Month: January 2025

• Link to January 2025 newsletter from Representative Garner Shimizu

Location note: Please note that due to some logistical issues, we are relocating the in-person part of the meeting to Aiea Hongwanji. So, if you want to join tonight’s meeting, you can either come down to Aiea Hongwanji Mission at 99-186 Puakala St, Aiea, HI 96701, or just connect to the meeting virtually via GoToMeeting (the link has been sent to everyone subscribed to our mailing notices. If you are not subscribed, please enter your email address in the form on the sidebar to the right and hit the “Subscribe” button.):

The following are files distributed for the January 2025 meeting. More files will be added as they are received.

The storied voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa will be returning to Puʻuloa this Saturday, and will be moored near Rainbow Bay (in ʻAiea Bay, past the USS Arizona Memorial visitor’s center and 604 restaurant) for the following week!

The public is welcome to join Hōkūleʻa’s arrival ceremony from 9am to 1pm this Saturday, January 18! No RSVP is necessary.

Public tours will be available, weather permitting, on:

• Sunday, January 19, 1-4pm
• Monday, January 20, 2-5pm
• Wednesday, January 21, 3-6pm
• Thursday, January 22, 3-5pm

Mahalo to everyone who made this possible!

Aloha kakou,

Please join us on Friday, January 31, 2025, from 5pm to 9pm at ʻAiea High School’s football field for Hale O Nā Aliʻi’s Makahiki Festival 2025!

From Kumu Keola, director of the Hale Hāola Kanaka Cultural Institute (of which Hale O Nā Aliʻi is a part), this is the first event of its kind at AHS! It will be similar to ʻAiea Fest, however, this event is grounded and rooted in Kanaka Culture in order to celebrate the Kanaka New Year. There will be Makahiki games, food trucks, local vendors, and more!

Hale O Nā Aliʻi are the Hawaiian Language and Hula Students of ʻAiea High School. Hale O Nā Aliʻi falls within the larger canopy of the Hale Hāola Kanaka Cultural Institute. 

We hope to see you there!