Ka ua leina hua o Kaʻanapali The rain of Kaʻanapali that leaps and produces fruit ʻOlelo Noʻeau – Pukui The song Moloka‘i Nui A Hina, primarily about Molokaʻi starts ‘Ua nani nā hono a Pi‘ilani’ ‘How beautiful are the bays of Pi‘ilani,’ referencing the view across the channel at northwest Maui, the district the ancients […]
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 […]
Ka-uhi-‘īmaka-o-ka-lani
Ka-uhi-‘īmaka-o-ka-lani (‘the observant cover of the heavens’) was a demigod who had come to Hawaiʻi from (Kahiki) Tahiti with the fire goddess Pele and her followers. When the followers made their home at Kahana, Ka-uhi-‘īmaka-o-ka-lani was sent to the ridge as a watchman to protect the valley – he was turned to stone. While Hi‘iaka […]
Kanahā Pond
According to archaeologists Tomonari-Tuggle and Welch, changes shown on various maps suggest that the entire coastal area mauka of Kahului Bay was once marsh land, and could have been a natural formation that was only slightly modified by Hawaiians for fish cultivation. Though their early history and even the actual boundaries of the wetlands to […]