#hawaiian renaissance

In 1986, Kīʻope Raymond was asked to join the board of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo to found the first private, nonprofit pre-school in Hawaiian language on Maui. There are now three ‘Aha Pūnana Leo schools on Maui and pathways enabling Hawaiian immersion language students to receive instruction and graduate from Lahainaluna, Hāna, and King Kekaulike high schools. Maui Now writer Gary Kubota interviewed Raymond as part of this People of Maui series.

The book recounts the arrests of those protesting the eviction of native Hawaiians and farmers in Kalama Valley, described by some as the start of the “Hawaiian Renaissance.”

Peter Moon, the beloved musician who helped inspire a renaissance of Hawaiian music for a generation of followers in the 1970s, passed away on Feb. 17, 2018.

The Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce will celebrate this exciting era of Hawaiian Cultural rebirth at its December General Membership Dinner at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 at the Leis Family Class Act Restaurant at UH Maui College.