Maui Style

Maui Style stories published in Maui Nō Ka ʻOi Magazine.

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Hawaii’s Best Beaches

Top beaches in Hawaii in these categories: best family beach, most iconic features, best snorkeling, and most romantic beach sunsets in Hawaiʻi.
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Shark Tale

Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi photographer Daniel Sullivan came face-to-face with a great white shark — and survived.
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Jeepers Creepers! Ghost Stories

Enjoy these hair-raising tales from the community.
Hawaii Big Island Lava Flow

The Road to Pele + VIDEO

What is it like to live next to a volcano?
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Maui’s Night Sky

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

A Curious Craving

Hawaiiana is more dream than reality, nostalgia for a past that never was. But who can argue with a dream?
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Hot!

Can an international fashion designer find life, love, and haute couture on Maui? Oh yeah!
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A Sacred Path

Exploring Maui’s places of worship is a pilgrimage into the rich and compelling history of this multicultural island.
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Maui’s Best Beaches

Find out who won our Maui best beach contest for 2015.
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The Kidnapped King

Discover the true-life drama of the last monarch of Kauai, Kaumualii, and the important role he played in the formation of the Hawaiian nation.
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Tropical Trends

Savvy wahine know how to turn heads: Choose couture designed for island comfort and style—or you might as well wear nothing at all.
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Centennial Celebration

Filipinos mark 100 years of history on Maui.

2018 Shaka List

Every year, we celebrate the people, places, plants, animals, traditions, and initiatives that make Maui nō ka ‘oi—the best.

Romancing the Road

For Maui's vintage car buffs, happiness is the journey--and the vehicle.
Maui best beaches

Our Best Beaches

Our picks for best swimming, surfing, family-adventuring and  everything-you-might-suddenly-desire beaches.
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Step Right Up!

The Maui County Fair returns with orchids and livestock and thrill rides—oh, my!
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Gathering of Love

Huialoha has weathered earthquakes, storms, even the exodus of its people. For 150 years, the remote Maui coast has summoned a cast of characters to its aid.

2012 Environmental Heroes

Our five environmental heroes for 2012 are saving the planet and paving the way for a greener future for Maui, Hawaii and the rest of the world.
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24/7 Sand: Maui’s Best Beaches

What are some of Maui's best beaches? Here's our picks.
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2013 Shaka List

20 things we love about Maui, from surfboard fences to Portuguese sweet bread...

How to Walk down a Waterfall (Rappelling on Maui)

Wanna walk down a waterfall? Rappel Maui is the only company on the island that takes you rappelling down waterfalls.
Maui canoe racing

Racing with the Wind

Hawaiian sailing canoes used to be the island transportation of the past. Teams OluKai and WOW invite passengers to try their hand at paddling.
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Winter Surf

For Islanders, nothing signals winter quite like the smell of deep ocean swells and the pounding thud of giant surf.
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Going Bananas

Tom Stevens recounts his early years living on Maui and how his attempt at growing bananas in a small lot in Iao Valley turned into more than he bargained for.
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A Stitch in Time

How Hawaiian quilters layered secret messages of love, spirit, and quiet rebellion into works of art.
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Breaking News

From new clubhouses, to fleets of new golf carts, to on-course renovations, Maui golf course layouts have spruced up for summer.
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2016 Shaka List

Every year, we publish the Shaka List: a serenade to some of what makes Maui nō ka ‘oi.

Maui Events & News

Imua Family Services’ Will Smith Discovery Garden

A World of Pure Imagination  Story by Savy Janssen Photographs by Jason Moore  Sunlight filtered through the outstretched arms of the 120-year-old monkey pod trees, and...

Maui Shopping Guide