Starting in the late 1700s, a bloody series of conflicts between competing kingdoms jostling for power ultimately resulted in the unification of the Hawaiian islands in 1810. That drawn-out process is ...

Jason Momoa stands on a double-hulled canoe, steady as the Pacific Ocean heaves beneath him. His hair is bound in a taut knot, a cape of ti leaves in muted green draped over his broad shoulders. The ...

Join Condé Nast Traveler in Maui, Hawaiʻi’ as we meet the residents working to reclaim and preserve their islands’ rich history and culture. As Maui evolves in the wake of major changes, residents ...

“In the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, Nov. 28 was an official holiday called Lā Kūʻokoʻa, or Independence Day. This was the day in 1843 when England and France formally recognized Hawaiʻi’s independence,” ...

According to interpretations of Hawaiian legends and radiocarbon dating estimations, it is speculated that sometime during 300-600 A.D. a Polynesian chief named Nanaulu became the first person to ...

Starting in the late 1700s, a bloody series of conflicts between competing kingdoms jostling for power ultimately resulted in the unification of the Hawaiian Islands in 1810. That drawn-out process is ...

NH copy 39088020219762 signed by the author. Contents Fathoming the past -- Life on Nihoa -- Cromwell, do you copy? Over -- Moku Manamana -- Hōkūleʻa -- Return of the Iwi -- The coral kingdom of La ...

The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI policies and programs didn’t stop the state Legislature from designating September as Hawaiian History Month and naming the first Friday in May as Laulau Day.