Kumu Honua

honua

1. nvs. Land, earth, world; background, as of quilt designs; basic, at the foundation, fundamental. See lani. Kaua honua, world war. Ka wahine ʻai honua, the earth-eating woman [Pele]. hoʻo.honua To establish land, act as land; to scoop out earth, as for a fireplace; firmly established. Fig., rich (rare). (PPN fanua.)

2. part. Suddenly, abruptly and without reason. Cf. kūhonua. Huha honua ihola nō, suddenly angry and for no reason. Makaʻu honua ihola nō ia, sudden fear.

3. n. Middle section of a canoe; central section of a canoe fleet, as fishing iheihe fish; main section, as of an army.

The source of earth

Kalaninuimehameha see’s immersing people to our earth through Hawai’i’s volcanoes, art, culture, history, and genealogies. The birth of our islands, the birth of our world.

ʻŌhiʻa lehua

80% of all life in the Hawaiian islands is found no where else on earth! ʻŌhiʻa lehua is a pioneer species for Hawaiʻi;s forest ecosystems, growing from the cracks of dried lava flows ʻŌhiʻa catch water and create ideal conditions for a forest and a island to thrive.