Fishers generally refer to it as ‘Red Hill;’ its volcanic cinder, partially collapsed and exposed on the seaward side, gives it an easy name. It’s not just a marker; fishers troll offshore with great success. Nearshore is a marine fisheries management area; you can catch fish for personal consumption, but there is no aquarium fish […]
Kahana
Forever I shall sing the praisesOf Kahana’s beauty unsurpassedThe fragrance of beauteous mountainsBy the zephyrs to thee is wafted(Written for Mary Foster and her country home at Kahana) The island of Oʻahu is divided into 6 moku (districts), consisting of: ‘Ewa, Kona, Koʻolauloa, Koʻolaupoko, Waialua and Waiʻanae. These moku were further divided into 86 ahupua‘a […]
Liliʻuokalani, Her Early Years
She was born September 2, 1838 and named Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaʻeha. (The following is a summary of some of her early years – as told by her.) At that time, children often were named in commemoration of an event. Kuhina Nui Kīnaʻu had developed an eye infection at the time of […]
Keahuolū
The area of North Kona between Kailua Bay and Keauhou Bay to the south is generally recognized as containing the population core and the most fertile agricultural area of North Kona (Kona Kai ʻOpua “Kona of the distant horizon clouds above the ocean”.) (Maly) To the north of Kailua Bay, beginning at Honokōhau, is the […]
Pākī Sisters
High Chief Abner Pākī and his wife High Chiefess Laura Kōnia (Kamehameha III’s niece) had one child, a daughter, Bernice Pauahi Pākī (born December 19, 1831.) High Chief Caesar Kapaʻakea and his wife High Chiefess Analeʻa Keohokālole had three children, a daughter was Lydia Liliʻu Kamakaʻeha (born September 2, 1838.) As was the custom, Liliʻu […]