Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Magazine 25th Anniversary

Escaping Sea Foam photograph by DREW SULOCK   CANON 6D, 1/4000 SECond, F3.2 ISO 200, 70-200 MM L Series LENS, 200 MM   When Maui photographer Drew Sulock is...

Why do Hawaiian skies put on the most amazing light shows?

Living Pono Nature meets design in this ecofriendly Ha‘ikū home. story by Lara McGlashan photography by Ryan Siphers I pull off the busy Hāna Highway and onto an...

Printed in Summer 2001

Launching Maui No Ka ‘Oi - The first issue was just fifty pages, and the publication came out four times a year.

Its feet on the ocean floor, its head above the clouds, Haleakala offers an unparalleled view for contemplating the cosmos.

Shifting sands blow across Moloka‘i’s wild western coast.

An island-hop from Maui, the forces of creation are putting on a spectacular fireworks show—and you’ve got a ringside seat.

Humuhumunukunukuapuaa Hawaiis Reluctant Celebrity of the Sea story by Mona de Crinis photographs by Cesere Brothers   Sporting a rad retro look — dramatic eyeliner, blue lips, neon stripes...

Over the past two decades, Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi has reported on an array of island issues.

In rural East Maui, two communities are taking a stand to conserve a weird wild food — and with it, a part of their culture.

In contrast to modern hula, ancient hula is purely percussive.

Kimokeo Kapahulehua Kimokeo Foundation president and founder, waterman and voyaging outrigger canoe paddler Photo by Chris Amundson “Capturing the ike, the knowledge, of the kūpuna is important. Many...

From dousing flames, to diving underwater, to scaling mountains, rescuers must be prepared for anything—so they train for everything.

Fifty years ago, Hawai'i added a fiftieth star to the Star Spangled Banner — and Maui would never be the same.

When Maui Land & Pineapple Company stopped planting fruit last December, it looked like the end of an era—and an island way of life.

More than skin deep, traditional tattoos link modern Hawaiians to their ancestors.

A discovery of Native Hawaiian petrel burrows on Lana'i sheds new light on this little-known species.

Printed Summer/Fall 1997

An ancient art, as delicate as it is beautiful, has outlived the kings who once claimed it as their own.

Now that federal funds to restore "the Target Island" have dried up, Kaho‘olawe's caretakers are scrambling to maintain the work of healing this sacred place.

Chasing history by outrigger canoe: a landlubber's log on a voyage to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands

Wild pigs threaten Hawai‘i’s landscape. Local hunters offer a solution.

With discovery at the heart of his process, Maui abstract painter Douglas Chun draws inspiration from Chinese calligraphy and shoshin—a Zen Buddhist principle.

We asked Chef Isaac Bancaco to guide us through the preparation of a four-course feast. The innovative chef enthusiastically agreed to share a few of his favorite recipes.

After her three-year odyssey around the globe, Hōkūle‘a’s youngest crewmembers prepare to take the helm.