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Kānehūnāmoku: Keaʻau to Kaʻena

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42 photos in 1 sub-album

The hidden land of Kāne. Some Waiʻanae families use this traditional name for the Kaʻena end of Oʻahu. It is represented here by the districts of Keʻau, ʻŌhikilolo, Mākua, Keawaʻula and Kaʻena.

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00\4Kukaniloko1
2446 hits
00 4Kukaniloko4
2375 hits
00 7 Lualualei5
2494 hits
03 6 KahePt ko a 3
2552 hits
04 7Kukaniloko5
2430 hits
91 7 Kamaile
2842 hits
91 10 Kaneaki1
2734 hits
91 10 Kaneaki2
2678 hits
Fishing shrine, Waiʻanae
3085 hits
This shrine contained two enclosures and more correctly might be called a heiau because of its size and complexity. Note the small platform in the corner. It is now occupied by a homeless person, who has moved and reconfigured many of the stones.
93 7 Punana ula1
2696 hits
93 7 Punana ula2
2698 hits
93 7 Punana ula3
2759 hits
An intact heiau, impacted only by cattle and time. Note the "L" incision on the large stone in for foreground.
93 12 LahilahiEast1
2756 hits
ʻAiʻai, son of Kūʻula, was said to have brought the stone from Kahiki to establish this shrine - one of many he set up on all the islands.
95 1 Pu uPahe ehe e
2821 hits
A segment of a holua slide at the lower end of Paheʻeheʻe ridge. Its name translates to "slippery," which may refer to the slide. Unfortunately, homes below the structure are taking stones to build walls.
Pu’upāhe’ehe’e Heiau
3004 hits
The location of Paheʻeheʻe Heiau, now a plantation-era graveyard where former heiau stones may have been "repurposed." A section of ʻiliʻili pavement still remains in the grass to the rear of the graveyard.
95 2 Lualualei2
2005 hits
95 2 Lualualei3
2062 hits
95 2 Nioi ula1
2053 hits
95 2 Nioi ula2
2189 hits
95 3 Lualualei1
2116 hits
96 2 KumaipoWest
2087 hits
96 7 Kamaile3
2001 hits
97 9 Ku ilioloa2
2102 hits
Kamaile Unu, 1996
1250 hits
Waianaʻe residents with ancestral connections to that area use the term Unu rather than heiau to refer to large ceremonial structures.
Lualualei, 2002
107 hits
Kāneʻilioloa, 1997
117 hits
Most sources give the name of this unu (heiau) as Kūʻilioloa, but certain Waiʻanae families have passed down an older Kāne name and suggest that it may have been rededicated - like Kāneʻaki.
The Pōhaku above Kamaile Unu, 1991
100 hits
Local families attribute significance to these pōhaku
Kūkaniloko 2, 2000
95 hits
Pūnanaʻula 1, 1993
218 hits
Pāheʻeheʻe Heiau, 2018
105 hits
Remains of the mauka terrace behind the plantationera cemetery
Puʻu Pāheʻeheʻe, 2018
98 hits
Perhaps the lower terraces of Pāheʻeheʻe heiau
Puʻu Pāheʻeheʻe Holua, 2018
91 hits
Remains of the holua (sledding run). Houses below appear to have used its stones for wall building.
Kamaile Unu, 1996
98 hits
Kiʻi Pōhaku (petroglyphs), 2015
93 hits
Koʻa (fishing shrine), 2015
99 hits
A pōhaku brought to Oʻahu by ʻAiʻai, who set up fishing shrines on many islands. The shrine behind the stone is now occupied by a homeless person.
Waiʻanae koʻa (fishing shrine), 2015
100 hits
One of very few left on Oʻahu
Kāneʻaki 2, 1991
93 hits
Kāneʻaki 1, 1991
89 hits
Pāheʻeheʻe Unu (heiau), 1995
117 hits
Puʻu Pāheʻeheʻe Holua, 1995
95 hits
Koʻa (fishing shrine), 1993
99 hits
A fairly complex structure with a secondary enclosure on the makai side. It held a large head of coral. The shrine is now occupied by a homeless person.
A large structure at Kumaipo.
86 hits
Lualualei 2, 1995
90 hits
Note the double uprights on the platform, a rare configuration.
Lualualei 1, 1995
87 hits
Sites on military land are often in excellent condition.
Pūnana'ula 3, 1993
107 hits
Note the L shape incised into the top of the stone.
Nīoiʻula 1, 1995
113 hits
Pūnanaʻula 2, 1993
89 hits
Lualualei 5, 2000
89 hits
A large platform at Lualualei. Similar platforms sit at each of the small valleys at the rear of Lualualei.
Lualualei 4, 2000
86 hits
A very large upright stone, about 12 feet. Note the stone at the base holding it up.
Lualualei 3, 2000
89 hits
A rare double upright. Sites on the military reservation are especially well preserved, aside from those destroyed to build bunkers.

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