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Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Manaiakalani Kalua
A true mauliauhonua Manaiakalani Kalua and his ʻohana know every nook, cranny, story, rain, wind and attitude of Keaukaha, Moku o Keawe. Manaiakalani graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 1996 and received a BA in Hawaiian Studies in 2002 from Ka Haka ʻUla ʻo...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Ānuenue Punua
Ānuenue Punua is a kupa of Kāneʻohe, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu. She is a mother, educator, and a kanaka aloha ʻāina who strives to prepare the next generation of leaders with skills grounded in kūpuna values and practices needed to thrive in our island nation. She was a...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Haʻalilio Solomon & Kalei Nuʻuhiwa
Dr. Haʻalilio Solomon is from Honolulu, Oʻahu, where he teaches as an assistant professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Hālau ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻo Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language. In May 2024, he completed his doctoral degree in linguistics with...
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...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Larry Kimura
Larry Lindsey Kimura grew up in Waimea, South Kohala during the 1940’s with his grandparents being among the last native Hawaiian speakers of their community. He has taught Hawaiian language for over 40 years at the University of Hawaiʻi and continues his work at Ka...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Kamalani Johnson
Kamalani Johnson is a scholar rooted in Kahana, Oʻahu, specializing in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and moʻolelo Hawaiʻi. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, focusing on Indigenous politics and political theory, with a graduate...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Noʻeau Peralto
Dr. Leon Noʻeau Peralto was born and raised in Waiākea Uka, Hilo, Hawaiʻi, and is a proud descendant of kūpuna from Koholālele, Hāmākua, Hawaiʻi. He is a community builder, educator, and a cultivator of seeds and stories, and holds a PhD. in Indigenous Politics...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Pila Wilson
Dr. William H. “Pila” Wilson is a founding member of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo. Pila was born in Honolulu after his parents came to Hawaiʻi during World War II. Pila teaches at Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani Hawaiian Language College at U.H. Hilo. His professional expertise...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Kauanoe Kamanā
Kauanoe Kamanā is a prominent advocate for Hawaiian language revitalization and education. As a co-founder of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo Hawaiian language immersion preschools, Kumu Kamanā has been instrumental in preserving and promoting the native Hawaiian language, which...
Kula Kaiapuni Rally
Speeches and music by Hawaiian language scholars, teachers and students at a rally to lobby for government funding of Hawaiian language immersion schools (kula kaiapuni). Attended by young children from the Pūnana Leo (language nests) pre-schools and elementary school...
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...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 7
Welcome to the seventh episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join again with Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, huakaʻi and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! As you continue these lessons,...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 13
Welcome to the final episode of the first season of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi. In this episode, we join with Hina, Pōmaikaʻi and ʻIwalani, and look back at our favorite moments from the series. Finally, we have one last mele with ʻanakala Uluwehi Cazimero, and share some...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 12
Welcome to the twelfth episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join again with Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! As you continue these lessons, you’ll start...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 11
Welcome to the eleventh episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join again with Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! As you continue these lessons, you’ll start...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 10
Welcome to the tenth episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join again with Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! As you continue these lessons, you’ll start to...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 9
Welcome to the ninth episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join again with Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! As you continue these lessons, you’ll start to...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 8
Welcome to the eighth episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join again with Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, huakaʻi and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! As you continue these lessons,...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 5
Welcome to the fifth episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join again with Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, go on a huakaʻi, and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! As you continue these...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 4
Welcome to the fourth episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join again with Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, go on a huakaʻi, and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! As you continue these...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 3
Welcome to the third episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join again with Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, go on a huakaʻi, and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! As you continue these...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 2
Welcome to the first episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, go on huakaʻi, and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! After a few lessons, youʻll start to...
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi – Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi, the newest Hawaiian language learning series. Join Hina, Pōmaikaʻi, and ʻIwalani as they practice ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, go on huakaʻi, and kanikapila with some of our favorite musicians! After a few lessons, youʻll start to...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Kuʻulei Kanahele
Kuʻulei Kanahele, PhD, raised in the ahupuaʻa of Waipiʻo, Oʻahu, is a 1994 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama. From 1997-2012, Kuʻulei trained as an ʻōlapa with Hālau o Kekuhi, under the direction of Dr. Pualani Kanahele Kanakaʻole and Nālani Kanakaʻole. Kuʻulei...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Holeka Inaba
Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba presently serves as the representative for District 8 (North Kona) on the Hawaiʻi County Council. Born and raised in Kaloko, Kona, Dr. Inaba's roots trace back to a family legacy in Hōlualoa, where his 'ohana managed the renowned Kona Hotel for...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Ikaakamai Nahuewai
ikaakamai is musical wizard (musician, producer, artist) who fights oppression and injustice in Hawaiʻi with heavy, two-chord-reggae. Taking the pulsating power of reggae music and interweaving its vibration to universal anthems of aloha and kuleana, ikaakamai strives...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Kananinohea Mākaʻimoku
About Kīpuka Moʻolelo He papa hana hou ʻo Kīpuka Moʻolelo e hāpai aʻe ana i ka ʻōlelo, moʻomeheu, a kuanaʻike Hawaiʻi ma ka hoʻonaʻauao, kālaiʻāina, mele, a hoʻopaipai pū. Ma ka holo ʻana o ka papa hana, nānā ʻia ka moʻolelo o kekahi o nā koa o ke aukahi hoʻōla ʻōlelo...
Kīpuka Moʻolelo | Kalena Silva
Kalena Silva is the former director of Ka Haka Ula O Ke'elikolani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo and a Professor of Hawaiian Language & Hawaiian Studies. Dr. Silva teaches courses in Hawaiian language, literature, culture, and...
Mele Ma Ka Lihiwai | Nā Leo Manu
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 from the Hawaiian language...