program for children seeks to ensure keiki are comfortable and safe in our ocean environment.
Ke Aliʻi Pauahi Foundation
https://vimeo.com/43573334 The Ke Aliʻi Pauahi Foundation provides assistance to Hawaiians pursuing higher education.
Halepili
https://vimeo.com/43572205 Building a traditional Hawaiian hale was illegal because the structure was not recognized in the Honolulu Building Code, until now.
Interns
https://vimeo.com/43572204 After 27 years of revitalizing Hawaiian language, the ʻAha Pūnana Leo seeks to normalize Hawaiian language through broadcast media internships.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – February 12, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122149842 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo February 14, 2010 The OIA champion girl’s canoe paddling team from Ānuenue, legalization of traditional Hawaiian buildings, scholarship season, and Kenneth Makuakāne’s new album The Dash.
Ānuenue Hoe
https://vimeo.com/43572203 The six-time OIA Championship girls paddling team at Ānuenue Hawaiian immersion school share why they compete in a school sport that offers no college prospects.
iPhone Book App
https://vimeo.com/43572202 Local keiki publisher Jane Gillespie converts the first Hawaiian language book into an iPhone app.
Town
https://vimeo.com/43572201 Chef Ed Kenney, owner of Town Restaurant shares his recipe for success.
Kahili
https://vimeo.com/43431601 The kahili or feather standards from the tomb of King Lunalilo were redone and presented as a gift on his 175th birthday.
Royal Hawaiian Band
https://vimeo.com/43431600 The Hawaiʻi State Government is considering cutting funding of the Royal Hawaiian Band, the only full-time municipal band in the country.
Halekulani
https://vimeo.com/43431599 Halekulani Hotelʻs House Without A Key continues to be a place for authentic Hawaiian music and hula in Waikīkī.
Census
https://vimeo.com/43431598 Federal funding and national identity are at stake for Hawaiʻi in this round of the U.S. Census.
Nā Leo
https://vimeo.com/43431596 Nā Leo Pilimehana attribute their 25 years of musical success to their friendship.
Mana ʻAi
https://vimeo.com/43431079 Poi-pounding entrepreneur Daniel Anthony provides the community with more than just food, he provides cultural resilience.
OHA Directors II
https://vimeo.com/43431073 The Office of Hawaiian Affairs welcomes Research Director Kamanaʻopono Crabbe and Chief Advocate Esther Kiaʻāina.
Contrast
https://vimeo.com/43431070 A group of hip, young entrepreneurs capitalize on our melting-pot of a home to produce a high-quality lifestyle magazine called Contrast.
MAMo: Applications
https://vimeo.com/43431072 Call to artist for this yearʻs Maoli Arts Festival in May.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – January 24, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122148958 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo January 24, 2010 A chat with the Legislature’s Hawaiian Caucus, the man on a mission in a malo to get all of Hawaiʻi eating paʻiʻai, the recipe for success from Kaimukī’s Town Restaurant, and music at the...
ManaMaoli
https://vimeo.com/46714317 Local musicians Anuhea and John Cruz take time out of their successful careers to give back to Hawaiian-focused charter schools.
Maunaʻala
https://vimeo.com/43431071 Hawaiian immersion preschool students and families gather at Maunaʻala to mahalo two Hawaiian princesses for $2 million in financial assistance.
Makahiki Maoli
https://vimeo.com/46654122 The Punana Leo O Honolulu Hawaiian language immersion preschool celebrates the makahiki season with their annual fundraiser Makahiki Maoli.
Pana Kalia
https://vimeo.com/43430502 UH Mānoa Professor Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa shares the traditional name and unknown history of the Ala Moana area.
Onipaʻa Art
https://vimeo.com/43430501 The Onipaʻa Art exhibit provides an artistic alternative to the marches and rallies commemorating the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Akaka
https://vimeo.com/43430499 Update on recent changes to the 10-year-old Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, a.k.a. the Akaka Bill.
OHA Directors
https://vimeo.com/43430497 The Office of Hawaiian Affairs looks to Denise Iseri-Matsubara and Richard Pezzulo to help oversee the transition into its new strategic plan.
Rail
https://vimeo.com/43430496 The impact of the Honolulu Rail project on Hawaiian cultural and historical resources.
Heʻeia Intern
https://vimeo.com/43429682 Internship opportunity in Heʻeia offers hands-on experience revolving around the traditional concept of land-to-sea relationship.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – January 10, 2010
https://vimeo.com/122148624 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo January 10, 2010 An update on Honolulu’s rail project, concerns about the construction of that project from Native Hawaiians, and a chance that the Akaka Bill could see passage soon.
A Nuclear Free & Independent Pacific
Produced by Na Maka o ka `Aina https://vimeo.com/121868838 Recorded in 1983 during a ten-day gathering of Pacific Islanders in Vanuatu, a then newly independent island nation in the south Pacific that had recently declared itself a nuclear-free zone. This...
