#Punana Leo o Maui

Nā Leo Pūlama o Maui and the parents of Pūnana Leo o Maui present Holoholo Ka‘a 2025, a free family event happening Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College parking lot.

In honor of the Maui wildfire remembrance of Aug. 8, The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas installed a Kapa Kuiki Quilt, in their hotel lobby. The 16 panels that make up the quilt, tell stories of the history of Lahaina in a design by artists of ʻohana o Pūnana Leo o Maui. The Westin Nanea obtained the Lahaina tribute quilt in an auction at the most recent Ho‘omau event and installed the piece of symbolism for public display on the one-year anniversary of the Maui wildfires.

Holoholo Kaʻa 2023, also known as the “Touch A Truck” event, will take place on Nov. 5, providing an opportunity for people of all ages to interact with emergency vehicles, heavy machinery, construction rigs, farm equipment and more.

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.

Ho‘omau 2022, a benefit concert to support Hawaiian language immersion preschool students at Pūnana Leo o Maui in Wailuku, will be held at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in Kahului from 9 a.m. to sunset on Saturday, March 26.

Pūnana Leo o Maui is able to accommodate up to 30 students for the upcoming 2021-22 school year, which will start on Aug. 2, 2021 and run through June 17, 2022.

The event was originally scheduled for Saturday, March 28, and was tentatively postponed to June pending community impacts of the ongoing COVID-19; however with ongoing concerns, organizers decided to cancel the event.

The event, will tentatively be rescheduled to June 27; however that date is pending community impacts of the ongoing COVID-19.  The school will continue to monitor and assess the situation as the new date approaches. 

The event will be held on Friday along the historic Market Street from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The street will be closed beginning at 5:30 p.m. 

This yearʻs theme is “I Mau ʻo Hawaiʻi He ʻĀina Aloha,” which is roughly translated as “In order to preserve Hawaiʻi as a beloved homeland.”

For a $1 donation, attendees will get the chance to climb in to a variety of different large trucks and specialty vehicles, including a cement truck, a police car, an ambulance, and a rubbish truck. 

Pūnana Leo o Maui’s parent group, Nā Leo Pūlama o Maui, is inviting the public to attend the 32nd annual Ho‘omau on Saturday, March 30 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens. Widely known as Maui’s largest celebration of ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, or Hawaiian language, the event will include Hawaiian entertainment, […]

Lieutenant Governor Josh Green will deliver the keynote address at the Maui County Council inauguration on Jan. 2, 2019 at 10 a.m. in the Council Chamber.

Kili Namauʻu, Director of Pūnana Leo o Maui is the featured speaker at the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting slated for 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 12 at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, in the Pāʻina Food Court.

The annual fundraising event is a benefit for Pūnana Leo o Maui, a Hawaiian immersion preschool.

The 29th Annual Hoʻomau Concert takes place on Saturday, March 19, 2016 from 9 a.m. to sunset at the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in Kahului.

The 27th Annual Hoʻomau, presented by Nā Leo Pūlama o Maui takes place this Saturday, March 29, 2014, from 9 a.m. to sunset at the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in Central Maui.

Clothing company Maui Thing and NFL linebacker Kaluka Maiava have partnered on an exclusive “Native Nation” t-shirt that go on sale today, Sept. 23, at the Wailuku town store or online.

Punana Leo O Maui hosted the annual fundraising event, Hoomau 2011, to raise money for the Hawaiian immersion preschool program.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKJ2JZ0NR0M[/youtube] The Punana Leo o Maui program will hold its annual Ho’omau fundraiser on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 9 a.m. to sunset at the Keopu’olani Park Amphitheater in Kahului.  Funds raised goes towards the Hawaiian immersion preschool program. The day-long Ho’omau 2010 event features entertainment from: Na Palapalai, Keali’i Kaneali’i, ‘Ohana Pahuwai, Homestead, Sudden […]