#Makahiki

Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui hosted its first-ever Ma Ka Hana Ka ‘Ike Family Engagement Night at the Maui Nui Botanical Garden. Rooted in the Hawaiian ʻŌlelo Noʻeau meaning, “through work, one learns,” the evening brought families together through ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Native Hawaiian cultural education, and hands-on experiences.

Mayor Richard Bissen signed into law Friday morning an approximately $1.61 billion fiscal year 2027 budget, officially closing a public and Maui County Council review process that began March 25.

In partnership with the County of Maui Department of ʻŌiwi Resources, the County Office of the Mayor through its Office of Economic Development announced that the Fiscal Year 2027 Makahiki Grant Program application period is now open, through 5 p.m. July 10, 2026.

One who wishes to succeed should be alert to every opportunity, like one who catches birds by imitating their cries. ʻAhuʻula (Hawaiian feather capes) are such amazing works of art that show the modern generation what the ancestors of this culture used to adorn themselves with. These capes were made for those of higher ranking […]

Noalani Helela’s play Aloha Kaua will be showing at the historic ʻĪao Theater, March 8 and 9. Aloha Kaua is a historical drama about the  period in King Kamehameha III’s rule known as “the time of Kaomi” (ka wa  ia Kaomi).

Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea welcomes canoe teams from sister properties in Bora Bora and Hawaiʻi, as well as local Maui crews for an outrigger canoe paddle called “Molokini Kaʻapuni,” this Saturday, March 16, 2024. The cultural gathering, timed to celebrate the end of Makahiki season, brings together an extended ʻohana bound together by the love of the sport and shared waterways that brought the early migration of Polynesians to Hawaiʻi.

Kaua‘i Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami, on Thursday, presented a mayoral proclamation to the Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project and partners, to mark 2024 Makahiki O Nā Manu Nahele, Year of the Forest Birds. This echoes the statewide proclamation from Gov. Josh Green, M.D. on Jan. 12.

As part of the celebration at Saguaro, which officially began at sunrise on Nov. 16, inmates from Hawaiʻi who observe the festival participated in traditional Hawaiian dancing, praying, games and other religious activities that are part of the Makahiki celebration.

A free Chang Farms tour and moon-calendar workshop unfolds from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19. The event helps to start the traditional Hawaiian Makahiki season of peace and thanksgiving. 

Traditional Makahiki customs were passed along to 10 keiki in the Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services program. The lessons were taught by Kumu Teva Medeiros during a planned outing on Tuesday, Dec. 28, at Ulua Beach in Kīhei, Maui.

Nearly 200 students enjoyed a day of culture and competition during the 3rd annual Maui Middle School Makahiki Championships, which  was held at the Maui High School campus this past Friday. 

The 2020 Maui Middle School Makahiki Championships will be held at Maui High School on Jan. 31.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded a $6,000 grant to Ka Molokai Makahiki for events in 2019 that perpetuate the traditional Hawaiian Makahiki festival.

The historic circumnavigation of Hōkūleʻa continues to be celebrated with canoes set to visit Hāna, Kaunakakai and Waiʻanae before the end of 2017.

Kekoa Enomoto will discuss Makahiki season and the 2018 Hawaiian moon calendar during a free public mini-lecture

Organizers of the 28th annual Prince Kūhiō Day Celebration in Paukūkalo, are seeking craft and food vendors for the upcoming event on April 1, 2017.

Haleakalā National Park will offer special programs and activities to celebrate the beginning of the Makahiki season on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3 and 4, 2016

Commercial-free days are opportunities for Kanaka Maoli to conduct traditional cultural practices in the park without commercial tours present.

By Wendy Osher An estimated 50 people will to travel from Maui to Oahu to observe events surrounding the 200th year anniversary of the unification of the Hawaiian Islands under Kamehameha the Great. The event entitled Ho`okahi Lahui Hawai`i is organized in part by former Hana, Maui resident Henry Noa.  “It’s an event uniting people […]

Native Intelligence in Historic Wailuku Town celebrates the start of the Makahiki season with the 1st Annual Makahiki no Wailuku event.   The festival in honor of the god Lono, covers four lunar months and is marked by a kapu on war and celebrated with games, sports and feasting. This time of enjoyment and celebration of […]