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 scattered throughout more...
Ahupuaʻa, Fishponds, and Loʻi
The 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 ahupua‘a, highly specialized technologies such as fishponds and lo‘i kalo (taro gardens) ensured an abundance of food. Our...
Nā Loea: The Great Heart of Waiokāne
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 knowledge to survive in both...
Nā Loea: Ancestral Ink
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 self-discovery, revealing...
Nā Loea: Mālama Moʻomomi
Mālama Moʻomomi features “Mac” Poepoe, a native Hawaiian fisherman and community leader on Molokaʻi, who has dedicated his life to sharing his knowledge of traditional resource management with the hope of ensuring that this ocean “ice box” will be well-stocked for...
Nā Loea: Lolena’s Legacy
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. Despite the odds, a small group...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Holoholo Queens (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi)
ʻŌiwi TV’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 women of Holoholo Queens and their keiki! These women have bonded through...
E Ola ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
E Ola Ka ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi celebrates the efforts of a people determined to save the Hawaiian language from the brink of extinction. In 1896, the American-backed Republic of Hawai‘i banned Hawaiian as the language of instruction in the schools. As island children were...
ʻĀina ʻŌiwi Episode 1
Hawaiian Language childrenʻs learning show. (episode 1) Produced by ʻAha Pūnana Leo
What Is Ola?
What prompted this 36-year old Hawaiian language immersion school graduate to set off on a three-country adventure that took her to the glaciers of Greenland, had her building human-towers in Barcelona, and sitting with policy makers in the National Assembly for...
He Aliʻi Ke Aliʻi – The Legacy of Abigail Kawānanakoa
HRH Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa was the great granddaughter of HRH Princess Mary Kinoiki Kekaulike, governor of Hawaiʻi, and High Chief David Kahalepoʻuli Piʻikoi, the son of Jonah Piʻikoi, the humble pipe-lighter of King Kaʻumualiʻi of Kauaʻi....
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 6: Kaʻikena Scanlan & These Guys (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi)
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 6: 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...
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...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Episode 4: Kapena
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 Hanohano award winners, Kapena. In...