#Paupena community development corporation
Volunteers welcome to water-catchment project at Kēōkea-Waiohuli
Volunteers are invited to flow with an Upcountry water catchment project the next two weekends. Participants can help install two 15,000-gallon catchments at Kēōkea-Waiohuli Hawaiian Homelands starting at 9 a.m. this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. An additional two-day work session will be held on Feb. 24-25, 2025.
Farm tour, moon calendar workshop kicks off Makahiki season, Nov. 19
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.
Survey: What Maui Homesteaders Think About the Hawaiian Homelands Program?
On Maui, the century-old program encompasses 1,404 individuals with 99-year leases to residential, agricultural and kuleana (self-starter) homestead awards. Some 9,220 individuals await Valley Isle homestead awards, while 28,000 remain on statewide waitlists.
Project MAHI‘AI Gets $58K for Native-Grown Food/Product Distribution
A Kēōkea homesteader was project manager of a $58,395 grant program funded by the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Theresa Hiʻilei Martinson will assume her duties Sept. 1 for the OHA-funded Project MAHIʻAI, an Amazon-style distribution system for native-grown products.
