Picture
"He me lau no ke Ko‘olau ke aloha."
Love is like the ends(fingertips) of the Ko’olau breeze. 
Love is like a Zephyr-gentle and invisible but present nevertheless
Picture
Photo by R. Estrella - Koʻolau - Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu
        Pukui, Mary Kawena. ʻŌlelo Noʻeau . Bishop Museum Press: Honolulu. 1983. Number 2153.

The Ahupuaʻa of Kāneʻohe: Slideshow

This presentation of Kāneʻohe is a collection of historical maps of the early 1900s and modern day Google Earth maps from the year 2012. They are overlaid with special sites and border outlines. There is also a layout of important ancestral sites: heiau, moʻolelo, wahi pana, streams, fishponds etc. 
If you have any suggestions, corrections or want to participate in helping us remember and locate important Native Hawaiian Knowledge - please feel free to contact the AVA Konohiki.
                                                                                      -- Mahalo for visiting our site!

Kāneʻohe Hawaiian Land Features List

Loko I'a/Fishponds in the Kāneʻohe Ahupuaʻa
  • Waikalua Loko
  • Mahinui
  • Kaluoa
  • Mikiola
  • Keana
  • Kalokohanahou
  • Punaluu
  • Keaalau
  • Hanalua
  • Papaa (Panahaha 1 & 2)
  • Kanohuluiwi, 2.7 acres in 1968
  • Waikaluawaho (Waikalaa)
  • Nuʻupia (Kaluapuhi) 215 acres in the 1940s to 180 in 1968
  • Halekou 92 acres in the 1940s to 36 acres in 1968
  • Kaluapuhi 24 acres to 14 acres
Heiau
  • Puʻu Waniania
  • Kekele
  • Kukuiokane (desecrated and covered by the H-3)
  • Puʻu Makani
  • Kawaʻewaʻe
  • Ahukini
  • Pu'u Pahu, near Kanohulu'iwi
Moʻolelo / Legends
  • Three Pana of Kāne, Three Women of Kāne
  • Holoua Slide
On the ʻIli of Mōkapu
  • Puʻu o Kahaʻi Ulupau Head Mololani
  • Burials 
  • Puʻu Hawaiiloa
  • Ka Poho Salt Pans
Mountains
  • Lanihuli, Highest Mountain Peak
Springs and Water Features
  • Kumukumu
  • The Three Women of Kāne, Three Pana of Kāne
  • These three would junction at Hookui a na keia o nā wai a Kāne, they worked together with no Jealousy, they flowed from the Southeast to the Northwest. They are named:
    • Hiilaniwai
    • Kahuaiki
    • Mamalahoa
Winds
  • Ulumanō, Strong local Wind
  • Moaʻe, Northeast Trade Wind
Rain
  • Apuakea
  • Ulumano

Political Places
  • Nā'one o La'a

References

  • Devaney, Dennis M., et al, Kane`ohe – A History of Change, Bess Press Inc., 2nd Edition, January 1982.
  • Dorrance, William H., The History of Kaneohe – Part 1 (Before 1778 to 1850), published in the Windward Oahu News, May 1993.
  • Dorrance, William H., The History of Kaneohe – Part 2 (1850 to the 1920’s), published in the Windward Oahu News, June 1993.
  • Dorrance, William H., The History of Kaneohe – Part 3 (1913 to 1945), published in the Windward Oahu News, July 1993.
  • Dorrance, William H., Post-War Kaneohe (1949 to Present), published in the Windward Oahu News, October 1993.
  • Friends of Kane`ohe Library, “Kane`ohe A Glimpse of the Past,” a pamphlet publication (not dated).
  • Landgraf, Anne Kapulani; Meinecke, Fred Kalani, Hawaiian Translation, Nā Wahi Pana O Koʻolau Poko: Legendary Places of Koʻolau Poko. Published by University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1994.  pg 94.
  • Sterling, Elspeth P., and Catherine C. Summers. Sites of Oahu. Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1978
  • Kaneohe Library Website. url: http://www.librarieshawaii.org/kaneohepl/kaneohehistory/kaneohehistory_of_change_ocr_pt7_pp139_161.pdf. June 1, 2012

Our Kāneʻohe Community Gallery

We will feature our Kāneʻohe Kiʻi Treasure Hunt albums here. We will also share other pictures of Kāneʻohe we have collected. Mahalo!

Submit Kāneʻohe Kiʻi Treasure Hunt Albums Here

Kāneʻohe Activity for March to June 2013 
The Ki'i Treasure Hunt!

Picture
Photo by J. Estrella, From the Pali out to Mōkapu, Oʻahu
     If you or your group would like to participate in building our AVA Research of Hawaiian Knowledge this is the perfect activity. 

Your task is to complete you own "Ki'i Treasure Hunt" Digital Album(Picture Treasure Hunt).
  • Recreate your own album with a picture, newspaper clipping, family story, research, drawing, poem or other form of artistic expression of the "Kāneʻohe Hawaiian Land Features" list located on this page. Download attachment for more information.
  • Submit your Kiʻi Treasure Hunt - Digital Album (photos of collection of individual sites) to be posted on this website to jenny3@hawaii.edu or use our upload link below. Each image must be labeled with a title, photographer and name of item according to the list.
  • Include a picture of yourself or group, Name, and background. 
   Bonus: First Album Collection submitted will 
                receive a free original Art Piece.

                                      Mahalo Nui Loa!

The Kāneʻohe Kiʻi Treasure Hunt click here or link below to download!

kaneohe_kii_hunt.pdf
File Size: 842 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File
Picture
Photo by J. Estrella, Kāneʻohe, Kukui

AVA Konohiki Kāneʻohe Team

Annie Keola Kaukahi Thomas

Picture
Annie Keola Kaukahi Thomas was born in Hilo, raised in Maunawili, and currently resides in Mānoa.  Annie received her Masterʻs of Arts degree in Library and Information Science from UH Mānoa in 2006 and has worked at the Hawaiʻi State Libraryʻs Hawaiʻi & Pacific section, Kailua Public Library, and currently serves as the Hawaiian Resources Librarian at Kapiʻolani Community College.  Annie is a student of Iyengar yoga, hula and ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and like any good librarian, loves to read and connect people with information!

Jenny Moanikeʻala Estrella (Laimana)

Picture
Jenny was born and raised in Kāneʻohe, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu. She attended Kāneʻohe Elementary, King Intermediate, and J. B. Castle High School. She is also a GRA on the Kamakakūokaʻāina Grant also known as AVA or Ancestral Visions of ʻĀina. She also serves as the IT team leader. 

Mahalo nō for visiting our site!