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Nānā I Ke Kumu - Papa Malaʻo   I ka Mokuʻāina e hoʻolauleʻa ana o Pepeluali, he mahina ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (i kūkala ʻia e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo kau kānāwai i ka makahiki ʻiwakālua ʻumikūmālua), he mahalo kēia i nā koa i ʻaʻa i ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no nā kamaliʻi o Hawaiʻi nei, e like me kā ka mōʻīkāne ʻo Kamehameha III...

Official Nike collaborations out of Hawaiʻi are far and few in between. The Aloha Dunk by Ian Ginoza and Kicks Hawaiʻi nearly two decades ago and the Hawaiʻi SB dunk in 2006 were some of the early pillars and both shared locally inspired design narrative. For myself as a young Hawaiian designer at the time, those shoes stood as a beacon of creative possibility...

Our journey together has only begun! Our paths have crossed at this moment in time with the future ahead. Along with the team, our ancestors, and each of our own cultural heritage, let us move together as one and conquer the world.Polynesia is made up islands, scattered across the Pacific Ocean. Language, practices and tradition, are very similar. The raising of a child by...

Kī Kelakela by Nālani Kanakaʻole “Grandmother, Kūkū, and Okasan had a stand of ti leaves that was a source of viewing pride along side the gardenia, anthurium, maiden hair, and orchids. That was the thing of the 1950s. It was fun growing up with all of these plants in the yard.   “Nothing was different with us. Kūkū had a hot house of maiden...