Showing posts with label Koolau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Koolau. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Built in About an Hour

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The Hawaiian Islands were formed as the Pacific Plate moved westward over a geologic hot spot.  Oʻahu is dominated by two large shield vo...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Kauaʻi

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Poetically the island is reportedly called, "Manōkalanipō", or "Kauaʻi a Manō" after the ancient chief who was lar...
Saturday, February 8, 2014

It's Raining ... Inside

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The Koʻolaupoko moku (district) encompasses lands from Kualoa Point to Makapuʻu Point. Encompassing 43,598-acres (68-square miles,) Koʻol...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Moku

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Prior to European contact, each of the major islands or independent chiefdoms in the Hawaiian chain comprised a mokupuni (island.) Over t...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Keʻanae Prison Camp

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In June, 1925, Governor Wallace Farrington and the County Board of Supervisors Chairman Samuel Kalama led a grand procession of cars on t...
Sunday, July 28, 2013

Ahupuaʻa ‘Anomalies’

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Typically, we think of ahupuaʻa in the general context of the modern day watershed – from the mountains to the sea (ridges to reefs,) aff...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Keʻanae, Maui

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“Wai o ke ola! Wai, waiwai nui! Wai, nā mea a pau, ka wai, waiwai no kēlā!”  (Water is life! Water is of great value! Water, the water i...
Monday, August 6, 2012

Kawainui Marsh - Kailua, O‘ahu

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Ko‘olau volcano started its life as a seamount above the Hawaiian hotspot around 4-million years ago. It broke sea level some time prior...