- Kanu kahakai, 2015
2149 hits
Planting ʻakiʻaki grass to control beach erosion at Hanakanaia Bay - 05 11 Halawa mauka-1
1783 hits - 06 4 Halawa 85 plat
1777 hits - Kanu kahakai, 2015
2034 hits
Planting ʻakiʻaki grass to control beach erosion at Hanakanaia Bay - 15 12 Kanu9
1932 hits - Ala Loa (Long Path)
2073 hits
Volunteers work to clear the Ala Loa. The project was begun by the PKO to create a path that circles the island, to be used for traditional protocol during the yearly Makahiki. As part of the traditional protocol, the god Lono is carried in procession entirely around an island. - Ala Loa (Long Path)
1994 hits
Volunteers work to clear the Ala Loa. The project was begun by the PKO to create a path that circles the island, to be used for traditional protocol during the yearly Makahiki. As part of the traditional protocol, the god Lono is carried in procession entirely around an island. - Ala Loa (Long Path)
1977 hits
Volunteers work to clear the Ala Loa. The project was begun by the PKO to create a path that circles the island, to be used for traditional protocol during the yearly Makahiki. As part of the traditional protocol, the god Lono is carried in procession entirely around an island. - 16 4 AlaLoa-12
1905 hits - Ala Loa (Long Path)
1880 hits - Heiau at Kealaikahiki
2047 hits
This is a modern structure intended to serve as a teaching center for navigators. It was built under the direction of Mau Pilug, the navigator credited with reviving traditional Polynesian navigation. - Moaʻula Iki - sunrise, 2016
1973 hits
Moaʻula Iki - sunrise - after the protocol - 16 3 Kanu-1
1821 hits - Moaʻula Iki - sunrise - after the protocol, 2016
1818 hits
Just after the chanting of E Ala E, when the sun has risen and the protocol had ended - taken with the permission of the chanters, of course. - 16 3 Kanu-2
1899 hits - UXO markers, Kahoʻolawe, 2016
2410 hits
Between the stakes lies the section cleared of UXO (unexploded ordnance) down to a depth of four feet. Outside the markers, the terrain has only been surface (visually) cleared. Other sections of the island in more inaccessible terrain have never been cleared and are off limits. - Upright pōhaku, Hanakanaia, 2016
1748 hits
This prominent upright lies close to the platform shown in another image in this album. The upright forms a potentially intriguing alignment with the large stone at the nearby ahu. Highly endangered ʻilioholoikauaua (Monk Seals) sometimes rest on the beach. - Upright pōhaku, Hanakanaia, 2016
1863 hits
This prominent upright lies close to the platform shown in another image in this album. The upright forms a potentially intriguing alignment with the large stone at the nearby ahu. The post warns of the limit of clearance for sub-surface UXO (unexploded ordnance). - Large Ahu, Hanakanaia, 2016
1871 hits
This platform lies next to a large pōhaku with a deep cavity at its base. Branch coral makes up a part of its structure, and a prominent upright stone stands nearby, next to the sandy beach. Members of a well-known Hawaiian family identify this structure as connected with Kanaloa. - Ala Loa (Long Path)
2005 hits
Volunteers work to clear the Ala Loa. The project was begun by the PKO to create a path that circles the island, to be used for traditional protocol during the yearly Makahiki. As part of the traditional protocol, the god Lono is carried in procession entirely around an island. - Irrigated planting beds on the hardpan
1823 hits
All replanting in the upland region must be done above ground because of the danger of UXO (unexploded ordnance) just below the surface. Haleakalā and Maui are in the distance. - 95 4 Halawa 2010-3
1579 hits - 95 4 Halawa75 Pohaku
1613 hits - 95 4 Halawa85 encl1a
1574 hits - Maunawila Heiau
1788 hits
Before the heiau was cleared. McAllister made the comment in his 1933 survey that Maunawila was marked by a large number of randomly-placed large boulders. - Nā Ukali a Pele - Peleʻs Followers
