Maui Style

Beyond the “shaka,” that friendly thumb-and-pinkie hand waggle that says “hello” in a uniquely local fashio, is an intangible spirit defines these islands.

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

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

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

Learn the traditional uses for native plants nurtured by Anna Palomino at Ho‘olawa Farms in Haiku.

Nudibranchs that dance, parrotfish that change their sex, and punk-rock wrasses are just a few of Maui's underwater wonders.

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

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

Daniel Inouye's history of service and his accomplishments on behalf of Hawaiʻi are well known, but his work for the Valley Isle is a story in itself.

Story by Judy Edwards  |  Photo courtesy of Hawaiian Islands Land Trust When I stop by the funky-chic Wailuku offices of Maui Coastal Land Trust,...

Maui Cultural Lands (MCL), a nonprofit dedicated to the reforestation of native flora, leads a weekly expedition up to Hana‘ula on the slopes of Mauna Kahalawai (the West Maui Mountains); planting, watering, weeding and clearing invasive foliage.

Orchids have a strange capacity for overstimulating otherwise sensible people. Especially on Maui.

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

People once called E.K. Fernandez the Barnum of the Pacific, but he was beyond compare, a Hawaiian original.

Island Golf Works at Kahili Golf Course uses missile tracking technology in its FlightScope 3D Doppler Monitor to study your swing and create custom clubs.

Read writer Michael Stein's exclusive interview with Hawaii's own 'ukulele rock star, Jake Shimabukuro.

Will kiteboarding be the newest Olympic sport? Several Mauians hope so.

White Orchid Weddings advises us on the latest trends for a walk down the aisle on the Valley Isle.

We dive into the world of Maui Master Swimmers and come up with some colorful characters.

Two-dozen students, representing halau from Maui, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Island and Japan, will compete at this year’s Hula O Na Keiki event.

Emerald City Trapeze Arts in Lahaina opened late last year, and people are really starting to catch on.

Maui celebrates Chinese New Year with a bang.

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

What is it like to live next to a volcano?

To millions of enchanted admirers, Maui comes as close to perfection as nature probably allows. But even this best of all possible worlds has a few shortcomings.

Hawaiian winters show themselves in big surf and salty windshields. Look out!

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