#kaniakapupu

Students across Hawai‘i are being offered rare access to learn about endangered Hawaiian forest birds. 

Kaniakapūpū, the summer palace of King Kamehameha III, lies within a restricted watershed in a densely forested part of Nuʻuanu on the island of Oʻahu. The site is closed to people, with the exception of Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners or permitted caretakers. 

After at least two incidents of vandalism at the Kaniakapūpū ruins on Oʻahu, efforts are underway to provide better protection to the crumbling 175-year-old

Vandals etched a series of crosses on at least three of the inside walls of the crumbling structure. “It’s entirely inappropriate to put graffiti on the walls…