Maui No Ka Oi Magazine

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Maui Reef Gallery

The Reef Gallery

Snorkel Bob is a reef conservationist with a gifted eye for composition. Purchases of his images support the campaign to ban the aquarium trade worldwide.

Pau Hana

How huli huli chicken and Ted’s Bakery pies helped me cross Ka‘iwi Channel.
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Trust Worthy

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,...
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Talk Story

Fresh off the coconut wireless, news from Maui.
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Side Dish: Onion Festival Judge

Miz Gossip judges the Maui Onion Festival and finds it appealing.
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Da Bes’ Gift

Tita asks Santa to give us the gift of giving.
Tita Kathy Collins

Summatime?

Our local authority knows best!
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Publisher’s Note

Maui No Ka Oi Publisher Diane Haynes Woodburn talks about the disappearing honeybees and the environmental heroes making a difference on Maui.
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Luxury Wines

Why spend $500 on a bottle of wine? Find out.
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A Toast to Auld Lang Syne

Wishing you a new year in which the brown dog lies low, the path is clear, and riches abound in the most surprising places.
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Gone with the Wind

We explore kitesurfing lessons at one the world’s greatest kitesurfing destinations—Kanahā Beach.
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The Great Escape

Capture the calming spirit of a professional spa and create your own at-home version with help from award-winning spa designer Sylvia Sepielli.
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Dim sum, kugel or Christmas pudding, we’re all family.

Wishing you a holiday season filled with gratitude and tolerance, fond memories, laughter, and good health. And perhaps a little dim sum!

Side Dish: Good Korma

Indian fare finds Maui at last.
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Eh, Who Dat Ovah Deah?

As Maui moves into the twenty-first century, the unassuming nicknames of the past will likely evolve to suit our more frenetic and capitalistic times.
Kathy Collins as Tita

Tita Fashionistah

Our local authority shares her fashion advice on what the well-dressed tita wears—and why.
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Publisher’s Note

Our publisher comments on the simple luxuries we share and that luxury is in the eye and heart of the beholder.
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Room at the Inn

Pa‘ia Inn, a trendy new boutique hotel on Maui’s North Shore inhabits an antique building that has undergone a series of transformations before last year's striking renovation.
Diane Haynes Woodburn

Keeping Mo‘okiha on course

"The canoe is our family. We are nothing without the guidance of our kupuna, our ancestors. Connection with our past guides us to the future."

Save the Shaka

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.
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Support Your Local Role Model

A Wailuku lingerie shop aims to focus beyond lacy undies to the woman inside.
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Maui’s Top Restaurants Dish up Plenty of Winning Aloha!

Maui’s Top Restaurants Dish up Plenty of Winning Aloha!
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Great Finds For Your Valentine

Who says you can't buy love? MNKO Editors suggest six ways to woo your island sweetheart--from gold keys to deep-diving watches.
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Homeward Bound

Researchers following debris along the Pacific Ocean, generated by the 2011 Japanese earthquake, return to the Maui to share their findings.
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The Signs (and Singes) of Summer

The Pacific golden plover's annual flight marks the beginning of summer.

Coming up Roses

Here's wishing you the joy of island living, no matter where you call home. And that all your unexpected challenges come up roses — on or off the stem.
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From the Publisher

Diane Haynes-Woodburn reflects on the one constant in life—change—and previews some of the exciting stories of rebirth and renewal in the spring issue.