The Punahou Spring as told by Mrs. Emma Metcalf Nakuina There formerly lived on the Kaala Mountains, a chief by the name of Kahaakea. He had two children, a boy and a girl, twins, whose mother had died at their birth. The brother was called Kauawaahila (Waahila Rain) and the girl Kauakiowao (Mountain Mist). Kahaakea […]
The age of Kūkaʻōʻō Heiau is uncertain. At this point, we do not really know how old the heiau is, but we do know that when Hawaiian oral tradition attributes a site to the Menehune it usually indicates antiquity. As stated above, one of the criteria for assuming that Kūka‘ō‘ō Heiau was an agricultural heiau […]
What is an ahupuaʻa? Over time, Hawaiians developed a unique land management system. Coinciding with Kirch’s Expansion Period, Māʻilikūkāhi, was said to have established the ahupuaʻa land division in the 1500s. Ahupuaʻa are further divisions of the moku and were used for the purposes of collecting tax tributes to the chief and efficiently managing land […]
The primary residents of Mānoa Valley were maka‘āinana, the class of common people, distinct from the chiefly class of the aliʻi. The maka‘āinana made up the majority of the population and their primary activities were fishing and farming. In Mānoa, as in other ahupua‘a, extended families, ʻohana, lived together in homesteads called kauhale on their […]
When Monte and Lila Cooke decided to build their home they hired prominent Honolulu architects, Emory and Webb. Webb took part in designing the Hawai‘i Theatre. As a team, they designed many Honolulu residences and prominent buildings such as the YMCA, the First Methodist Church, and Waiʻoli Tea Room which is still a significant landmark in […]
When Monte and Lila Cooke decided to build a house on this site, they hired prominent Honolulu architects, Emory and Webb. Webb took part in designing the Hawaiʻi Theatre. As a team, they designed many Honolulu residences and prominent buildings such as the YMCA, the First Methodist Church, and Waiʻoli Tea Room, still a significant […]