E Ola ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo Directed by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina https://vimeo.com/122724467 From Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina website: E Ola Ka 'Olelo Hawai'i celebrates the efforts of a people determined to save their native tongue from the brink of extinction. One hundred...
PŪʻĀ Liliʻu
https://vimeo.com/45153926 The PŪʻĀ Foundation honors Queen Liliʻuokalani at their annual fundraiser at Washington Place.
Ola Hawaiʻi
https://vimeo.com/43429681 The Ola Hawaiʻi training program offers Hawaiʻi businesses an opportunity to bring Hawaiian culture to their workplace.
Hiapo Puke
https://vimeo.com/43429680 UH Hilo Hawaiian Language Professor Hiapo Perreira releases a modern version of the epic tale of Hawaiian hero Kawelo.
Queen Emma
https://vimeo.com/43429678 Hawaiian civic clubs and societies celebrate the 174th birthday of Queen Emma Kaleleonālani Naʻea Rook.
Laʻau Lapaʻau Aloe
https://vimeo.com/43429677 Hawaiian health expert Ethel Mau shares the many medicinal uses of aloe and how to prepare it.
Indigenous Insight – Government
https://vimeo.com/55819019 Learn the backstory of why Senator Daniel Inouye worked so hard to support Native Hawaiian programs.
ʻAha Kāne Introduction
https://vimeo.com/35541220 Video introduction for the 2010 ʻAha Kāne Native Hawaiian Mens Conference. Highlights and interviews that explain what the conference is and the desired outcomes for participants. (6 min)
Laʻau Lapaʻau Laukahi
https://vimeo.com/43429270 Hawaiian health expert Ethel Mau shares the many medicinal uses of laukahi and how to prepare it.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – December 20, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122814104 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo December 20, 2009 The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, environmental messages now just a click of the remote away, and a journey down memory lane for ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola’s most compelling and funniest moments...
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – December 20th 2009, Eddie Aikau
https://vimeo.com/56404604 Though it’s been running for 25 years, there were many firsts at this year’s Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, held two weeks ago at Waimea Bay.
Molokaʻi Seal
https://vimeo.com/43429271 The Molokaʻi community and NOAA work together to help a monk seal named KP2.
Pauahi: Her Legacy
https://vimeo.com/121860536 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools An educational biography of the life of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop.
HECO Kapolei
https://vimeo.com/43428091 Hawaiʻi Electric Company employees partner with Kapolei Hawaiian Civic Club to preserve the history of Kapolei.
Niuolahiki
https://vimeo.com/43428090 The ʻAha Pūnana Leo offers online Hawaiian language courses as a Christmas gift idea.
Bette Muʻu
https://vimeo.com/43428089 The classic Hawaiian muʻumuʻu or Bete Muʻu has been selling strong for over 50 years thanks to the Nāhulu sisters.
KS Gift Wrap
https://vimeo.com/43428087 Kamehameha Publishing share their Christmas gift ideas including their latest Hawaiian Language game craze Hūlō!
Kealopiko
https://vimeo.com/43428086 Trendy and meaningful Hawaiian fashion from local clothing company Kealopiko.
Eddie
https://vimeo.com/43426897 The ʻAikau ʻOhana share their excitement for the 25th anniversary of the Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational.
Nakeʻu
https://vimeo.com/43426896 Hollywood dancer-turned-designer Nakeʻu Awai presents Hawaiian wear with pizzazz.
Hui Kū Maoli
https://vimeo.com/43426895 Native Hawaiian plant nursery offers a variety of Christmas gifts that keep on giving.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – December 6, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122720582 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo December 6, 2009 A tribute to late Hawaiian community mainstay Wayne Kahoʻonei Panoke, a chat with Hawaiʻi County Mayor Billy Kenoi on getting through lean times, and the duo Waipuna’s debut album Manaʻo...
Panoke
https://vimeo.com/43426894 Tribute to Hawaiian advocate and community organizer, the late Wayne Kahoʻonei Panoke.
Pana Waiau
https://vimeo.com/43426893 The cultural and historical significance Mauna Keaʻs sacred lake Waiau.
Honoliʻi
https://vimeo.com/43426110 Big Island resident Keith Nehls saves Hawaiʻi County government thousands of dollars by organizing clean-up and upkeep at Honoliʻi Beach Park.
Billy Kenoi
https://vimeo.com/43426109 Hawaiʻi County Mayor Billy Kenoi shares solutions to the statewide economic downturn that unique to his county.
Ola Pono
https://vimeo.com/43426108 Students from across the state explore the meaning of living pono in the annual E Ola Pono competition.
Waipuna
https://vimeo.com/43426106 After years of being back-up musicians, Kale Hannahs and Matt Sproat step into the spotlight as Waipuna, releasing their debut album Manaʻo Pili.
