83. Ahupuaʻa Restoration: Perpetuating ʻĀina Stewardship and ʻIke Kupuna across Hawaiʻi

In our fourth multi-grantee episode, we hear from three organizations working to restore ahupuaʻa systems and perpetuate ʻike kupuna about ʻāina stewardship on three different islands.

First, on Molokai, we hear from Hano and Maile Naehu at Hui o Kuapā about their work to restore loko iʻa and grow a new generation of modern konohiki.

Second, we go to East Maui to hear from Jerome Kekiwi, Jr. from Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui, a group representing kalo farmers that restored taro-feeding streams from commercial diversions and continues to steward their waters.

Finally, we head to Kona, Hawaiʻi, with Loke Aloua at Hui Kaloko-Honokōhau. The kiaʻi loko of the hui dedicate themselves to preserving and advancing the natural and cultural resources of Kaloko Fishpond and protecting the ecosystem that sustains it.

To learn more about these hui, listen to our full episodes with each of them:

1. Hui o Kuapā: Restoring Fish Ponds on Molokai

25. Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui: When the Water Came Back on Maui

30. Hui Kaloko-Honokōhau: Stewards to the Realm of Kanaloa

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