Kūlaniākea

Kūlaniākea Mission: Advance Indigenous Education
Vision: Kūlaniākea is a non-profit educational organization

Kūlaniākea is a non-profit educational organization serving Native Hawaiian communities through multi-generational dual language educational opportunities including age and culturally appropriate educational materials.

04/25/2026

☀️Kilo🌧️

Kilo is not just the act of observation, but the daily practice of observing the same natural elements from the same location at the same time each day. Our keiki engage in these observations multiple times throughout the day, depending on their age and interest level.

It doesn’t need to take a long time. Even just a few seconds of dedicated observation each day will give you better insight into your place and hopefully a closer relationship with the natural environment around you. Try it with your ʻohana and let us know in the comments what you experience. At the very least you should be able to anticipate if you will need an umbrella later in the day.

We also want to give a sincere MAHALO to for their very generous donation of split AC systems for our classrooms. It is often challenging for keiki to fall asleep when they are hot and sweaty and the addition of cool air has been a game changer. On behalf of everyone at Kūlaniākea, especially the sweaty kids, mahalo piha 🙏🏽💖

04/16/2026

✨Kalākaua✨

Our keiki cannot imagine a world where they are not allowed to speak their language, dance hula, or celebrate the things that make them who they are as Hawaiians.

And yet, that world existed not very long ago.

That is part of why we honor Mōʻī Kane David Laʻamea Kalākaua, our last ruling King, who traveled the world and helped restore pride in Hawaiian arts and knowledge.

Before the Mele Manaka feels fade, we mahalo our Merrie Monarch for helping to ensure that our keiki inherit joy, ʻike, and a living love of hula and mele.

Read more at: https://www.merriemonarch.com/history/

02/04/2026

☀️Lā Pālaʻelaʻe☀️

✨It’s a sunny day so don’t forget your sunglasses 😎

day = lā
sunny = pālaʻelaʻe
sunglasses = makaaniani lā

February is Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian Language Month. Please join us in adding more ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi to our everyday lives.

Scan the Let’s ʻŌlelo QR code or visit the Let’s ʻŌlelo link in our bio for over 70 pages of vocabulary lists to help you and your ʻohana speak more Hawaiian. Mahalo!

01/29/2026

✨Family Fun✨

Mahalo NUI for allowing us to share about this year’s Ola Ka ʻĪ Koʻolau happening this Saturday at Windward Mall 10am-3pm.

Mahalo NUNUI & for your overall AWESOMENESS and being our emcees for the event!

For anyone who lives in Hawaiʻi and loves this place, learning new words in Hawaiian will help you to better connect to this place and its people. Becoming fluent will open doors to knowledge and understanding that will change your life here for the better.

Keiki or kupuna, it’s never too early or too late to learn!

Whether you are fluent or only know a few words in Hawaiian, we have something for everyone and look forward to this opportunity to build community.

Come out, bring the family, play some games, win some free stuff, eat some ʻono food, make some new friends, support local businesses, and celebrate Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian Language Month, together.

For those who happen to have such a great time and crave even more fun, learning, and connection, head over to Kapiʻolani Community College from 3pm-8pm for Pai Ka Leo. Check out for more info.

01/28/2026

✨Ola Ka ʻĪ Koʻolau 2026✨

Bring your ʻohana and join us in celebrating Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi this Saturday 1/31 at Windward Mall from 10am-3pm.

Experience 30+ schools, organizations, and vendors in addition to the already awesome Food Court and Shops of

Center Stage will feature mele, hula, moʻolelo, games, student performances, and winners of a Hawaiian language speech competition.

Hands-on activities for keiki & FREE giveaways at select booths.  Mahalo NUI for always showing up with lots of love for the lāhui 💖

🎉It’s FUN for the entire ʻohana! See you there!

10/23/2025

🤣ʻakaʻaka - to laugh; laughter, merriment 🤭

A brief language lesson with a few professionals, showing us how it’s done.

✨Lāhui Edition✨“The internationally recognised nation of Hawaiʻi was overthrown in 1893. Queen Liliʻuokalani wrote her a...
09/03/2025

✨Lāhui Edition✨

“The internationally recognised nation of Hawaiʻi was overthrown in 1893. Queen Liliʻuokalani wrote her autobiography, Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen, while waiting to present her case for restoring the Hawaiian nation in Boston to the Congress of the United States. America was a country that had an active treaty with the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi at the time of the overthrow. A group of businessmen who had pledged their citizenship to the Kingdom while at the same time embedded in the Islands expanding sugar industry. 

This story is a first-person narrative from Queen Liliʻuokalani, a Hawaiian leader at the epicenter of change in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. The Queen’s autobiography will help readers understand the complex history of Hawaiʻi, the nature of Hawaiian people, and their deep commitment to aloha ‘āina–love of country and the continuation of a sovereign future. 

This lāhui edition, reprinted from the first edition of the first printing of a book, is now in its 15th printing. Deepening our understanding of the history of Hawaiʻi will bring pono forward for kānaka ʻōiwi, the people of Hawaiʻi, and humanity. The words of Queen Liliʻuokalani help all of us understand our hana, the work we must do together, creating pilina, trusting relationships inspired by the Queen’s legacy of aloha, and care for all people of this resilient and reaffirming lāhui.”

Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono.
 
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✨Text from Native Books website: www.nativebookshawaii.com
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✨Lili’uokalani✨Possibly the most important work in Hawaiian literature, Hawaiʻi’s Story by Hawaiʻi’s Queen is a poignant...
09/02/2025

✨Lili’uokalani✨

Possibly the most important work in Hawaiian literature, Hawaiʻi’s Story by Hawaiʻi’s Queen is a poignant plea from Queen Liliʻuokalani to restore her people’s kingdom.

Hawaii’s Story is an account of those difficult years at the end of the nineteenth century, when native Hawaiian historian David Malo’s 1837 prophecy concerning “the small ones” being “gobbled up” came true for the Hawaiian Islands.

When this book was first published in 1898, it was an international plea for justice. Just as Admiral Thomas had restored Hawaiian sovereignty in 1843 following an illegal action by Lord Paulet, Queen Liliʻuokalani prayed that the American nation would similarly reestablish the Hawaiian throne. Queen Liliʻuokalani died on November 11, 1917, her poignant plea for justice unanswered.

✨Text from Nā Mea Hawaiʻi website: www.nameahawaii.com
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🙏🏽Hawaiʻi needs healing🙏🏽Healing takes all of us. You don’t need to be Hawaiian to stand for Hawaiʻi. You just need to g...
09/02/2025

🙏🏽Hawaiʻi needs healing🙏🏽

Healing takes all of us. You don’t need to be Hawaiian to stand for Hawaiʻi. You just need to genuinely love and care for this place, respect its people, and give more than you take when you are here.

For generations, Hawaiians have been working toward healing. But one of the greatest obstacles has been the ongoing destruction of our lands by the U.S. military—through bombing, desecration, exploitation, and harm to our communities.

Resolution 234-25 is a step toward ending this cycle of destruction. Please take a moment to read it for yourself, and email your testimony to Hawaiʻi County Council:

[email protected]

Stand with us in saying:

We love Hawaiʻi.
Stop the bombing.
Let healing begin.

*Pōhakuloa Sample Testimony link in Bio

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Kaneohe Congregational Church Kaneohe Congregational Church Of The Christian And Missonary Alliance Home About Ministries Events Contact 45-114 Waikapoki Road
Kaneohe, HI
96744

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