Hawaiian Culture
Ka Moloka’i Makahiki attracts schools from Maui and Kauai
The traditional end to Makahiki season brought out an enormous crowd on Saturday to the Kaunakakai ballfield. After presenting the kupuna with traditional ho’okupu (gifts), and a hula performance, it was time for the elementary games to begin. Participating in this year’s elementary division Ka Moloka’i Makahiki events for the first time were students from [...]
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument honors Uncle Mac Poepoe with 2013 Umu Kai Award
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument News Release Today, the 2013 Umu Kai Award will be presented to Uncle Mac Poepoe for a lifetime of conservation management along Molokai’s northern coast. The presentation coincided with E Molo Nā Kaʻi o Nā Kai Molo, a public lecture on ocean awareness and conservation at the Kulana ‘Oiwi Kauhale in [...]
Event today commemorates 120 years since overthrow of Hawaii: ‘Ua Mau Ke Ea: Sovereignty Endures’
Today represents the 120th anniversary of the overthrow of the lawful Hawaiian government. The Hawaiian sovereignty movement still moves forward politically through the reinstated government and through education, such as the Alu Like-sponsored event going on today. The Alu Like Native Hawaiian library is sponsoring an open house and event, “Ua Mau Ke Ea: Sovereignty [...]
Molokai Properties finalizes gift of 1,719 acres at Mokio Preserve to Molokai Land Trust
Molokai Land Trust (MLT) has received the deed to 1,719 acres of some of the most pristine and environmentally sensitive land on Molokai, which was gifted by Molokai Properties Limited (MPL) in April 2008. Known as the Mokio Preserve, the land stretches along the north shore of Molokai between Mo’omomi Preserve boundary and the State’s [...]
Second annual Alternative Energy Festival to feature members of Quechan Tribe
I Aloha Molokai — the local group that promotes renewable energy while opposing industrial wind turbines — will hold its second annual Alternative Energy Festival this Friday and Saturday at the Mitchell Pau’ole Center in Kaunakakai. This year’s festival will focus on “sensible renewable energy” and will take place from 4-6 p.m. Friday and from [...]
Senator Inouye receives final Capitol tribute today
Hawaii’s Senior Senator gave much to Molokai, State of Hawaii The honorable Senator Daniel Inouye lies in state today at the Capitol Rotunda where a service is being held to honor the late Senate President Pro Tempore who died Monday at the age of 88. Only 31 people have lain in the Capitol rotunda; the [...]
Hawaii’s first Christmas feast
Chef James Temple is a retired chef, cookbook author, food blogger, golfer and family cook living on Molokai. Temple’s food columns can be found at “Tasting Hawaii.” His page here on The Molokai News will receive regular updates. By James Temple Ancient Hawaiians numbered between 200,000 to as high as a million by the date [...]
New book on Kalaupapa’s first church, Siloama Church
Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa News Release Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa, a nonprofit organization dedicated to remembering everyone who was sent to Kalaupapa, has published “Adjourned With a Prayer,” a book based on the minutes kept by the congregations of Siloama and Kanaana Hou Churches from 1866 to 1928 Siloama Church, a member of the United [...]
NOAA Hawaii B-WET grant to fund place-based sustainability education at all six Molokai public schools
Alaka`ina Foundation News Release The Alaka`ina Foundation has received a $99,273 grant from the NOAA Hawaii Bay Watershed Education Training (B-WET) Program for its Molokai Ho`ike Project. Serving six public schools on Molokai, the project fuses contemporary science, history and technology education with traditional Hawaiian cultural knowledge to help students and teachers research the place [...]
Local veterans celebrate first Veterans’ Day at new center
The official opening of the new Molokai Veterans Center won’t take place until the new year after all the interior and parking lot work is completed. But today, Veterans’ Day, the lack of fixtures or electricity at the new center on Wharf Road didn’t matter. What came out was the emotion of this day of [...]
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