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Seabury Hall’s craft fair brings artisans and families to Olinda, raising funds for student financial aid by Todd A. Vines Vendors line campus as visitors buy goods and select fresh lei poʻo at the Seabury Hall Craft Fair, which supports student financial aid. photograph by Seabury Hall/Nicole Brooke Photography (both) Blossoming jacarandas signal...

16 of the Many Reasons to Love Maui by Savannah Dagupion Puʻu Ōlaʻi anchors three famous South Maui beaches. photograph by Travis Morrin Each year, we pause to recognize the people, places and moments that make life on Maui special. Some are longtime institutions, others are quiet corners of the island or the...

Treecovery Hawaiʻi is rebuilding the canopy of Lāhainā and Kula, then looking beyond the burn zone. by Chris Amundson Under the porte cochere at Andaz Maui at Wailea, a banyan air layer comes through the morning light in a black nursery pot. Two people grip the rim while others follow through the...

From the ʻAuʻau Channel to the wider Pacific, Whale Trust researchers have spent 25 years documenting Maui’s humpback whale song and behavior. story by Chris Amundson | archival photographs by Flip Nicklin Photographer Flip Nicklin swims above humpbacks off Maui. photograph by Ralph Pace | N.M.F.S. permit 19225 Before the whale surfaces in...

Pacific Whale Foundation leads Maui’s rapid response to marine debris Story by Savannah Dagupion | Photographs by Anna Garner On Maui’s windward shores, where the trades press against the coastline and winter swells comb the sand, debris arrives with the tide. Thick ropes tangle in naupaka. Plastic buoys wedge into lava...

From neighborhood pizzerias to wood-fired trucks and farm-fresh flatbreads, Maui’s pizza scene is as varied as the island itself. by Lisa Schell & Maui Nō Ka ʻOi Staff Pizza shows up everywhere on Maui – from neighborhood pizzerias in Kīhei and Lāhainā to wood-fired ovens in Makawao and farm kitchens Upcountry....

Hala serves as a reminder of appreciation and transition By Savannah Dagupion Along Maui’s coasts and dry, windy flats, hala trees rise on stilted frames of roots from salty, sandy soil. Their long, blade-like leaves reach upward, then arc down, fanning from each branch into a broad canopy that can resemble...

Guided by kaizen, Chef Taylor Ponte shapes Aurum Maui’s first year. story by Savannah Dagupion | photographs by Amber Caires Inside Aurum Maui, the bustle of the Shops at Wailea gives way to a quieter room. Seating and lighting curve through the space – no sharp edges interrupt the flow of...

Kahu Kīhāpai, ʻEkalesia o Kupaianaha; Kahu, Kamehameha Schools Maui as told to SAVANNAH DAGUPION Growing Up in Haʻikū I grew up on Kokomo Road in Haʻikū in the middle of the pineapple fields, which were our romping grounds, where we got to play. I also had a cow named Nelly. In our...