1940 hits
A group of large pōhaku at the edge of a ledge at the ocean at Pūpūkea. Interestingly, a gulch directly mauka is also named after Pele: Kalahopele (Peleʻs scrotum). - Kalakū
1801 hits
Danny Camplin was a surfer who drowned at Waimea in 1994. His friends and/or family made the unfortunate decision to cement a memorial plaque onto Kalakū — probably ignorant of its cultural significance. - Kaʻaʻawa 2a, 2006
1857 hits
A large, unrecorded structure mauka of the road, at the foot of the pali. It is made up of an incline, terraced and paved in areas with ʻili ʻili, and a large C-shaped structure on the north side. This may be a heiau or the residence of a person with some rank and status. - Kaʻaʻawa 2b, 2006
1650 hits
A large, unrecorded structure mauka of the road, at the foot of the pali. It is made up of an incline, terraced and paved in areas with ʻili ʻili, and a large C-shaped structure on the north side. This may be a heiau or the residence of a person with some rank and status. - Huilua loko iʻa, Joe Kekona, Kahana Bay, 1998
2050 hits
Joseph Kekona was the last traditional keeper of Huilua loko iʻa (fishpond) in the 1940s. In this photo he is in his 90s, but still full of stories of the pond, a place for mullet. - Hauʻula Stream enclosure1, 2000
1728 hits - Kaʻaʻawa 2, 2017
1722 hits
The same enclosure as in a 2006 image. A large, unrecorded structure mauka of the road, at the foot of the pali. It is made up of an incline, terraced and paved in areas with ʻili ʻili, and a large C-shaped structure on the north side. This may be a heiau or the residence of a person with some rank and status. - Kaʻaʻawa 1, 2017
1702 hits
A substantial platform heiau, with evidence of occasional ceremonial visits - kava root in 2006 and a large wooden bowl in 2017. - 15 10 Na Ukali O Pele Pupukea
1752 hits - Puʻuomahuka 3, 2015
1588 hits
Rudy Mitchel commented numerous times that Puʻuomahuka might not be the name of this heiau, but just the area where it stands. He felt that Hawaiians in the l930s were protective of heiau names and locations and did not always share accurate or complete information with McAllister. - Hanawao, 2017
1673 hits
The striking upright pōhaku remaining at Hanawao. Althought McAllister uses the name "Hanawao," the family that cares for its graves at the heiau suggests the name "Kanawao," which has four possible translations in Nā Puke Wehewehe. "Hanawao" has no suggested translations. - Hanawao, 2017
1645 hits
A lower corner of Hanawao / Kanawao. This is the most intact part of the heiau. Althought McAllister uses the name "Hanawao," the family that cares for its graves at the heiau suggests the name "Kanawao," which has four possible translations in Nā Puke Wehewehe. "Hanawao" has no suggested translations. - 17-2 Kaumakaʻulaʻula
1670 hits
A possible location for Kaumakaʻulaʻula is the point in the distance, based on McAllisterʻs description of the heiau. - Site 296
1590 hits
The largest remaining heiau in Koʻolauloa, mostly intact. - Site 296
1604 hits
The largest remaining heiau in Koʻolauloa, mostly intact. - 95-1 Kawaewae 1
1518 hits - 95-1 Kawaewae 2
1558 hits - 95-1 Kawaewae 4
1706 hits - 17 4 Nr Kawaʻewaʻe1 6910
1258 hits - 17 4 N.Halawa 2010
1275 hits - Kanapou Bay, 2017
1579 hits
Kanapou Bay faces Maui, across the Alalakeiki Channel. In Kanapou is the lua (pit, home) of the manō (shark) Kamōhoaliʻi, brother of Pele. A stone on the ahu at the summit of Moaʻula Nui, above, honors Kamōhoaliʻi. - 17-9 MoaulaIki
1365 hits
The lele at Moaʻula Iki. In the distance lies the island of Lānaʻi. - 17-9 MoaulaNui
1469 hits
The ahu (stone altar) at Moa’ula Nui, a modern structure with double upright stones, to honor both the Nāulu rains and Kamōhoali’i, whose house lies below in Kanapou Bay. - 17-9 Kanu3
1522 hits - 17-9 Kanu1
1271 hits