• Island Treasures: The Captain’s Paw Pantry

    TSWA Captain's Paw Pantry

    Sabine-Maeva Andresen’s business started in the fall of 2008 when her friend asked if she would bake a few dog treats for a no-kill sanctuary benefit event on Hawai‘i Island. Her husband, Torsten, had established a reputation as a hobby…

  • Cultivators

    Cultivators-Kuulei-Keakealani

    By Ku‘ulei Keakealani So many happenings all around us these days. Movements of aloha are seen and heard from one town to the next, from mountain top to mountain top. Messages of hope and desire are painted, printed, and manifested.…

  • Healing Plants: ‘Ākia

    By Barbara Fahs If you look around the grounds of Kona-area hotels, condominiums, and vacation rentals, chances are you might discover ‘ākia used as an attractive groundcover plant. It’s an endemic Hawaiian plant that botanists call Wikstroemia uva-ursi, or hillside…

  • No Mākou Ka Mana: Liberating the Nation

    No Makou Ka Mana by Dr Kamana Beamer

    Page 3 Recognizing the complex identity of ali‘i such as Lili‘uokalani is an important part of this study; however, the examples of how the ali‘i exercised their agency are perhaps of greater significance for contemporary ‘Oiwi (Native Hawaiian)5 and other…

  • The IncrEdible Coconut

    Incredible Coconut

    By Sonia R. Martinez Coconuts have been cultivated for so long and become so naturalized on tropical shores all around the world that the origins are unknown. The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) is one of the most useful tree species…

  • Becoming Mele‘uhane: Spirit of Song

    Becoming Mele‘uhane

    By Le‘a Gleason Most Kailua-Kona residents are no strangers to the surname Lindsey, as it signifies a family notorious for playing Hawaiian music and well-known for their ties to the ranching industry. As a boy, Lindsay “Keikilani” Lindsey was raised…

  • Managing with Aloha: Mālama

    MWA-Malama

    I have a client who refers to Mālama as “my take care of business value.” I love his focus with Mālama’s value alignment, and I couldn’t agree more. To ‘take care of business’ in your culture-building with Mālama, is to…

  • Preserving a Community: Kona Historical Society

    By Le‘a Gleason The stories that stem from the history of communities in Hawai‘i are diversified because of a blending of cultures and influence of immigration, growth of population, and the birth of industry. It was during this period of…

  • Featured Cover Artist: Bonnie Sol

    Cover artist Bonnie Sol

    Bird song and the soft scent of passion flower greet the senses from Bonnie Sol Hahn’s home studio, which overlooks a backyard lush with flowers and fruit. From this perch, Bonnie Sol creates oil paintings that capture Hawai‘i’s natural beauty.…

  • Ka Wehena: Ha‘a Ka Wahine

    ‘Ae, Ha‘a ka wahine Ha‘a ka wahine i kai o Nanahuki I kai o Ha‘ena Puna ka wahine Hōpoe leilehua, Poli o Hi‘iaka Hula le‘a ka wahine Kapo Laka ē I Ha‘ena la, kahi kapu ka wahine Noho mehameha i…