Local Kine Hawaii Weblog

Learn a few things about Hawai’i that you may not have know when you visit the new Hawaii Quick Facts page.

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Live ‘Ukulele is another ‘ukulele I resource recently stumbled upon. Live ‘Ukulele is run by a bunch of ‘ukulele-loving homeschooled kids who want to share their knowledge of the ‘ukulele. You’ll find ‘ukulele tabs, songs, videos, and ‘ukulele lessons.

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View This Video on You Tube Nathan Aweau recently released his new album, Kane’ohe. It’s full of wonderful mele, but the title track, Kane’ohe, is one of my favorite tunes from the album. If you like Nathan’s work visit his website. Nathan Aweau is also a member of the NA HOKU HANOHANO AWARD winning group [...]

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The Friends of Maui Bookstore is located just outside Kahului in Pu’unene. The store is in an old building that was once part of the Pu’unene school. Staffed by volunteers, the store is a goldmine for book lovers. They estimate to have 180,000 books on hand for you to choose from, and with a suggested [...]

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Mana’o Radio is non-profit commercial free radio station based in Wailuku, Maui. Mana’o Radio can be heard at 91.5FM on Maui or you can listen live via their Internet Stream. Mana’o Radio strives to inform, educate, and entertain the Maui community via radio broadcasts of multi-cultural and community-related programming. Their broadcasts are primarily related to [...]

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Living Pono is a documentary that follows Jason Scott Lee on his journey from movie star to living sustainably on his off-grid taro farm near Volcano on the Big Island of Hawai’i. The camera tags along with Jason as he goes about his work, whether he’s driving through busy downtown Singapore on the way to [...]

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Ukulele Underground is a great new weblog and forum community for ukulele lovers. Aldrine Guerrero has been sharing his ukulele lessons over at iamhawaii.com, but is now sharing his knowledge at

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The Ho’olaupa’i Newspaper Project is a collection of searchable Hawaiian-language newspapers. For the last five years the Bishop Museum staff have been painstakingly restoring and digitizing over 9,000 pages of original Hawaiian language newspapers. This project represents the most accurate record of Hawaiian culture. The first Hawaiian-language newspaper rolled off the press in 1834 at [...]

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Are you looking from something free and educational to do while you’re on the Big Island of Hawai’i? Why not check out the Niaulani Nature Walk at the Volcano Art Center in Volcano Village.The tour takes you on an hour walk through Niaulani’s beautiful old-growth Hawaiian rain forest, and is lead by knowledgeable tour guides [...]

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Traditional Hawaiians created new names for each child. The names were carefully crafted to contain great meaning and thought. Names were of great importance to Hawaiians. A new child received it’s name from a parent, grandparent, or other close relative, and the given name was thought to influence the child’s mana and spiritual development. Children [...]

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