Kanu Hale Hou
https://vimeo.com/43426104 Big Island charter school Kanu O Ka ʻĀinaʻs newest addition to their campus Hale Hoʻolako could be designated the greenest education facility in the State.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – November 22, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122720697 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo November 22, 2009 Remembering the dearly departed ambassador of hula, Uncle George Nāʻope, a tour of the greenest educational facility in the state at Kanu O Ka ʻĀina, and a new album from Nā...
Makahiki Maoli Festival
https://vimeo.com/43424483 The Pūnana Leo O Honolulu celebrates Makahiki Commemoration Day, the official state observation of the ancient Hawaiain season of harvest, peace, and celebration.
Literacy Fair
https://vimeo.com/43424482 The Hawaiian non-profit Alu Like presents the second annual Kauikeaouli Literacy Fair.
Hawaiian Language Panel
https://vimeo.com/43424481 The importance of Hawaiian literature and song as sources of traditional Hawaiian knowledge like voyaging.
Makahiki Open
https://vimeo.com/43424480 Hawaiian organizations celebrate the official opening of the ancient Hawaiian makahiki season on Ford Island.
Mālama Card
https://vimeo.com/43423890 Kamehameha Schools launches a retail discount card to bring shoppers back to their properties.
Kupihea Romero Art
https://vimeo.com/43423889 Native Hawaiian artist Kupihea Romeroʻs passion for canoes navigates its way into his artwork.
HECO plants
https://vimeo.com/43423888 Fruit trees were all the craze at Hawaiian Electricʻs annual tree giveaway.
KS Seniors
https://vimeo.com/43423886 Kamehameha Schools seniors realize the rewards of community service throughout the island of Oʻahu.
Ernie Cruz
https://vimeo.com/43423885 Local boy Ernie Cruz Jr. shares his love and newfound respect for the music.
George Naope
https://vimeo.com/43423337 Former hula students and lifelong friends pay tribute to the late Uncle George Nā’ope, hula master and patriarch of the Merrie Monarch Festival.
Brook Parker
https://vimeo.com/43423336 Native Hawaiian painter Brook Kapūkuniahi Parker blends his love for Hawaiian history with his passion for artistic expression.
Kaiholu
https://vimeo.com/43423333 Hawaiian musical quartet Kaiholu wins this yearʻs Ka Hīmeni ʻAna Unamplified Music Contest, after placing fourth last year.
Nā Palapalai Release
https://vimeo.com/43423332 Big Island duo Nā Palapalai dazzles audiences with the release of their fourth album, jam-packed with their signature falsetto musical style.
Pana Lua Pele
https://vimeo.com/43423331 The Hawaiian words and place names associated with one of the Big Islandʻs hottest attraction – Kīlauea.
Gail Rose
https://vimeo.com/43422853 The affordable University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is experiencing increases in enrollment triggered by the economic downturn.
Uluhaimalama
https://vimeo.com/43422848 Some 115 years ago, Hawaiians gathered at Uluhaimalama in Pauoa to plant a garden in support of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
Keks
https://vimeo.com/43422844 Kekuewa Kikiloi is a young Hawaiian archeologist who recently made the longest expedition to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands in over 85 years.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – October 25, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122720161 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo October 25, 2009 A Honolulu Chinese cemetery that was once the site of a protest garden for Liliʻuokalani, the Wayfinding & Voyage Festival in Hilo, historical tidbits from artist Brook Parker, and the...
Hawaiʻi International Film Festival – Kaʻāina
https://vimeo.com/43422385 Young local filmmakers from the Univerisity’s Academy of Creative Media like ʻĀina Paikai are getting a chance to showcase their stuff at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival.
Ānuenue
https://vimeo.com/43422852 Despite being eliminated from playoffs, the small, close-knit Ānuenue football team continues the fight for their language on and off the field.
Law School
https://vimeo.com/43422382 A look at UH Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law and the growing Hawaiian programs there.
KS Kicker
https://vimeo.com/43422378 Kamehameha Schools senior Tarra Gabriel kicks her way to the top, from the soccer field to the football stadium.
Ulukau
https://vimeo.com/43421781 Ulukau is a new, one-stop-shop collection of Hawaiian books, photos, dictionaries, and more.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – October 11, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122719802 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo October 11, 2oo9 A glimpse at some films of interest in the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival, an archaeologist working in the far reaches of the Hawaiian archipelago, and a girl kicking it on the varsity...
Maori Donna
https://vimeo.com/43421780 A U.H. Mānoa art residency exchange program encourages Hawaiian-Māori artistic collaboration.
Ahahui Lāʻau Lapaʻau
https://vimeo.com/43421779 A group of UH Manoa students may have the solution to our health care woes: Hawaiian herbal medicine gardens.
Mailani
https://vimeo.com/43421778 Part of the hit female duo Keahiwai, Mailani Makaʻīnaʻi is making her solo debut.
Ka Wai Ola O OHA
https://vimeo.com/43421777 The Office of Hawaiian Affaris has been publishing the Ka Wai Ola o OHA newspaper for 28 years, and now it’s getting a facelift.
