“Times will come when you will feel you are being pushed into the background. Never allow this to happen-stand always on your own foundation. But you will have to make that foundation. There will come a time when to make this stand will be difficult, especially to you of Hawaiian Birth, but conquer you can-if you will”

  ʻOnipaʻa: to be immovable, firm, steadfast, determined. This was Kamehameha V's motto; It was a fitting motto for someone firmly rooted in Hawaiian values. Throughout his life, the King was ʻonipaʻa in all he did and worked diligently for his people and the Hawaiian Kingdom. He encouraged his people to work and not be idle.   Lot Kapuāiwa Kalanimakua Aliʻiōlani Kalani...

Mele Kalikimaka!  It's that time of year again when all kinds of Christmas goodies are being sent worldwide. Everything from cookies, toys, trees, and wreaths shows up at stores to be taken home. According to Civil beath Hawaiʻi, an average of 250,000 Christmas trees – primarily Douglas or Noble firs- are imported from Oregon and Washington islands. Along with all...

Lā Kūʻokoʻa is celebrated every year on November 28. this day marked the anniversary in 1843 when England and France formally recognized the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi through the signing of the Anglo-Franco Proclamation and a verbal acknowledgment with the United States as a result of the efforts of emissaries Timoteo Haʻalilio, William Richards, and George Simpson. This...

"Hula is the Language of the heart, therefore, the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people." - King David Kalākaua.