September-October 2009

September-October 2009 issue of Maui Nō Ka ʻOi Magazine

kula maui living room

Home Court

For NBA Coach Don Nelson, this custom-designed home in Kula provides the perfect time out.
koli‘i

Koli‘i: The RuPaul of the Rain Forest

The native lobelia, koli'i spreads an umbrella of pink blossoms in late summer.
WAIMOKU FALLS

Waimoku Falls

On Maui’s remote eastern coast, you can follow a trail through a bamboo forest to a waterfall 400 feet high.
Haleakala telescope debate

Eyes on the House of the Sun

Plans to build the world’s largest solar telescope on the summit of Haleakala have set two very different ways of seeing at odds.
Ed Lindsay

In Memoriam Ed Lindsey

Ed Lindsey leaves behind an immense void, as deep and long as Honokowai Valley, where he once stood on the mountainside, calling out, “E, Tutu!”

Side Dish: Google Eyes

Gossip gets her Google on.
Ed and Puanani Lindsey

Aloha Ed Lindsey

Ed Lindsey’s legacy will endure as long as people with “like minds and like hearts” come together to serve the ‘aina.

Ooh, ooh, ‘Ulu!

The Festival of Aloha in East Maui is bound to be delicious!

In the Pink

Women cancer survivors paddle in pink to raise awareness of the disease.

On the Trail of a Saint

Feflections on Father Damien's sainthood.
Wine sommelier

Finding Aloha in Loire Valley Wines

MNKO's wine expert explores Loire Valley Wines.
Tita Kathy Collins

Claws-trahphobia

Dis time a da year, plenny people call me fo’ come tell ‘em spooky stories.
publisher's note

From the Publisher

Our publisher begins summer vacation on Kaua‘i, with a reunion of family and friends.