ʻAi Pono
https://vimeo.com/43152958 ʻOno Hawaiian food is a treat for many, but for the schools one vendor serves, it has become part of the daily routine.
Kai Market
https://vimeo.com/43152957 We visit Kai Market, a new restaurant in Waikīkī that highlights Hawaiʻi-grown food and our favorite family recipes.
Jamaica
https://vimeo.com/43152955 Hawaiian youth slam poet Jamaica Osorio has gained quite a following here in Hawaiʻi and across the United States.
Anahola
https://vimeo.com/42661224 The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement took several homes and turned them into centers benefitting all of the families in Anahola on Kauaʻi.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – September 27, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122719408 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo September 27, 2009 ʻOno food helping Windward Oʻahu students succeed in class, traditional Hawaiian medicine providing a means to stay healthy, and young Hawaiian slam poetress Jamaica Osorio performs for the...
Aunty Malia
https://vimeo.com/43422846 We pay tribute to the late Aunty Malia Craver and her wealth of traditional Hawaiian knowledge that she left for us.
Aloha Festival
https://vimeo.com/43152952 The 2009 Aloha Festivals Royal Court is made up of 11 members of the Kahapeʻa Family.
Kaulana
https://vimeo.com/43152632 With Micah Kāne’s departure, Kaulana Park has stepped up to carry out the remainder of Kāne’s appointment as head of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Micah
https://vimeo.com/43152631 Micah Kāne is the newest Kamehameha Schools trustee. The former director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands shares his vision for the trust.
Kihune
https://vimeo.com/43152630 Admiral Robert Kihune helped guide Kamehameha Schools through a change in leadership. We caught up with the Admiral as his term as trustee comes to a close.
Almeida Hōʻike
https://vimeo.com/42653495 In the Hōʻike segment of the Kamehameha Schools Song Contest, students will honor one of the Hawaiʻi’s most talented and prolific composers, Johnny Kameaaloha Almeida.
2009 Kava Fest
https://vimeo.com/43422380 The kava market is certainly not immune to the adverse impacts of a slow economy, but the popularity of the drink is growing.
PV Molokaʻi
https://vimeo.com/43152628 A photovoltaic system was recently installed on the rooftop of Molokaʻi’s Kualapuʻu Elementary.
Aliʻi Fishpond
https://vimeo.com/43152627 Aliʻi fishpond produces a self-sustainable food supply and an educational experience as well.
Sustainability Conference
https://vimeo.com/42726410 A look at Molokaʻi’s unique efforts to move toward a sustainable future.
Wind
https://vimeo.com/42726409 A proposed wind farm on Molokaʻi could lessen Hawaiʻi’s dependance on oil, but a debate has erupted between residents, the state, and wind farm developer First Wind.
Onipaʻa
https://vimeo.com/42726407 This year’s ʻOnipaʻa event celebrated Liliʻuokalani’s birthday and the upcoming 100th anniversary of her trust.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – September 13, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122718957 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo September 13, 2009 Passions ignite on Molokaʻi over a proposed project, the Kamehameha Schools helps applicants at new One-Stop-Shops, and the lovely Mailani makes her solo debut.
Ka Hīmeni ʻAna
https://vimeo.com/42726406 Ka Hīmeni ʻAna, the unamplified Hawaiian music contest, celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Lunalilo Fundraiser
https://vimeo.com/42726404 King Kamehameha the Fifth, William Charles Lunalilo, established his trust in 1883 to care for elderly Hawaiians.
Weldon
https://vimeo.com/42656629 Weldon Kekauoha has been singing and playing for years now and his skills and level of comfort with his work has grown.
Kahana Valley Hukilau
https://vimeo.com/121859858 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools See how the residents of Kahana valley continue to perpetuate the ancient Hawaiian custom of hukilau. Students of the Kamehameha Schools' Kulia i ka Pono summer enrichment program visits the Kahana...
KS Applications
https://vimeo.com/42666679 Kamehameha Schools is known for its K-12 campuses, but they also offer other program and support services for Hawaiian families. New One Stop Shops make it even easier to apply.
Pana Leahi
https://vimeo.com/42666677 Diamond Head is Hawaiʻi’s most recognizable landmark. We dig into the history of this famous and familiar Hawaiian place and learn about its authentic name.
OHAlumni
https://vimeo.com/42666676 The next generation of Hawaiian speakers now includes over 400 graduates of Hawaiian language immersion schools.
Film
https://vimeo.com/42666673 From Jack Lord to Jack Black, Hawaiʻi has been attracting the film industry for over 30 years along with the dollars they pump into our economy.
Jewelry
https://vimeo.com/42666280 The gifting of Hawaiian jewelry on special occasions is a common local custom. We take a look at this tradition and its history, rooted in the era of the Hawaiian monarchy.
