Image by Herb Kane Kalolopahū For a period of five years from the time of Cook’s landing at Hawai‘i, the waters of the islands were busy...

He keiki aloha nā mea kanu Beloved children are the plants (Pukui 1983:76, verse 684) The forests, as the home of the akua, were seen as...

The Hawaiian word for ʻlaw’ or ʻrule’ is kānāwai – it is interesting to note that the literal translation of kānāwai is ʻrelating to...