A dozen HMI and KHCC volunteers teamed-up this Sunday to mālama six of our Kailua town burial preserves. All six are under the auspices of Kailua Kau a Hoʻoilo and Hikaʻalani, two partner organizations whose purpose is to ensure the "kau a hoʻoilo" (through all seasons) sleep of our kūpuna and to preserve the sacred spaces of our homeland.

We would like to thank our community for the generous contributions you made to Hika’alani during the Kalapaokanaka campaign. Because of you, we far exceeded our expectations for our very first virtual fundraiser and are so excited as we continue our mission of reestablishing centers of stewardship and learning in Kailua.

As we begin to close out 2020, we thank all of you for the love, support, and kindness you continue to show our small non-profit.
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Again, the six of us on the Kalapaokanaka planning team – Māpu, Momi, Pili, Kaʻolu, Lani, and Hōkū – want to express our heartfelt appreciation.
Lonoikamakahiki!

PS:  click here to view the entire Kalapaokanaka livestream.

 Although barely a year old, Kauluakalana has demonstrated a much older and wiser talent for turning apparent setbacks into unexpected victories. One of its major accomplishments, i waena konu o ka wa kovida, was to orchestrate a virtual Kūʻokoʻa Kūkanono celebration that brought the lāhui together across the pae ʻāina in a demonstration of kūʻokoʻa connectedness and resilience.  Hikaʻalani was both proud and humbled to help sponsor the event.  We reveled in the sharing of oli, hula, music, and moʻolelo. We listened in awe to the retelling of the journey of Timoteo Haʻalilio, a true hero-servant of our people. And we raised our pōhaku ku'i ʻai, from Hawaiʻi to Kauaʻi, in fealty to Hāloa, our kaikuaʻana and provider. 
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Click here for a taste of all that Kaulu's livestream had to offer.  ʻAʻohe mea nani ʻole o laila.

SILENT AUCTION from Saturday, October 17, to Friday, October 30

HAWAIIAN PLATE pick-up from Hale Kealoha

MELE, HULA, MOʻOLELO, AND MORE
Livestreamed on the Kanaeokana and Hikaʻalani FB pages
Friday, October 23, 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 24, 2:00 to 5:00 pm

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE EVENT FLYER
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In keeping with Hikaʻalani’s vision of serving as a center of cultural exchange for the indigenous peoples of the Pacific, our e.d./kumu/aunty/mom/wife has sat on the 27-nation Council of Pacific Arts and Culture since 2000 and chaired it since 2016.  Best known for administering the Festival of Pacific Arts, CPAC’s greater responsibility is that of advancing a Pacific Regional Culture Strategy that will “keep the essential role of arts and culture at the forefront of Pacific development.” Pictured here during Monday’s 32nd meeting of the council (conducted from our kitchen table for the cultural representatives of Aotearoa, Fiji, Palau, etc.), Māpu reports that: “Today we received the report and update of the Working Group of the Council in regards to our revised PRCS.  The Strategy will be taken to the Ministers of Culture of all 27 nations for discussion and adoption at a meeting that will be held in June 2021.”

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Kauluakalana, Kaleo Wong and Maya Saffery's community-based 501(c)3 non-profit whose vision is "a restored Ulupō heiau and Kawainui fishpond at the piko of our ahupuaʻa of Kailua lashed together by a braid of ʻāina, kanaka, and culture, forming an enduring bond that generates balance and abundance for our community." 

​​​We at Hikaʻalani view this as the passing of a legacy of stewardship across three generations of a single family, from the hiʻikua (carried on the back, no longer present) generation of Uncle Charlie Rose, to our own kanikoʻo (cane-using, twilight) generation of Kailua descendants, to the ao mālamalama (full light of day, enlightened) generation that we have helped to raise. We are confident that Ulupō is now directly in the hands of those best equipped to “hear” and honor it, to act in its best interest, and to ensure that it serves as both inspiration for and model of a permanent, thriving Hawaiian presence in the heart of our Kailua home.

​We affirm in proud-parent fashion, the birth of Kauluakalana and the in-family transition of leadership that it exemplifies. This is about continuity, about the student surpassing the teacher, about legacy upheld and improved upon. Ulupō, in Kauluakalana’s hands, is in the best hands possible.

–Māpuana & Kīhei de Silva


Visit the new Kaulu website  for info and inspiration

Days 1 and 2 of the second cohort of Pili Mai: stone- and board- making under the direction of Keahi Tomas and Duffy Chang. Power tools? Yes. We call them "tools of change" and enjoy the kanaka-genius irony of using settler equipment in the service of solidifying our pre-settler pilina to Hāloa, 'āina, and each other. (Slideshow photos: Kaleo Wong)

Uluponui: Kokiʻo Keʻokeʻo/Pualoalo, a native hibiscus and favorite of the ʻiʻwi honeycreeper, is blooming now at Kūkanono.
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Uluponui:  Reliving the story of Mākālei, ʻōpio from Waimānalo came to the Kawainui fishpond to remove invasive species.

Uluponui: Haumāna making loʻi at the edge of the Kawainui fishpond. Circa ‘19.