Amy CD
https://vimeo.com/42666279 Hōkū-Award-winning, female vocalist Amy Hānaialiʻi sat down to talk about her recent accomplishments including an album of duets titled Friends & Family, which hits stores today.
Statehood – Chief Justice
https://vimeo.com/42666277 Amy Kalili sat down with Chief Justice William S. Richardson to discuss his support of statehood 50 years ago.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – August 23, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122147879 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo August 23, 2009 Perspectives on Hawaiʻi’s statehood on its 50th anniversary from Chief Justice William Richardson and a new film Mai Poina, Hawaiʻi’s burgeoning film industry, and beloved Hawaiian vocalist...
Likelike
https://vimeo.com/42666276 Likelike Highway is named after the mother of Princess Kaʻiulani, sister of King Kalākaua, and younger sister of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
Pohukaina
https://vimeo.com/42666275 ʻIolani Palace, at Pohukaina, is a prominent landmark in Hawaiian history as a symbol of a once-thriving Hawaiian Kingdom and for some, a sad reminder of the overthrow.
CNHA Conference
https://vimeo.com/42665653 The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement hosts their annual Native Hawaiian Convention, one of the largest gatherings on Native Hawaiian community development.
ʻImi Hoʻōla
https://vimeo.com/42665652 The health series closes with a look at bringing more Hawaiians into the medical profession to raise awareness and encourage the community to seek needed care.
Heart Disease
https://vimeo.com/42665651 We take a look at heart disease, another killer lurking in the Native Hawaiian community.
Diabetes
https://vimeo.com/42665650 Diabetes is a serious disease with especially high rates among our Hawaiian community.
Check-Up
https://vimeo.com/42665649 A week-long health series begins with a check up on the condition of native Hawaiian health.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – August 9, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122147495 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo August 9, 2009 A hula conference at Kapālama, a health clinic in Waimānalo, Bishop Museum’s renovations of Hawaiian Hall, and the sweet music of Hōkū Zuttermeister.
Akaka Bill
https://vimeo.com/42665298 The Akaka Bill is slated for a hearing before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs today. Amy Kalili talked with one of the Senator’s key staff members who worked on the bill early on.
Hawaiian Hall
https://vimeo.com/42665296 After three years of renovations, Bishop Museum’s Hawaiian Hall will reopen, presenting Hawaiian history through Hawaiian eyes.
Hawaiian Google
https://vimeo.com/42665295 Google, the most widely-used internet search engine, is now available in Hawaiian.
Lunalilo
https://vimeo.com/42665294 Although William Lunalilo ruled for only a year, his name lives on in our roadways, schools, and the beloved Lunalilo Home.
Keaomelemele
https://vimeo.com/42665293 A new hula drama tells the story of Keaomelemele, who with the mana of her hula creates one of Oʻahu’s most beautiful valleys.
Lincoln Watch
https://vimeo.com/42664540 It’s an interesting story how a gold watch was gifted to Kahu Kekelea by President Lincoln himself.
Kahana
https://vimeo.com/42664539 Kahana Valley’s kūpuna are sharing their knowledge with a younger generation.
Jonah Kaʻauwai
https://vimeo.com/42664538 Many Hawaiians were once part of the Republican party, including Prince Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole. We introduce Jonah Kaʻauwai, the young Hawaiian leading Hawaiʻi’s Republican Party.
Kūpaoa
https://vimeo.com/42664536 Kūpaoa began simply with a love for singing and playing music which brought Kellen and Līhau together.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – July 26, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122147484 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo July 26, 2009 A modern aquaculture project raising concerns in the Hawaiian community, proper Hawaiian pronunciation on TheBus, some of Hawaiʻi’s up and coming business leaders, and musical duo Kūpaoa.
Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea
https://vimeo.com/42664535 For five months in 1843, Hawaiʻi was under British rule. When sovereignty of the Hawaiian kingdom was returned, a holiday called Restoration Day was declared.
Kona Blue
https://vimeo.com/42664127 Aquaculture farms like Kona Blue over on the Big Island set out to provide a sustainable supply of seafood.
Kumu Kahua
https://vimeo.com/42664125 Kumu Kahua is well-known for its dedication and commitment to plays that are for, by, and about the people of Hawaiʻi.
Billy Pieper
https://vimeo.com/42664123 After a switch from professional baseball player to bank executive, but Billy Pieper understands the drive necessary to succeed thanks to his ‘ohana and his athletic training.
Bella Layla
https://vimeo.com/42664122 Owning and operating a successful multi-million dollar company is no easy task. We learn some about some keys to success from Layla Dedrick, CEO of Bella Pietra.
TheBus
https://vimeo.com/42664121 TheBus’ 70 million passengers a year get an accurate guide to pronunciation of Oʻahu’s streets and landmarks, thanks to Professor Puakea Nogelmeier.
Obon
https://vimeo.com/42663309 It’s Obon season here in Hawaiʻi, and this Japanese tradition has a slightly local flavor embraced by Hawaiʻi people.
