The Kohala Center’s 2026 Hoaʻāina Stewardship Experiences
Community members of all ages are invited to sign up for The Kohala Center’s 2026 Hoaʻāina Stewardship Experiences! Registration is now open for our next Hoaʻāina Stewardship Day at Kahalu‘u Bay and Beach Park on Saturday, March 14 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
These guided, half-day learning journeys are designed to deepen our pilina (relationships) with Hawai‘i’s natural and cultural landscape, create space for meaningful exchanges between place and people, and share in mālama ʻāina (care for the land) on this island we call home.
For this upcoming Hoaʻāina Stewardship Day, we will focus on deepening our connection with the wahi pana of Kahalu‘u and Hawai‘i’s coastal environments as hoaʻāina—friends of the land and loving caretakers—through our four ‘āina stewardship practices. You’ll learn about Kahaluʻu as ʻāina lei aliʻi, the lands that adorn the chiefs, and what has made Kahaluʻu so special for generations. We’ll engage in kilo, or intentional observation along the shoreline or in the water. (Please bring your snorkel gear if you’d like to participate in the in-water activity!) And we’ll share a moʻolelo (oral history) of Kahalu‘u and collectively create a mo’olelo of the day as a form of knowledge transmission and reciprocity.
Feel free to bring lunch if you’d like to stay after the program and talk story with our team and fellow hoa‘āina.
Space is limited and reservations tend to fill up fast, so sign up today! Details on where to meet and what to bring will be provided in the days leading up to the event. For more information, please contact us at info@kohalacenter.org or 808-887-6411.
