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      • Ke ao Polohiwa a Kāne
      • Pelehonuamea- July 2020
      • Hiʻiaka of the Forrest
      • Kanaloa of the Ocean
      • Hawaiian Language Feb-May
      • Ke ao Polohiwa a Kanaloa
      • Lonoikamakahiki
      • ʻAha Mele Kalikimaka 2020
      • 3 month Hawaiian Language
      • E Hu E
      • Benefit Concert
      • Hawaiian Language Class
      • Waimea, Hawaii Seminar
      • Puna, Hawaii Seminar
      • Hawaii Perspective Pele
      • Hinamalamalama Workshop
    • Keiki ʻĀina Day!
    • Puna Strong
      • Puna Resilience
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  • Hua Aina/Olelo2023
  • Hula 2023 Flyer
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  • Kūkulu Kumuhana O Puna
  • Meet Lei
  • Testimonials
  • Past Events
    • Ke ao Polohiwa a Kāne
    • Pelehonuamea- July 2020
    • Hiʻiaka of the Forrest
    • Kanaloa of the Ocean
    • Hawaiian Language Feb-May
    • Ke ao Polohiwa a Kanaloa
    • Lonoikamakahiki
    • ʻAha Mele Kalikimaka 2020
    • 3 month Hawaiian Language
    • E Hu E
    • Benefit Concert
    • Hawaiian Language Class
    • Waimea, Hawaii Seminar
    • Puna, Hawaii Seminar
    • Hawaii Perspective Pele
    • Hinamalamalama Workshop
  • Keiki ʻĀina Day!
  • Puna Strong
    • Puna Resilience

Ka 'Oiwi Nani

A beautiful song by our late Queen Lili'uokalani - Ka 'Oiwi Nani....


If you're wondering what that means.... Well, watch this video and you'll have a great feeling of what it might mean....tears of joy in the rain.


Leipuna Kaleimamahu on violin and Peter on vocal.

Kukulu Kumuhana o Puna Celebrating 30 years

.….Kohala, Kawaihae with Makali’i

Leiana o Puna.…Our wa’a at Kawaihae

Leiana o Puna.…Our wa’a at Kawaihae

Leiana o Puna.…Our wa’a at Kawaihae

Leiana o Puna.…Our wa’a at Kawaihae

Leiana o Puna.…Our wa’a at Kawaihae

Kalo kanu o ka ‘aina

Leiana o Puna.…Our wa’a at Kawaihae

Kalo kanu o ka ‘aina

The Kohala Coast

Mahi’ai Kalo.…at Mokuhulu, Puna

Kalo kanu o ka ‘aina

Ku’i ‘ai

Mahi’ai Kalo.…at Mokuhulu, Puna

Mahi’ai Kalo.…at Mokuhulu, Puna

Mahi’ai Kalo.…at Mokuhulu, Puna

Mahi’ai Kalo.…at Mokuhulu, Puna

Mahi’ai Kalo.…at Mokuhulu, Puna

Kukulu Puna and Global Routes

Check out this great video!!  

Kukulu Hosted Global Routes in Puna.  What a great time we had. These are also some of the experiences we had across our beautiful Hawaiʻi Island....

Kūkulu Photo Gallery

    About Kūkulu Kumuhana O Puna

    History of Kūkulu Kumuhana

    Kūkulu is a Hawaiian model of education based on ancestral ecological knowledge. The model is valuable now as it was for generations in Hawaii.

    In 1991, as a way to create a more balanced educational approach to the current educational systems in Hawaiʻi, as well as to fulfill a need for community-based educational programs, a collective of concerned Native Hawaiian educators created an educational organization called Kūkulu Kumuhana. Founded in Waipi‘o valley, Kohala, Hawai‘i, in the summer of 1991.  

    The mission of Kukulu Kumuhana is to continue the practices of the indigenous culture of Hawaiʻi and to advocate for the well-being and the future of Hawai‘i’s ‘Ōpio (youth) and the Hawaiʻi landscape. 

    Kūkulu Kumuhana stands on the foundation of ‘ohana (family) and mālama ʻāina (care of the Hawaii land and water resources (through proper resource management). Kukulu Kumuhana is also dedicated to the preservation of Hawaiian heritage.

      

    Kūkulu Kumuhana o Puna (KKOP)

    At the end of the five-year pilot program in Waipiʻo, the collective of Native Hawaiian Educators returned to their respective communities and established their own programs.  Kūkulu Kumuhana o Puna was formed in 1997 using the model of education established in Waipiʻo Valley.  The program encourages and supports cultural learning that builds capacity in an indigenous knowing of land, ocean and sky through lifestyle practices.  

    Kūkulu Kumuhana o Puna is committed to developing strong and well informed ʻāina (land) stewards to become change agents that can advocate for environmental wellness in Hawaiʻi and beyond.


    Kūkulu Kumuhana o Puna NOW

     Kūkulu Puna is an educational program under the non-profit Nā Maka Hāloa o Waipiʻo.

    Kūkulu Puna also  crafts mentorship programs in cultural bridging for on-going learners.  Our students become youth peers and advocate for cultural strength and environmental wellness with other indigenous youth across  Hawaiʻi, the pacific, Oceania and the US. Some activities Kūkulu Puna has done includes hosting indigenous youth and groups in Hawaii and participating in  cultural events in Tahiti, China, Korea, Aotearoa, as well as other places in the United States. Taking the message of cultural strength  and environmental wellness.

      We continue to maintain the learning and growing of our youth in Hawaii to  make connections to other people and places in Hawaiʻi and abroad to be change agents for tomorrow.

    Advocacy for Water Resources

    Hawaii water ways and the Wai a Kāne

    Traditional Foods and Healthy LifeStyles

    Hāloa and Foods with Life

    Ocean Advocacy

    Stewardship NOW

    Stewardship NOW

    Learning pono lawaiʻa (fishing)practices

    Stewardship NOW

    Stewardship NOW

    Stewardship NOW

    Techniques to use in the present

    Holo Moku

    Stewardship NOW

    Holo Moku

    Voyaging begins at home....learning basics

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