Aloha au ʻo kahi wai o Peleʻula
[Photo: View up Nuʻuanu Valley toward the Pali. Pauoa Valley is on the right, and Rooke Valley is on the left behind the Country Club. Puʻu Konahuanui (3105 ft.) is visible on the upper right, and Puʻu Lanihuli (2775 ft.) is at left center; ca. 1929, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Photo by the 11th Photo Section, Air […]
Kū ka ʻoliʻoli i nā moku
[Photo: Lunalilo Home; Makiki, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. SP 30899] [Photo: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith with a group of Hawaiians from Lunalilo Home, ca.1915; Hawaiʻi. SP 41676] [Photo: Portrait of King William Charles Lunalilo in uniform, seated; Hawaiʻi. Photo by H. L. Chase, Bishop Museum Archives. SP 41665] Previous Next Happy Mele Monday! “Never before had […]
Lāhainā Noon
Lāhainā Noon Home Page Twice a year, in May and July, the Sun passes directly overhead in Hawaiʻi. On these two days, around local noon, the Sun will be exactly overhead, at a 90o angle, and an upright object such as a flagpole will have no shadow. This phenomenon only occurs in the tropics; the Sun […]
Nani wale ka huila o Kīlauea
[Photo: Visitors at Kīlauea Point Lighthouse; Kīlauea, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi. Photo by Laurence Hata, Bishop Museum Archives. SP 216360] Nani wale ka huila o Kīlauea Happy Mele Monday! Completed in 1913 and situated at the northernmost point of Kauaʻi, the Kīlauea Lighthouse was the first landfall seen by vessels sailing in from the west. Beaming at […]
Butterfly Fish
Butterflyfish Home Page Dr. Richard Pyle and E.H. Chave first reported the presence of a species the butterflyfish genus Prognathodes in the Hawaiian Islands at depths of 106–187 meters, based on video and observations from research submersibles operated by the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL). They noted its similarity to P. guezei, a species then […]
The History of Poke in Hawaiʻi
The History of Poke in Hawai‘i Home Page The Pacific Ocean is a diverse ecosystem filled with a wide variety of sea life. Fish, shellfish, and other marine invertebrates are major proteins for the people of the Pacific. Among the most commonly eaten are fish like ʻahi, ʻanae, ʻōpelu, invertebrates like heʻe (octopus), ʻōpae (shrimp), […]
E aha ʻia ana ʻo Mauna Kea
[Photo: A man, several women, and a girl wearing lei and posed on a mat, ca. 1890; Hawaiʻi. Photo by Hadley. SP 206852] E aha ʻia ana ʻo Mauna Kea Happy Mele Monday! “When the lei of flowers withered and was discarded, the lei of poetry remained always as a reminder of a happy occasion.”- Mary Kawena Pukui, Directions […]
Change Happens Best, When It First Happens Within
Change Happens Best, When It First Happens Within By Amber Jacroux Bixel, Director of Sales & Events Home Page An expression from ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings states, “He aliʻi ka ʻāina; he kauā ke kanaka — The land is chief; man is its servant.” This can be interpreted as, “land has no need for man, but man needs the land and works it for a livelihood” and as such, it […]
Plants of Hawai‘i
Plants of Hawai‘i Home Page He keiki aloha nā mea kanu. Beloved children are the plants. It is said of farmers that their plants are like beloved children, receiving much attention and care. ʻŌlelo Noʻeau no. 684, Mary Kawena Pukui. Naupaka kahakai (Scaevola taccada) Learn More The naupaka plant is known in several stories which provide the backstory for the flowers’ […]
Plants of Hawai‘i
Plants of Hawai‘i Home Page According to Dr. Tim Gallaher, Botanist for the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Hawaiʻi still has around 1,100 endemic species and 109 indigenous species of plants today. About 131 endemic species only known in Hawaiʻi are now believed to be extinct. Around 27 Polynesian-introduced species also remain in the islands. However, between 6,000 to 12,000 […]