Father Damien
https://vimeo.com/42663307 Father Damien will be canonized soon, and we talk to two of the nine former Kalaupapa patients raising funds to witness the once-in-a-lifetime event.
Hālauola
https://vimeo.com/42663305 ʻAha Hula ʻo Hālauaola was established to gather elders, teachers, and students, in an effort to revive the ancient hula tradition.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – July 12, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122146773 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo July 12, 2009 The pros and cons of building the Thirty Meter Telescope on Hawaiʻi’s Maunakea, working toward sustainability and food sovereignty, and a new school for fine Hawaiian arts.
ʻImi Haku
https://vimeo.com/42663304 A fine arts school in Waimea has embraced the master-apprenctice learning style as a classic means for passing on ciritical knowledge and skills to select individuals.
Kenneth
https://vimeo.com/42663303 Kenneth Makuakāne, an accomplished Hawaiian musician and composer, embraces his role as keeper of knowledge passed over generations through music and chants.
Hōʻea Ea
https://vimeo.com/42662975 Hawaiian youth across the State of Hawaiʻi gathered on each island for Hōʻea Ea, a youth food sovereignty conference.
TMT
https://vimeo.com/42662976 The Thirty-Meter Telescope Project held seven state-wide meetings collecting comments from the public on their draft Environmental Impact Statement.
Bellows
https://vimeo.com/42662973 The Marine Corps closed Bellows Beach Park for the entire month of June because of some unsafe activities taking place.
Nā Lei o ka Holokū
https://vimeo.com/42662971 The Lim Family is drawn together not only through their music, but also through their award winnning Hālau, Nā Lei o ka Holokū.
DHHL & OHA
https://vimeo.com/42662970 A historic partnership is announced between the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to put more Hawaiians into homes.
Pana Kamehameha
https://vimeo.com/42661221 Uncle Fred Cachola recounts the story of Kamehameha’s birth, memorialized in Kohala place names.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola- Kahekili
Kahekili April 4, 2009 Kahekili Highway is one of the longest roadways on the island – and equally extraordinary was the man himself, whose kingdom once encompassed the island chain except for Hawaiʻi.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – June 28, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122146204 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo June 28, 2009 The Hawaiian language wins big at the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, Kamehameha the Greatʻs life story hidden in the place names of Kohala is uncovered, and we join Kohalaʻs famous Lim family for some...
MAMo: 2009 Fashion Show
https://vimeo.com/42661223 Feather lei, kapa, lau hala, and tattoos – all wearable native Hawaiian art. Not your typical fashion show by any means!
2009 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards
https://vimeo.com/42661222 The recent Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards proved that the Hawaiian language is once again thriving amongst the next generation of musicians.
Lim ʻOhana
https://vimeo.com/42660956 Kohala’s Lim family has been blessing Hawaiʻi with their music for 30 years, a tradition that started at home with their parents.
Waiahole
https://vimeo.com/42660955 The Hoe family will once again start selling ʻono Hawaiian food at Waiāhole Poi Factory.
Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Kānaka
https://vimeo.com/42660954 Joseph Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu loved his land and people dearly and served as a legislator, lawyer, newspaper publisher, and was an accopmlished painter as well.
Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Kānaka
https://vimeo.com/42660954 Joseph Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu loved his land and people dearly and served as a legislator, lawyer, newspaper publisher, and was an accopmlished painter as well.
Kaukahi
https://vimeo.com/42660951 Barrett, Kawika, Walt, and Dean, unexpectedly met for the first time five years ago, and their sound became the group Kaukahi.
MMA Shorts
https://vimeo.com/42660950 No Fear Hawaiʻi designed a new pair of shorts, with a portion of sales going to support Hawaiian language revitalization.
Kainani
https://vimeo.com/42660341 Kainani Kahaunaele grew up around music, which fueled her future love for and ability to compose Hawaiian songs.
Aureana
https://vimeo.com/42660340 A visit with Miss Hawaiʻi USA Aureana Tseu, whose hula background provided her a foundation for being in the limelight.
Maunakea
https://vimeo.com/42660339 A look at the ongoing efforts to care for the natural, cultural, and scientific resources of Maunakea.
Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival
https://vimeo.com/42660335 The Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival sought to bring awareness to the importance of literacy by showcasing many forms of storytelling.
Puka Nawahī
https://vimeo.com/42660337 10 years ago, the first students educated entirely through the Hawaiian language in a century graduated. We look at the week-long graduation process for one of these schools.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – May 31, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122146230 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo May 31, 2009 Maunakea…mixed martial arts quickly gains local popularity, and we spend time with the musically talented men of Kaukahi.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – E Mālama I Ke Kai
https://vimeo.com/42659972 ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola visited the Pūnana Leo ʻo Kawaihaʻo’s annual fundraiser – E Mālama I Ke Kai.
Holunape
https://vimeo.com/42658369 Holunape is well-known for their sweet voices and talent as Hawaiian musicians, and their bond as friends on and off stage.
