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Stories by Diane Haynes Woodburn.

Diane Woodburn and Tylun Pang

For You, Chef

Chef Pang showed us that taking care of one another is what matters most.

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E mālama i nāholoholona lōhiu (Care for wildlife) WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY is a business of long hours and patience. As legendary Maui-based whale photographer and co-founder...
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The Kau Kau Tin

Diane learns about the kau kau tin, a traditional old Hawaiian lunch box, and celebrates the ohana and stars of Maui food culture.
Diane Haynes, Jamie Woodburn at Heiau

Written in Stone

‘Ohana is not just the people we are related to, but those who come into our lives and make a difference.
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On Honu & Healing

Spontaneous healing isn’t a myth. It just takes a little time.

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Mauka to Makai My mornings start mauka to makai. I strap on my helmet, turn on my high-intensity headlight and check the tire pressure on my...
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Puddle Jump to Maui

Our publisher shares her vacation stories, then introduces our Travel Issue, where you can find tons of reasons to start exploring Maui.
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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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Hope, Enterprise and Change

Change is constant, it’s the only thing we can really count on.
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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."
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Truly the Best

The best is relative, I’ve learned.
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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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After the Storm

The aloha we carry in our hearts endures any storm.
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A Little Whipped Cream . . .

Wishing you a holiday filled with friends, family, food, love, and a little whipped cream—for the memories.
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Food, Glorious Food!

This issue is a paean to food, family and friendship.
Maui best beach in Kaanapali

Beach Baby . . . at Any Age

This issue is filled with adventures for lovers of the outdoors young or old...
Diane Haynes soup night

Soup night

Celebrating the luxury of simplicity and sharing.
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Just Keep Swimming

Whether your style is to blindly jump in, or to simply test the water with your toes, I hope you find your perfect beach.
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Eat, drink, celebrate, and be good to each other.
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Island Living

On an island, we need each other.
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Yin Brown Pig—Happy New Year!

The Year of the Pig is a time for calm reflection of the past 11 years.
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From the Publisher

Our publisher wishes everyone a year of joy and hotel rooms with hot showers.
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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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More Zest, Please

Change is inevitable . . . embrace it with zest.
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Romantic anniversaries . . . oops, missed it.

This issue offers just about everything to make your special day perfect . . . unless you forget.
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Love, Laugh & Live Pono

We need to honor the wisdom of our past in order to sustain our future.

Lulu’s Kitchen

While in Provence to visit the legendary vineyard Domaine Tempier, Diane receives an unexpected treat: its matriarch, Madame Lulu Peyraud, agrees to see her.

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From the Publisher

Our publisher wishes everyone a year of joy and hotel rooms with hot showers.

Hawaii Beaches

Island Style