September 17, 2022—Community members of all ages are invited to join in our 2022 Hoa‘āina Stewardship Experiences! These guided, half-day learning journeys are designed to deepen our pilina (relationships) with Kohala’s natural and cultural landscape, create space for meaningful exchanges between place and people, and share in mālama ‘āina (care for the land) in this moku we call home.

Our Hoa‘āina Stewardship Days in Niuli‘i take place on ‘āina gifted to The Kohala Center in 2016. Participants will share knowledge of this North Kohala community, meet and get to know a legendary hala grove, and build foundational skills of hana lauhala (working with and caring for lauhala) to perpetuate this traditional practice and strengthen pilina between ‘āina and kānaka.

To make this event safe for all, we are limiting space to no more than 15 participants, and requiring face masks to be worn when within 10 feet of other participants outside of your household. Details on where to meet and what to bring will be provided the afternoon before the event. For more information, please contact Mia Akau-LaClair at makaulaclair@kohalacenter.org or 808-887-6411.

»Sign up (General registration opens Wednesday, September 7 at 9 a.m. HST)