On Friday, May 29, starting at 9:30am, join us for our next Aloha Friday Live as we explore the Kīholoʻs coastal kīpuka tended for feeding and function. We will be joined by co-hosts Ku`ulei Keakealani, Hui’s Cultural Director, and Hoa ʻĀina, Leighton Hind and Analu Hanano.

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Waiakaʻeu is one of Hui Aloha Kīholo’s restoration sites fenced off from invasive goats. The goal is to remove invasive plants and propagate native plants to be used as a seed bank, for education, and cultural practitioners.

With the limited access to Kīholo due to COVID-19, we are bringing the mana'o of Kīholo to you live on Friday mornings online. Gather the ‘ohana around the computer or phone to join Ku`ulei Keakealani and friends as they share and teach about Kīholo.

This event is free. You just need a mobile device or computer and an internet connection. We’ll go live on Friday morning a little before 9:30am.

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HOSTS

KU`ULEI KEAKEALANI

Educator, cultural practitioner, poet, storyteller, activist, and our Cultural Director at Hui Aloha Kīholo, Ku`ulei wears many hats, but wears them all with a strong sense of the history of her ancestors and the responsibility we have to perpetuate Hawaiian culture for future generations.

LEIGHTON HIND

As part of our Hoa ʻĀina team, Leighton monitors and protects natural and cultural resources at Kīholo. Hoa ʻĀina, or “friends of the land", are on the ground, seven days a week, maintaining trails, monitoring conservation projects, and educating visitors to the reserve. Leighton also has a personal connection to Kīholo through his family who are descendants of those who lived at Kīholo.

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WAIAKAʻEU

In 2018, Leighton Hind, a Hoa ʻĀina and descendant of Kīholo’s ranchers and fishers, gifted the name Waiakaʻeu to one of Hui Aloha Kīholo’s restoration sites. This site was tangle of green amidst a dense kiawe forest. Intermixed with weedy grasses and shrubs grew native plants rarely seen in the area, such as makaloa, niu, pohuehue, and ilima, all fed by a wai ʻōpae, or anchialine pool.

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