Kapiʻolani
https://vimeo.com/42658367 Kapiʻolani, namesake of the park, boulevard, and hospital, was Kalākaua’s queen.
Paepae
https://vimeo.com/42658368 ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola attended Hoʻolako – A Taste of Heʻeia, an elegant fundraiser for Paeape o Heʻeia.
Kunane
https://vimeo.com/42658365 As part of Maoli Arts Month, a feature on Kunane Wooton, stoneworker.
Group 70
https://vimeo.com/42658364 Group 70 is a architectural design firm with an emphasis on sustaining the culture and environment.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – May 17, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122145455 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo May 17, 2009 Native Hawaiian artists celebrate Maoli Arts Month, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs assess the impact of this legislative session, and we sit down with up-and-coming Hawaiian music trio...
MAMo: Hawaiian Art
https://vimeo.com/42657396 As part of Maoli Arts Month, ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola asks artists to define Hawaiian art.
MAMo: Carl Pao
https://vimeo.com/42657395 As part of Maoli Arts Month, a feature on Carl Pao, visual artist and teacher.
Leg Wrap
https://vimeo.com/42656632 A look at some critical legislation affecting funding for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the many programs that it in turn funds.
Kalanianaʻole
https://vimeo.com/42656631 Kalanianaʻole Highway, which runs through the homestead community of Waimānalo, is named after the prince who established the Hawaiian Homestead Act
MAMo: Kickoff
https://vimeo.com/42656627 May brings a celebration unique to our island home, Maoli Arts Month.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – May 3, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122144910 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo May 3, 2009 Hula lives on thru another generation of Hiloʻs Kanakaʻole ʻOhana, wind energy in oil-dependent Hawaiʻi is gaining ground as a sustainable energy source, and we enjoy music from Weldon...
Sustainable Energy
https://vimeo.com/42652251 While Hawaiʻi is still very dependent on oil for energy, we look at demand and current conservation strategies as well as viable alternatives.
Grow Hawaiian
https://vimeo.com/42652253 This second annual Grow Hawaiian Festival focused on caring for Hawaiʻi’s natural resources and cultivating an appreciation for our native plants.
Sustainable Wai
https://vimeo.com/42652252 While Hawaiʻi is surrounded by water, ensuring a supply of drining water and water for agriculture is challenge we need to plan for.
Sustainable Food
https://vimeo.com/42650834 ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola takes a look at some of Hawaiʻi’s sustainability issues and solutions, starting with food sustainability.
Merrie Monarch 2010: Sig Zane
https://vimeo.com/42650831 Sig Zane has seen the economic value of incorporating traditional Hawaiian knowledge into his products.
Mahele ʻŌlelo
https://vimeo.com/42650830 A panel discussion of Hawaiian composers was a test bed for simultaneous translation into English and Japanese.
Merrie Monarch 2009: Draw
https://vimeo.com/42650829 Hilo’s Merrie Monarch Festival is a prime place and time to shop for Hawaiian treasures.
Kalākaua
https://vimeo.com/42650119 Kalākaua Avenue runs through one of the most popular areas of our state and beyond: Waikikī. And its namesake loved the area.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – April 19, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122143895 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo April 19, 2009 Hōkūleʻa voyages to Palmyra Atoll on a journey of discovery, folks get into Haleʻiwa’s Loko Ea fishpond to provide some needed TLC, and we chat with local music icon Brother Noland.
Brother Noland
https://vimeo.com/42650118 Noland Conjugation, known to most simply as “Brother Noland,” has become an icon in Hawaiʻi’s music industry, with his albums spanning nearly 30 years.
Alu Like Book Fair
https://vimeo.com/42650115 Alu Like is helping many of our Hawaiʻi charter schools continue this tradition of learning through reading by holding a benefit book fair.
Kaʻena
https://vimeo.com/42650114 Kaʻena Point is one of the last undeveloped natural areas on Oʻahu.
Alphabet
https://vimeo.com/42650113 The Mission Houses Museum’s new exhibit “Alphabet Soup” explores Hawaiian language and literacy. 20090413
Lā Kūkahekahe 2009
https://vimeo.com/42649128 Lā Kūkahekahe was an event held at Windward Community College to celebrate and strengthen the Hawaiian language.
Pidgin
https://vimeo.com/42649126 We speak with Marlene Booth, director of “Pidgin: The Voice of Hawaiʻi,” a new film that sheds light on the importance of pidgin.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola- Kokua Ohana
KokuaOhana April 7, 2009 Kōkua ʻOhana is an organization helping the thousands of children in need in the Hawaiʻi State foster care system.
ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola – April 5, 2009
https://vimeo.com/122070809 Produced by the ʻAha Pūnana Leo April 5, 2009. The Ceded Lands goes to the U.S. Supreme Court, the football team at Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻO Ānuenue preserves the Hawaiian language on the field, and eleven candidates seek to fill the Honolulu...
