Hoʻoilo 2021

December 19, 2021 marked the 190th anniversary of the birth of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. A special 30-minute presentation, “With the Stroke of Her Pen: A Tribute to Ke Aliʻi Pauahi,” was created to celebrate this momentous occasion. The signing of Pauahi’s will set into motion an extraordinary legacy of learning that would empower Native Hawaiians to strengthen their identity, lead Hawaiʻi into a vibrant and thriving future, and help to restore the earth and advance humankind. With our keiki as catalysts of change, this is their story about their tomorrow.

Kau Kupulau 2022

Nā Momi Hoʻoheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless moʻolelo of our cherished and unique way of life. Adelaide Kaiwi Kuamū Sylva was born in 1914 and raised in Olowalu Valley, Maui. In the late 1920s, she moved to nearby Lahaina where she and her family have been ever since. Aunty Adelaide recalls the days of her youth and visits her childhood home for the first time in some 80 years.

Hoʻoilo 2021

In this episode of Mele Hoʻoheno - Cherished Songs, Manu Boyd is joined by renowned kumu hula and consummate musician Robert Uluwehi Cazimero as they talk about the life and musical legacy of Charles E. King. As a member of the first graduating class of the Kamehameha School for Boys in 1891, godson to Emma Kaleleonālani, and a student and musical protégé of Liliʻuokalani, King has had a profound impact on mele Hawaiʻi and more specifically, the acapella choral traditions of the Kamehameha Schools.