Fork & Salad

Where freshness meets flavor on Maui By Savy Janssen                    When most people think of “farm to table,” they think of fine dining: candles and white linens,...

Editor’s Letter

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...

Waihou Spring Trail 

Upcountry hike traces history of reforestation, preservation efforts.  By Kyle Ellison  There’s a saying that inventors and entrepreneurs are mildly hallucinogenic because they often see things...

Talk Story

Shaping Generations The legacy behind the popular Maui surfboard brand, Kazuma Surfboards Hawai‘i.  By Serene Gunnison  When Matt Kazuma Kinoshita was a teenager, he was...

A Hui Hou

Wonderful Waterfall  Photograph by Jenni Matthews  Professional landscape photographer Jenni Matthews knew she had found something special when she first visited a picturesque waterfall down a dirt...

Maui Ocean Center

Hawaiian Culture and Plant Tour  By Serene Gunnison  At the Maui Ocean Center, visitors might hardly notice the plants that line the aquarium’s outdoor walkways. After...

In Their Own Words: Pomaika‘i Krueger 

Cultural Advisor  The Westin Ka‘anapali Ocean Resort Villas   “I grew up in Wailuku, in the same house that my paternal grandfather built. My mother's side...

A Zoom with a View

Aerial photographer Chris Archer explores Maui from above By Mona de Crinis  A lone red car snakes along the Road to Hana under a rich canopy...

Craving Maui

Dining scene ‘Breaking Good’ with new pop-up, chef’s table, canoe culture, Wailuku eatery, Pa'ia coffee, more.  By Carla Tracy, Dining Editor  BREAKING NEWS... When the chemistry...

Simple Pleasures

The lesson of this Ha‘iku home: Less can truly be more Story by Sarah Ruppenthal | Photography by Ryan Siphers    Melissa Newirth lives by one rule:...

The Winds of Time 

Within its walls, Hale Ho‘ike‘ike safeguards the history and narrative of the land, honoring those who came before — and those who are yet...

Shaka List 2022

Just 20 of the millions of reasons to love Maui  Hale Pa‘i (House of Printing) On the hillside above Lahaina sits an unassuming, single-story...

Pau Hana

Sorry 'bout da humbug  Story by Lara McGlashan | Illustration by Matt Foster  Before my son, Alex, and I moved to Maui, we would visit, and...

Mixology

TKO Punch! Story by Becky Speere When you host a party, it’s easy to spend the whole evening making cocktails for your guests instead of socializing. But...

Talk Story

The Man Behind Maui’s Best Athletes  Story by Ashley Probst  Scott Sanchez’s training facility in Ha‘iku is an athlete’s paradise. The floor is an organized chaos of...

Camp Maui

The island of Maui is known for rainbows, beaches, nature and much aloha. But during World War II, it had a very different vibe.   Story by...

The Holiday Test Kitchen

Menu by Chef Taylor Ponte | Story by Becky Speere Photography by Mieko Horikoshi I stand in the Woodburns’ bright Upcountry kitchen and admire the bird’s-eye...

8 Innovative Ways To be Well on Maui 

By Serene Gunnison, Cynthia Sweeney and Savvy Janssen The world can be a busy place, and sometimes we put off or forget to do even...

Craving Maui

By Carla Tracy, Dining Editor  LARGER THAN LIFE … It’s always been as grand as a modern-day palace. But now Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria...

Small Wonder

An environmental entrepreneur goes upscale while downsizing.    Story by Sarah Ruppenthal   Photography by Tony Novak-Clifford  Graham Hill’s 1,000-square-foot Ha‘iku home has four bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms, and enough...

Talk Story

Tenacious O‘hi‘a Lehua Trees Symbolize Hawaiian Resilience  By Serene Gunnison  In 2022, the hardy o‘hi‘a lehua tree was named the official ‘Hawaii State Endemic Tree’ by...

Honolua Bay

A Maui surf photographer's 50-year love affair  Story and photographs by Erik Aeder My high school notebooks were filled with sketches of perfect tropical bays I...

Ambassadors of Aloha 

In Their Own Words: Silla Kaina  Cultural Ambassador Montage Kapalua Bay  “My dad had the opportunity of working in the pineapple fields in Kapalua when he was...

Eco-Friendly Maui

Sustainability Stewards  Meet some of the businesses and community members who are making our island – and the world – a better place.    By Serene Gunnison and...

Talk Story

A Vanishing Act: Maui’s Mysterious Manta Rays  By Serene Gunnison  The shallow channels between Maui Nui’s four islands attract scores of humpback whales every winter. But...

Imua Family Services’ Will Smith Discovery Garden

A World of Pure Imagination  Story by Savy Janssen Photographs by Jason Moore  Sunlight filtered through the outstretched arms of the 120-year-old monkey pod trees, and...

A Modern Haʻikū Home

Story by Serene Gunnison Photographs by Travis Rowan Down a sequestered driveway, beyond a tangle of ginger and monstera, sits a faceless, monolith-like structure.  At least, that’s...