Episodes
6 days ago
6 days ago
In this interview with Jesse Kekoa Kahoʻonei and Kim Kahoʻonei from Kahaluʻu Kūāhewa, we hear updates on their ʻāina restoration and community education work in the ahupuaʻa of Kahaluʻu in Kona, Hawaiʻi.
Kahalu’u Kūāhewa is based in one of Konaʻs largest intact traditional agricultural field systems preserved within a 354-acre area owned by Bishop Estate-Kamehameha Schools. They have documented 3,500 archaeological features, almost all of which are considered traditional agricultural features.
To hear about the origins of the hui and moʻolelo of this ʻāina, listen to our first episode with them: episode 33 Kahaluʻu Kūāhewa (Huliauapaʻa): Food Sovereignty and ʻĀina Education in Kona.
Website: www.kahaluukuahewa.org/
Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
Friday Apr 05, 2024
61. Kalauokekahuli: Becoming a Koʻokua
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
An interview with Kāhealani Collins on her experience training to be a koʻokua (culturally-based birth worker) in Ka ʻĀmana Mentorship Program at Kalauokekahuli.
Kalauokekahuli supports Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander pregnant, birthing, and postpartum people by providing culturally-based perinatal support and education. Through Ka ʻĀmana Mentorship Program, they seek to continue directly addressing Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander disparities in birth outcomes by sustainably growing the number of Kalauokekahuli Koʻokua. These new Kalauokekahuli Koʻokua will contribute to the regeneration of a culturally-rooted, extended-ʻohana network by continuing to offer free, high-quality and culturally-competent perinatal care and services accessible for the advancement of the lāhui and Pasifika communities.
Website: www.kalauokekahuli.org/
Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
In our third episode with Ke Ea Hawaiʻi, we hear updates and what's on the horizon for this hui, featuring Laʻakea Chun (current student), Hina Kaʻōpua-Canonigo (alum), and Trevor Atkins (kumu and advisor).
Ke Ea Hawai’i is an interscholastic student council composed of elected representatives from 17 Hawaiian-focused charter schools. To learn more about the history of Ke Ea and hear from different student voices, check out our first two episodes: Episode 8: News Media for the Hawaiian Kingdom and Episode 44: Normalizing Hawaiian Culture-based Education.
Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
An interview about political education and building organizational structure with ʻIlima Long, the pelekikena (president) of Ka ʻAhahui Hawaiʻi Aloha ʻĀina.
Ka ʻAhahui Hawaiʻi Aloha ʻĀina, or Hui Aloha ʻĀina, was reactivated in 2016 from its original formation in 1893. HAʻĀ exists for the express purpose of perpetuating Hawaiian national identity, the development of a Hawaiian national consciousness, and the restoration of Hawaiian national independence.
Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Mehana Vaughan: "Hoʻi nā ʻohana i ka ʻāina a hoʻi ka ʻāina i nā ʻohana"
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Ma kēia kamaʻilio ʻana, ʻōlelo mai ʻo Mehana Vaughan e pili ana i ka hana o ka ʻahahui ʻo Kīpuka Kuleana ma ka mokupuni ʻo Kauaʻi. Na Kīpuka Kuleana e kākoʻo i nā ʻohana ʻōiwi e mālama a noho mau i ko lākou ʻāina kupuna.
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi special episode with Mehana Vaughan (Kīpuka Kuleana), hosted by Hina Kaʻōpua Canonigo.
Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Mehana Vaughan: Restoring Connection to Place at Kīpuka Kuleana
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
A short companion episode to today's interview with Mehana Vaughan in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. In this excerpt from an earlier interview with Mehana in English, she shares about the origin and the work of Kīpuka Kuleana. Listen to the full episode here: 2. Kīpuka Kuleana: Protecting Ancestral Lands on Kauaʻi (2021).
Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
Friday Mar 01, 2024
58. Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui: Protecting Land and Water in East Maui
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Good news from East Maui! In this interview with Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui, Jerome Kekiwi, Jr. and Jessie Kekiwi-Aweau share about a recent win for their community: Nā Moku received a 65-year lease for Keʻanae Uka!
Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui perpetuates the Kanaka Maoli traditional and customary lifestyle of Keʻanae-Wailuanui, Maui. Encompassing nearly 400 acres of loʻi, this area was renowned for taro farming until commercial stream diversions completely dewatered the area. In 2018, the community’s 30-year legal struggle resulted in the largest stream restoration in Hawaiʻiʻs history. With their new long-term lease for Keʻanae Uka, Nā Moku can extend their mauka stewardship and implement a long-term plan for their community's ʻāina and wai.
Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Nāhōkū Kahana: Hui Hoʻoleimaluō ma Keaukaha
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Ma kēia kamaʻilio ʻana, ʻōlelo mai ʻo Nāhōkū Kahana e pili ana i ka hana o ka ʻahahui ʻo Hui Hoʻoleimaluō a me nā wahi pana o Keaukaha ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi. Na lākou e mālama i nā loko iʻa a aʻo aku i ia hana i nā haumāna a me nā ʻohana o ko lākou kaiāulu.
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi special episode with Nāhōkū Kahana (Hui Hoʻoleimaluō), hosted by Hina Kaʻōpua Canonigo.
Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Hui Hoʻoleimaluō: Next Generation Kiaʻi Loko (2023)
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
An interview about feeding community and training the next generation of fishpond stewards with Kamala Anthony and Nāhōkū Kahana from Hui Hoʻoleimaluō.
Established in 2013, Hui Hoʻoleimaluō has spent the past decade conducting long-term historical, cultural, physical, natural, and scientific studies of fishponds in Keaukaha, including Honokea Loko, Waiuli, and most recently at Kaumaui Loko. Today, Hui Ho‘oleimaluō is an active community hub that engages and teaches students and families through the brilliant culture of the ancient Hawaiian fishpond.
Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
Friday Feb 16, 2024
57. EA Ecoversity: Building an Independent Hawaiian University
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
An interview about education and liberation with Dr. Kū Kahakalau and Pōlanimakamae Kahakalau, the president and executive director of EA Ecoversity.
EA Ecoversity is a culture-based, post-secondary education and career training institution grounded in Education with Aloha (EA). Their inaugural Kanaka Culinary Arts Diploma program is being launched in the summer of 2024. Interest form linked below.
Kanaka Culinary Arts Diploma links: Student Interest Form, Committee Interest Form
Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii