Maui Nō Ka ʻOi

Kawika Freitas Director of Public and Cultural Relations, Old Lāhainā Lūʻau as told to SAVANNAH DAGUPION Photograph by Savannah Dagupion “I didn’t learn my cultural knowledge from just one place. I listened to and observed the elders, and I would repeat what they did and said. That’s exactly how our Hawaiian history has...

A Place of Time and Tide Knocked down by tsunamis and battered by time, this beach house refuses to quit. story by Paul Wood photographs by Nina Kuna Nestled among swaying palms on Maui’s North Shore, this 1930s beach house drew Susan and Jim in 1984 with a quick glance and a deep...

Across the Great Pacific The journey of the Humpbacks photographs by Daniel Sullivan story by Maui Nō Ka ʻOi staff Each winter, a familiar rhythm stirs in the Pacific. It begins almost imperceptibly, with a turning of bodies and a shared pull toward warmer water, until thousands of whales are on the move,...

The Whales Between the Lines story by Chris Amundson photographs by Pcific Whale Foundation Highly social and caring, false killer whales sighted in Maui Nui share food and watch out for one another. With just 139 individuals remaining and many injured or underweight, researchers say urgent action and better monitoring are needed...

West Side Waves What to wear when time loosens Photography & Creative Direction: Brittney Baker Producing: Savannah Dagupion Hair & Makeup: Jacqueline Comero Models: Darren Fryer & Mikaela Bega Assistant: Angeleah Starr-Soria Locations: Whalers Village, Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa/The Sandbar/Lobby Lounge, Leilani’s On The Beach, Honokōwai Beach Park On West Maui’s golden shoreline, luxury island style...

Keeping Tiffany’s Tiffany’s Inside a Wailuku restaurant built on restraint story by Chris Amundson photographs by Selket Kaufman and Chris Amundson On a typical night in Wailuku, Tiffany’s feels less like a restaurant than a gathering already in progress. Music hums low and familiar. Servers move with the confidence of people who know...

Brewed Awakening Maui’s craft beer scene has matured, driven by bold entrepreneurs, shaped by fire and brimming with a sense of place. story by Todd A. Vines photographs by Chris Archer From radiant lagers to dusky stouts, local beer is stepping into the spotlight at home and beyond, carried by ingenuity and island...

Coconut Post Moloka‘i’s Post-a-Nut program ships coconuts – and aloha – across the globe by Ariella Nardizzi photograph by Alamy/Craig Ellenwood At the Ho‘olehua Post Office on Moloka‘i’s west side, coconuts mingle with padded envelopes and Priority Mail boxes in a plastic mail bin, waiting their turn to travel the world. Tourists cluster...

A Compass of Color Pascaline Laloux maps Maui’s contours using NOAA charts as her canvass by Ariella Nardizzi photograph by Savannah Dagupion The sea has always been Pascaline Laloux’s compass. It carried her from France to Maui’s North Shore in 1982, when she arrived chasing wind and never left. Today, from her Haʻikū...