Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group

He ʻāuna Kānaka Maoli e pai aʻe ana i nā ʻāina kupuna o ka pō lilo lā ʻo Papahānaumokuākea.

Looking out over the ocean horizon from cliffs.
Mokumanamana. He kiʻi na Brad Kaʻaleleo Wong, lālā CWG

He poʻe ʻŌiwi Hawaiʻi maoli ka Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group i kumulipo ka pilina moʻolelo i hāwele ʻia e ke kūʻauhau, nakinaki ʻia e nā loina kuʻuna a e pai ʻia aʻe nei e ka noiʻi noelo ʻo ke kahu ʻāina.

Nā Kūkulu

School of fish

Kuleana

E hōʻoia ʻia ke kū ʻana o nā manaʻo ʻōiwi i ka moku, i ka hoʻolaukaʻi ʻana hoʻi o nā hoʻoilina ʻāina, pili kanaka, a moʻolelo nō.

Sailing through Papahanaumokakea

Pilina

Hōʻīnana, hoʻoulu a kahu ʻia ka pilina o ko Hawaiʻi Kanaka Maoli i nā moku kūpuna ʻo Papahānaumokuākea–ko kākou kumulipo–ma o nā mōʻali ʻike kuʻuna me ona welona o ke au nei.

Baby honu

Hoʻōla a Ola

Palea nā hānauna ola a me nā pono hoʻohānau hou o Papahānaumokuākea.

Ko Kākou Kuleana

Alu like ka CWG me nā kahuwaiwai, nā luna hoʻolaukaʻi a me nā hui kaiāulu i ka hoʻomalu ʻana i kēia wahi pana, i kumu ka ʻihiʻihi a me ka mōlia kuʻupau i nā loina kahu ʻāina ʻŌiwi.

Mahele ʻia ko Hawaiʻi Pae Moku e Ke Ala Polohiwa a Kāne, a ʻo ka palena ia o ka pō me ke ao.

He palapala ʻāina o ko Hawaiʻi pae moku piha, mai Hawaiʻi ā i Hōlanikū. Kiʻi na NOAA Marine Debris Program.