Mo’olelo
🏠 Home / Moʻolelo
🌀 Realms of Story
🌱 Community & Volunteer Work
Acts of aloha ʻāina — from replanting koa to hauling out trash by hand.
🌒 Trail Chronicles
Footsteps and blisters. Nights under stars. The hike that changed you.
🛡 Guardian Tales
Those who walk the valley with reverence and remember her moods.
📜 Hawaiian History & Legends
Echoes of the ancestors, migrations, chants, and moʻo spirits.
🌌 Ocean & Stars
Wayfinding tales and lessons from reef, tide, and night sky.
📖 Featured Moʻolelo
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The Work of Many Hands
Kalalau Guardians is a community-led movement rooted in the heart of Kauaʻi’s Kalalau Valley—where stewardship replaces ownership, and every footstep is a prayer.…
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Aumākua Weeps
A cultural reckoning from the cliffs of Kalalau. When meth finds its way into the hands of keiki through family bloodlines, it’s no…
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John Hanohano Pa
Before the helicopters. Before the permits. Before the world forgot. One man was born in Kalalau Valley — and never truly left. John…
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Kalalau Guardians
Benjoe David shares the birth of Kalalau Guardians — a grassroots movement rooted in aloha ʻāina, survival, and sacred restoration on Kauaʻi’s Nā…
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Lauhala, Ghost Voyagers, and the Pacific Badasses Who Made Hawaiʻi
Discover the role of lauhala in Polynesian voyaging and Hawaiian survival, with a raw field dispatch from Kalalau’s cliffs in this powerful podcast…
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FETCH, SEAS, and GROUNDSWELL
Discover the ocean’s secret language—how FETCH, SEAS, and GROUNDSWELL shape every wave from distant storms to Hawaiian shores. This in-depth guide blends coastal…
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Pele’s Wrath and the Bones of Mū:
While Kīlauea’s lava fountains reach 700 feet into the sky, the older story unfolds quietly on Kauaʻi—the firstborn island and, some say, the…
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Kuhio
Prince Kūhiō Day, Kauaʻi royal history, Hawaiian Kingdom, Kalalau Valley, Native Hawaiian land rights, Hawaiian sovereignty, aloha ʻāina, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, King…
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They don’t put it on the postcards…
Every Step is Sacred A field dispatch by Jack Turner for the Kalalau Guardians They don’t put it on the postcards, and they…
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Get Involved
Kalalau isn’t just a destination — it’s a living, breathing legacy. From ancient footpaths to overgrown trails, from invasive overgrowth to sacred restoration,…
🎧 Sacred Shoreline
An audio moʻolelo from where reef meets root. Headphones on — let the valley speak.
“To mālama the land is to mālama the story. Each step here is a sentence in a living chant.”
📝 Share Your Moʻolelo
You are a chapter in this place. Submit your moʻolelo in voice, image, or memory.
Every moʻolelo is a seed. Mahalo for planting yours in Kalalau.