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Kaiser High School Juniors Visit Wailupe - September 2025
Pu’uhonua o Wailupe were honored to host junior students from Kaiser High School 2 days in September. They pulled invasive, planted native and Hawaiian canoe plants then learned the history of Wailupe. #ProtectIwiKupuna
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Dec 29, 20251 min read


August 2025 Workday
Amazing day of work on August 24, 2025 and we work our way up Wiliwilinui. #ProtectIwiKupuna
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Dec 29, 20251 min read


Caring for Iwi Kupuna - June 2025
It is always a pleasure to have volunteers come out to support our work.
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Dec 29, 20251 min read


March 2025 Workday
Mahalo to our volunteers who continually show up every month to keep the Pu'uhonua o Wailupe burial ground clean.
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Dec 29, 20251 min read


Monthly Workdays Continue
February 23, 2025 volunteer again gathered to cut back the grass and pull out invasive species by hand. The Pu'uhonua o Wailupe is...
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Sep 16, 20251 min read


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Sep 16, 20250 min read


Ending the Year Taking Care of the Pu'uhonua
On December 1, 2024 volunteers came to help care for Pu'uhonua o Wailupe and replace our Hae Hawai'i which flies over this sacred burial...
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Sep 16, 20251 min read


Ending the Year with Our Kupuna
We started and plan to end the last month of the year caring for our iwi kupuna and planting for the future. It's been almost three...
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Dec 31, 20241 min read


Mele and Mo'olelo with Naue Iwi Protectors
Thursday, October 24th, 2024, Pu'uhonua o Wailupe is sponsoring a Mele and Mo'olelo event on the frontlines at Naue on the island of...
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Oct 22, 20241 min read


Pu'uhonua Workdays Continue
We continue to care for the burial grounds of our iwi kūpuna. Many hands have gone into pulling invasives and planting native species...
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Oct 22, 20241 min read


Pu’uhonua o Wailupe is a sacred place.
Great to have so many lineal descendants and ‘ōpio involved in preservation. Wiliwilinui teaches us so much about our past and our...
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Jul 12, 20241 min read


Pu'uhonua o Wailupe Leadership Testifies at Mayor Open House
On May 23, 2024 some of the leadership of Pu'uhonua o Wailupe testified at the East O'ahu Mayor Open House held at Koko Head District...
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May 24, 20241 min read


Wailupe Following Heavy Rains
On Sunday, May 19th, 2024 after a week of heavy rains the iwi protectors of Wailupe went to check on the burials and the landscape -...
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May 24, 20241 min read


Don't Miss the Next Wailupe Workday
Join iwi protectors and aloha 'aina this Sunday, March 24, 2024 from 4 pm - 6:30 pm at 5203 Keikilani Circle in East O'ahu. Bring wai. ...
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Mar 19, 20241 min read


Transforming the Resting Place of our Kupuna
As the land transforms so do we. This was work day in February. We work slow because we know we are on a burial ground. P/c Malia Marquez
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Mar 19, 20241 min read


New Years Eve at Pu'uhonua o Wailupe
We invited the community to spend the last day of the year with us cleaning, pulling invasive plants and planting for the future. As the...
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Jan 22, 20241 min read


Wailupe a Sacred Place
The President, Mike Hikalea, and other Board Members of Pu’uhonua o Wailupe were invited to Āina Haina Elementary School in November 2023...
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Nov 30, 20231 min read


Hawai'i Rising Podcast on Pu'uhonua o Wailupe
Hawai'i Peoples Fund description of the podcast: An interview about protecting Hawaiian burials with Healani Sonoda-Pale from Puʻuhonua...
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Nov 2, 20231 min read
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