Spiritual Galactagogues: Aligning Celestial Shifts and New cycles of Equity The Galactic Gears Behind the Vernal Equinox The journey of wāhine1 hood is more than
Come back to the blog to read along while you listen Pili kau, pili hoʻoilo Together in the dry season, together in the wet season
The MĀPUNA LAB is a place of respite for those experiencing colonial trauma. Our work is nāʻau centered and focused on health and healing. Guided by ʻōhiʻa lehua as our teacher, an endemic Hawaiian tree, we work in reciprocity and partnership in healing the chronic and existential pain of historical and intergenerational trauma with our Pacific Islander brothers and sisters.
Kakuhihewa is an aliʻi of Oʻahu famously named in the mele “Kaulana Nā Pua.” Kakuhihewa was a kind and friendly chief who was born in Kūkaniloko and raised in the ʻEwa moku. His primary endeavor was farming, and it is said that his abundant harvests on Oʻahu could be smelled from Kauaʻi.
Today, there is a state office building named after him in Kapolei.