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4 AUGUST 25, 2021
Renamed Kāne‘ohe Beach Park Showcases Area’s History
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Ko‘olau Foundation. Mahealani Cypher, past
president of Ko‘olaupoko Ha- waiian Civic Club, explains that she first considered pur- suing the storyboard project several years ago when “our civic club was involved in a project with Ramsay Taum and a grant he obtained for the Ka Welina project, which works with five primarily Na- tive Hawaiian nonprofits to identify appropriate behaviors for hosts and guests in our ahupua‘a.” The project also established websites featuring wahi pana (legendary places) where people might visit, and Cypher chose Nāoneala‘a.
“Named for the O‘ahu chief La‘amaikahiki, the area derives its name from the voy- aging practice of tossing sand from the canoe onto the beach
The small county park typi- cally hosts family gatherings, local visitors and shell col- lectors, and offers a quiet re- spite from the crowds at larger parks on O‘ahu. According to Cypher, most of the families living around this “hidden treasure” are Native Hawaiian and attended the dedication a few weeks ago; they have pledged to help keep watch on the storyboard and expressed great pride in the history of the wahi pana.
materials needed for the in- stallation,” Cypher says. “The Ko‘olaupoko Hawaiian Civ- ic Club is the largest Native Hawaiian organization in the Ko‘olaupoko area, and is also responsible for the installa- tion of ahupua‘a boundary markers along the Windward coast. Those brown markers help educate communities on the traditional boundaries of ancient Hawaiian ahupua‘a, place names, and kuleana for residents and businesses to mālama (steward) the natu- ral and cultural resources of where they live.”
famous chief La‘a inherited O‘ahu following the death of ‘Olopana. In 1737, a peace accord was struck there by chiefs of O‘ahu and Kaua‘i, who were accompanied by thousands of warriors and hundreds of wa‘a (canoes) lin- ing the ocean from Mōkapu to Nāoneala‘a.
Kumu Kawaikapuokalani Hewitt (right) blessed the new storyboard at Nāonaeala‘a a Kāne‘ohe. PHOTO COURTESY HONOLULU DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
— something the chief did upon his arrival at this place in Kāne‘ohe,” Cypher says. “There, he settled and built three heiau on the area above the beach, long before the gathering of chiefs in 1737.
The renaming of the park, storyboard research, content and placard were planned and gifted by the Ko‘olau- poko Hawaiian Civic Club, and made possible via Hono- lulu City Council Resolution 19-235, as part of the club’s cultural awareness program. Additional funding for the community-driven effort was contributed by the Nation- al Geographic Society, the Awesome Foundation and the
After years of war among the islands, the counselors to the chiefs urged them to make peace at a gathering at Nāo- neala‘a.”
“We reached out to Frank Coluccio Construction Co., which donated the labor and
One of the heiau was lo- cated in what is now the park.
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