If you’re ever on the Big Island’s Hilton Waikoloa Village property and see a surf-themed bar on wheels heading your way, don’t worry, it’s not a dream. What you’re seeing is one of the Hilton Waikoloa Village”s newest amenities: the Kohala Beverage Cart. The resort is describing it as an “adult ice cream truck,” maybe because the cart plays jaunty […]
The Honolulu Zoo is welcoming a new addition—and just in time for spring. On Feb. 19, a baby bongo antelope was born at the zoo. The female calf, which weighed about 30 pounds, is the first offspring of Topanga (mother) and Cory (father), both 5-year-old bongo antelopes. The baby doesn’t have a name yet. The zoo
I’ll be honest: We’re launching this podcast mostly because we love podcasts. And by “we,” I mean Kevin Allen and I. Kevin is the magazine’s associate editor, who juggles writing for the magazine with managing the content on our website. And me—I’m the new editor of HAWAIʻI but have been writing for the magazine for
Get stoked—you can now legitimately use Hawaiian Pidgin words “hammajang” and “howzit” in your Scrabble game. As part of the Oxford English Dictionary’s 90th anniversary celebrations, the respected reference asked the public last year for regional vocabulary suggestions, and the word “hammajang,” used in Pidgin to indicate that something is “all messed up, askew or wonky,”
Every fall and winter, humpback whales migrate to Hawaii to mate and give birth. Their presence doesn’t go unnoticed. Measuring up to 60 feet in length and weighing up to 40 tons, these marine mammals are hard to miss. And, yet, they can be quite shy when it comes to their reproductive activities in Hawaii
This month—on Tuesday, Feb. 5, specifically—millions of people around the world welcome the start of the Year of the Pig in celebration of Lunar New Year. You can join in on the festivities right here in the Islands by attending a host of cultural festivals and demonstrations and, of course, sampling delicious traditional foods. Here
Get ready to be swept away on a melodic journey through the Islands as maestro Richard Kaufman and the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra perform music from films and television shows shot right here in the Islands, at the “Filmed in Hawaii” concert. The concert, on Friday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Blaisdell Concert Hall,
1. Bruno Mars sells out three concerts at Aloha Stadium on Oahu View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bruno Mars (@brunomars) Hawaii’s own Bruno Mars ended his 24K Magic World Tour concert series at Aloha Stadium with three sold-out shows in November. His homecoming concert was one of the most
1. Learn to Freedive on the North Shore My father-in-law is a seasoned freediver who was born and raised on the North Shore of Oahu. He always shares the most amazing underwater stories—and fresh caught fish!—and makes me want to see the ocean as he sees it. I would love for 2019 to be the
There’s a new addition to the Honolulu Zoo. Harriet, a Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, gave birth Dec. 18 at the zoo in Waikiki. Both mom and baby are currently on display. This is the fourth baby sloth born at the Honolulu Zoo to Harriet and her mate, Quandro. It’s too early to determine whether the latest
Over the years, Peahi, which is more commonly referred to as Jaws, on Maui’s north shore has seen waves of epic proportions. Thanks to the spot’s unique underwater landscape, Peahi can see waves reaching up to 60 feet, and only the best in the world of big wave surfing can handle these kinds of conditions.
If you’ve ever hiked Koko Crater Trail, you have probably seen the wear and tear the trail is going through. Many of the stair treads, which are actually the remains of a long abandoned tramway, are rotting away, and volunteers have even replaced some with bricks and stone slabs. Seeing hundreds of hikers a day,
