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Hana Hou! Issue 27.5

Oct - Nov 2024
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A Nation Connected by Water

A family spread across an ocean reunites for the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture

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Back to the Garden

When I landed on Kauai in 1969, the island had twenty-nine thousand residents—down 20 percent from thirty-six thousand at the peak of the plantation era.

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Forest in a Box

Honolulu’s Bishop Museum might have a small footprint, but it’s truly massive.

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Hawaii's Stories by Hawaii's People

A new generation of Kanaka Maoli filmmakers tells Island stories through a Native lens

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Polo Beyond the Pool

Magic Island, between Ala Moana Regional Park and Waikiki, is where Honolulu residents go to get their pau hana (after-work) workout.

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Shopping to Save

It took millions of years for Hawaii's fragile ecosystem to develop, but now native plants and animals are facing extinction in the blink of an eye.

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The Busboy Who Saved Aerosmith?

As a 20-year-old aspiring drummer who'd recently moved to Lahaina from Tempe, I did what a lot of poor musicians do: I bused tables.

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The Continuing, Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

Ever since trading his hunting rifle for a camera, Rikki Cooke has dedicated his life to conservation

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The Island Gaze

Three Hawaii artists, three visions of home

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The Pizzaiolo of Kaumakani

JP's Pizza can legitimately lay claim to being one of the best Brooklyn-style pies west of the Hudson River.

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The Rain Catchers

Twenty years in the growing, Kohala is having its watershed moment

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The Sound Smith

A peek into the small workshop that used to be Russell Lundgren's garage in Kapaau on Hawaii Island reveals a world of tinkering, tooling and trial-and-error.

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Wild Goose Chase

If you've visited places where nene live, you probably have photos of this rare and photogenic goose on your phone.

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Worlds in a Grain of Sand

Hawaii's champion sand sculptors carve their way to victory