Hawaiʻi Island

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Hawaiʻi nui kuauli - Photo by (c) Noʻeau Peralto - 2013
In our genealogy chants and mele, Hawaiʻi island, the largest of all the islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, is noted as the first born child born of Papahānaumoku and Wākea. Hawaiʻi has six moku (districts) and over 600 ahupuaʻa (see map 2124 to right).

Nā Moku o Hawaiʻi

Featured Ahupuaʻa: Waiākea, Hilo

Our first feature ahupuaʻa for Hawaiʻi island is Waiākea, located in the moku of Hilo. Click the button below to check out our Waiākea feature page!

Featured Resource Site: huiMAU

The Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili (huiMAU) Website features primary resources for land and genealogy research in the ahupuaʻa of Kūkaʻiau, Kainehe, Koholālele, and Kaʻohe in the moku of Hāmākua, Hawaiʻi. This website was a Plan B M.A. project in Hawaiian Studies prepared by Noʻeau Peralto in collaboration with the ʻohana of Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili.
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Map of Hawaiʻi Island, 1901. HGS Map #2124.
Hawaii Island - RM2124 - 1901
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AVA Hawaiʻi Research Team

Ikaika Mahoe

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Aloha mai kākou. ʻO Ikaika Mahoe ko‘u inoa a no Keaukaha mai au, ma ke ahupua‘a ‘o Waiākea, ma ka moku ‘o Hilo, ma ka mokupuni ‘o Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Moku o Keawe. As an undergraduate, I attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa where I received my B.A. from the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge. I am currently a Graduate Student at the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, pursuing a M.A. degree. At Kamakakūokalani, I am also working as a graduate research assistant for Kamakakūokaʻāina: Ancestral Visions of ʻĀina. It is crucial that we as a people build a relationship with our ʻāina and preserve the lands of our ancestors in this time of rapid change, so that the generations after us have a sustainable environment in which to live and thrive. We as a people must remember the teachings of our ancestors. We must remember the ʻōlelo noʻeau: “‘A‘ohe mālama, pau i ka ‘iole" (If you do not take care of possessions, it will be stolen by rats). If one takes care of his goods, he will not suffer losses. We as a people must protect and care for our ʻāina.  (AVA Website Development Team Member)

Noʻeau Peralto

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Aloha mai kākou. ʻO wau nō ʻo Noʻeau Peralto. No Waiākea Uka, ma Hilo, ma Hawaiʻi nui kuauli mai au, a he mamo nō hoʻi kēia a ka ʻāina kaulana i ka makani Koholālele e pā aku nei mai nā pali lele koaʻe o Hāmākua a i Kīpahulu i nā Hono a ʻo Piʻilani. Currently, I am pursuing a M. A. at the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, where I am also in my second year as a graduate research assistant on the Kamakakūoka`āina, Ancestral Visions of ‘Āina project team. Actively involved in community-based research and activism in Hāmākua, Hawaiʻi, where one side of my ʻohana is from, I am passionately engaged in deepening my knowledge of mālama ʻāina, moʻolelo ʻōiwi, and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. Research and scholarship, I believe, can be utilized as tools for cultivating critical consciousness, exercising our commitment to social transformation, and re-establishing kuleana to our kulāiwi. (AVA Website Development Team Member)