Find your pitch, people. The Kamehameha Schools Song Contest is fast approaching and you can watch it live on TV or streaming online. This Friday, March 17, the annual music contest gathers the Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus high school student body (grades 9 through 12) to perform Hawaiian mele (songs) in boys, girls and co-ed groups. First, […]
It’s early on a bright autumn day in Kona and the sun is steadily baking the earth beneath my feet. Brittle blades crunch with each step and tiny clinging burrs linger on my long pants. I’m searching for the 3,000-foot-long Kaneaka, the longest remaining ancient kahua holua (sledding course) in Hawaii, on the steep slopes
The halls of Hawaiʻi’s history are filled with examples of powerful and inspirational wahine (women) who made progressive steps for women’s, indigenous and minority rights across the Hawaiian Islands. Their actions and achievements also instilled pride in culture and identity, regardless of gender. Adding to our list of “14 extraordinary women in Hawaiʻi’s history,” here
Located right on the beach in historic Haleiwa town next to Anahulu Bridge and Haleiwa Harbor, Surf N Sea stands as an iconic landmark. The classic vintage architecture rings of an era past. Originally, the building was a train station with rooms for rent upstairs. At the end of the 19th century, Benjamin J. Dillingham
Kūkaniloko, as translated from Hawaiian to English, means “to anchor the cry from within.” The massive central Oʻahu birthstone provided the strong support for mothers of aliʻi (royal) children during childbirth. Positioned on a padded bed-stone, leaning into the arms of her attendant as she braced against the backbone of Kūkaniloko, the mother would ride
In Hawaiian, “Makaha” means “fierce,” but, during Buffalo’s Big Board Surfing Classic, this beach park on the west side of Oahu is the opposite of its namesake. Aloha is abundant for the two weekends in the middle of February, when anybody can enter Buffalo’s Big Board Surfing Classic. Unlike the pressure-filled environment of most surf contests,
When many visitors step out of the plane and breathe in Hawaiʻi’s air, the first thing they often say is “it smells like flowers.” These six iconic flowers, although not all of them are indigenous, capture the romance and tropical beauty of the Islands. Plumeria Plumeria, found everywhere in Hawaiʻi. Few flowers remind people of
It wasn’t easy crowning winners in our 18th annual HAWAIʻI Magazine Photo Contest this year. So many beautiful photographs were submitted by travelers from around the world in four categories—Outdoors, People, Culture, Abstract—and we did our best to narrow them down. Here, we feature some of the images that were top contenders in the final rounds of
In bringing the Islands to our readers, the team of editors and writers at HAWAIʻI Magazine travel the Hawaiian Island chain in search of its most inspiring stories. Because what better way to experience Hawaii than to, well, experience it, right? We asked our contributers to reflect on the most unforgettable places they were immersed in
1. The Hawaii Island lava flow that sparked everyone’s interest in Kilauea. Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Nick Jonas, Keegan-Michael Key, Terry Crews, Flo Rida and more touched down on Oahu to take part in “Rock The Troops,” a concert special filmed at Join Base Pearl-Harbor Hickam in Honolulu that aired on Spike TV over the
“Mele Kalikimaka” is the rebel of popular Christmas tunes. Written by Hawaii composer Robert Alexander Anderson in 1949, its lyrics croon of a bright green winter land where palm trees sway under shining sun and stars. It mentions snow exactly zero times. For many, the song is associated with Bing Crosby. It’s the jaunty, steel-guitared
The iOs 10.2 update for Apple has been released and it brings with a prayer answered. In the most recent update, a grand total of 104 brand new emojis found its way into your iPhone’s keyboard. And, between the excitement over the avocado, butterfly, water polo and a Harambe, is the only one that truly matters: a shaka