CNHA Wrap Up
https://vimeo.com/42666675 The 8th Annual Native Hawaiian Convention wrapped up last week here in Honolulu. 20090831
USSC Decision
https://vimeo.com/42655755 In a 12-page, unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court remanded the Ceded Lands case back to the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court for further proceedings.
Nānākuli Housing
https://vimeo.com/42655754 If you need assistance repairing your home, look no further than Nānākuli Housing Corporation.
Taxes Reminder
https://vimeo.com/42653500 A reminder that the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is helping Native Hawaiian families thorugh the tax season.
Makapuʻu
https://vimeo.com/42653499 Makapuʻu beach’s name goes back to a deity, a supernatural woman whose name was Makapuʻu.
Lā Kūpuna
https://vimeo.com/42653498 Students of Ke Kula ʻO Ānuenue and their families gathered to honor their beloved kūpuna with performance and food.
Leg Kids
https://vimeo.com/42653496 Hawaiian immersion students participate in “Hawaiʻi Leaders for a Day” at the Capitol.
Brolin Leader
https://vimeo.com/42652254 What does football and wrestling have to do with singing? All three are pastimes of Brolin Kawewehi, who will be leading the senior men in the Kamehameha Schools Song Contest.
Palmyra
https://vimeo.com/42649129 Hawaiʻi’s doubled-hulled canoe Hōkūleʻa returned from a 2,500 mile voyage to Palmyra as part of training for the upcoming world-wide voyage.
Kulāiwi Episode 30
https://vimeo.com/122144994 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 29
https://vimeo.com/122144384 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 28
https://vimeo.com/122719224 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 27
https://vimeo.com/122718190 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 26
https://vimeo.com/122718447 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 25
https://vimeo.com/121977035 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 24
https://vimeo.com/121976909 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 23
https://vimeo.com/121977572 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 22
https://vimeo.com/121976783 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 21
https://vimeo.com/121975407 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 20
https://vimeo.com/121976912 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 19
https://vimeo.com/121975346 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 18
https://vimeo.com/121977494 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 17
https://vimeo.com/121975115 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 16
https://vimeo.com/121975176 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 15
https://vimeo.com/121977143 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 14
https://vimeo.com/121977134 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 13
https://vimeo.com/121975935 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 12
https://vimeo.com/121976906 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 11
https://vimeo.com/121975263 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 10
https://vimeo.com/121977196 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 9
https://vimeo.com/121976327 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 8
https://vimeo.com/121977347 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 7
https://vimeo.com/121977246 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 6
https://vimeo.com/121976911 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 5
https://vimeo.com/121976551 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 4
https://vimeo.com/121975442 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 3
https://vimeo.com/121975704 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 2
https://vimeo.com/121976757 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
Kulāiwi Episode 1
https://vimeo.com/121976150 Produced by the Kamehameha Schools Hosted by ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo-Crozier Learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language)
‘Imiloa Astronomy Center
https://vimeo.com/125957754 ʻImiloa is an Astronomy Education Center focused on establishing a Hawaiian world-view as the means through which the relationship between culture and astronomy is understood. Kaʻiu Kimura, Executive Director of ʻImiloa, explains how the...
Skin Stories
https://vimeo.com/71549240 Skin Stories 2006 56:30 Skin Stories is an anthology of stories and stunning images gathered from the hot spots of Pacific tattoo: from the steaming landscape of Rotorua in New Zealand to the vibrant gathering of the first international...
Holo Mai Pele
https://vimeo.com/71551634 Every culture has its defining myth: Hindus have the Mahabharata, the Greeks the Homeric Odyssey. For native Hawaiians, perhaps no myth is more central than the story of the Fire Goddess Pele and her enduring rivalry with her sister Hi'iaka....
NASA/Keck Outrigger Telescopes Project
https://vimeo.com/124572367 In a series of four community meetings on Hawai'i island in October of 2001, representatives from NASA and the W. M. Keck Observatory presented their plan to add six new telescopes to their array atop Mauna Kea, including proposed plans for...
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Hoʻomau Oʻahu 2015 – Downloads
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Hoʻi I Ka Piko
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ʻĀvei – The Tentacle of Taumata Hau
https://youtu.be/J1-cYiZ6hSk A presentation by Heipua Teariki Bordes of Moʻorea on the great octopus that connects all the islands in the Pacific, Taumata Hau. Taumata Fe'e fa'atupu Hau, is the great symbol of Moʻorea and a symbol of the Tahitian ancestral values of...
Homecoming Reflection with ʻĀina Paikai: WWV Leg 29 (Rapa Nui to Tahiti)
https://youtu.be/W_ggkPkqmsA Each of our ʻŌiwi TV photographers who were crew members on board Hōkūleʻa and/or Hikianalia for the Mālama Honua Wolrdwide Voyage were asked to share a short story about one of the many photographs that they took on each of their legs....
Kū Haʻaheo: Pae ʻĀina Hawaiʻi
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