Publisher's Notes

Stories by Diane Haynes Woodburn.

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An Issue with Swimsuits

Enjoy our senior editor's guest appearance on this column.
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Maui No Ka Oi Publisher Diane Haynes Woodburn talks story about an emergency journey in the Pacific and recalls the many challenges that face our own small island in this environmental issue.
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Christmas in the Melting Pot

Throughout 2016, our twentieth anniversary, we’ve been dusting off stories from our archives and sharing them with you. This column first ran in October 2009.
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Spring-cleaning

Diane begins her spring cleaning regimen.
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Island Living

On an island, we need each other.

Me Ka Aloha Pumehana

Maui No Ka Oi magazine publisher, Diane Haynes Woodburn, honors the memory of her father and reflects on the gifts he has left behind.
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Real and metaphorical sharks.
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In a word, Aloha

Words are powerful. Let ours be heard — with aloha.
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From the Publisher

Miracles do happen.
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Food, Glorious Food!

This issue is a paean to food, family and friendship.
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Kitchen Tales

In this ‘Aipono issue, we are proud to share with you some of the many ways our island's chefs and restaurants make Maui a better place.
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Food, Glorious Food!

The spirit of aloha it is alive and well on Maui — accessible to all of us, even if the gift is as humble as chicken soup.
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Days of Awe

Visiting the east coast for a wedding, Maui No Ka Oi publisher, Diane Haynes Woodburn, experiences a sense of awe while seeking inspiration through thoughts of her ancestors.
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Maui No Ka Oi Magazine Publisher Diane Haynes Woodburn recalls a birthday celebration that began with disaster and ended with another great Maui memory.
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Soup night

Celebrating the luxury of simplicity and sharing.
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We welcome Ashley Stepanek as our new managing editor as we also close a decade of publishing, and look forward to the next.
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Here comes the … sun

Maui No Ka Oi Publisher Diane Haynes Woodburn talks about the preparations both physically and mentally for the wedding of her son Michael Haynes.
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From the Publisher

The morning of the 2011 Japanese tsunami the Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Voyaging Society canoe is taken from its sandy resting place at the edge of an ancient fishpond by the early-morning tidal wave.
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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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From the Publisher

A hui hou and happy holidays to all.
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It started with a phone call four months ago. “When is your dad’s birthday?” asked Kimokeo. “Tell him I’m going to give him a lu‘au, so he has to visit us.”
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Up and Away

In celebration of our twentieth anniversary, we have been sharing some of our favorite stories from the archives.
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From the Publisher

A stroll in nature helps our publisher change her perspective of domestic chaos into one opportunity during the holiday season.
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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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What do you think kama‘aina is? Love the land and the people, and be respectful. That’s kama‘aina.
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Maui No Ka Oi Publisher Diane Haynes Woodburn talks about the end of the world, tsunami warnings and desserts.
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If the honu can survive the dinosaurs, the ice age, man and mysterious disease, certainly we humans can survive a little economic blip.

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Soup night

Celebrating the luxury of simplicity and sharing.

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