Loʻi/Ola Hāloa

Target Audience: All ages  |  Duration: 3-4 hours

Kumuhana/Description

Come see our 10+ acres of kalo production (both loʻi and māla kalo) and we can share more about the significance of kalo in Hawaiʻi. Learn about the moʻolelo of Hāloa, how to cultivate kalo in different environments and what role kalo plays in the ahupuaʻa system.

(Since there is so much to cover, we ask you choose two objectives to focus on plus our hana portion of the day [usually 30-45 min])

Learning Objectives: Ola Hāloa

1. Moʻolelo of Hāloanakalaukapalili
2. Where does kalo come from and why is it grown in Hawaiʻi
3. Learn the different ways kalo can grow
4. What are the parts of the kalo and how they are used

Agenda

Activities Include

• Moʻolelo (All ages)
• Hana with the kalo (can be weeding, planting, harvesting, hehihehi, etc.) [this portion is dependant on what is available that day]

Takeaways

• Establish relationship with Hāloanaka and the on-going revitalization/management efforts in Heʻeia
• Loʻi etiquette, ʻoihana loʻi/loʻi techniques
• Learn the role of loʻi in an ahupuaʻa
• How do you mālama kalo

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Translations

Kalo

taro root

Mālama

to take care

Hāloanakalaukapalili

ancestral name of kalo

Hāloa

ancestral name of first kanaka (Hawaiian)

Loʻi kalo

wetland taro field

Māla kalo

dryland taro field

Hehihehi

stomping motion to prep field

Ahupuaʻa

land division determined by water and goes from mountain to sea (mauka to makai)

Aia i hea ka wai a Kāne – Where is the waters of Kāne

Target Audience: 7th Grade and up  |  Duration: 3-4 hours

Kumuhana/Description

This is an educational workday that provides hands-on experience of ahupuaʻa resource management through ʻāina stewardship. Students will participate and help progress the revitalization efforts of Heʻeia Ahupuaʻa; gaining insights on resource management techniques that promote and enhance ahupuaʻa functioning and wellbeing.

Wai is one of the most important aspects of an ahupuaʻa and is a great reflection of an ʻāina’s richness or waiwai, because of what the ahupuaʻa was able to produce and provide. Wai was constantly monitored, carefully managed and distributed fairly throughout the ahupuaʻa to ensure each steward an ample amount of wai to fulfill their kuleana to the overall ahupuaʻa. Wai’s many forms and characteristics create the uniqueness of an ahupuaʻa which allows us to learn how to utilize and support the overall ahupuaʻa in a pono manner.

Learning Objectives: Wai/Waiwai

1. Understanding of wai as a cultural and ecological component crucial to ahupuaʻa functioning and wellbeing.
2. Understanding different forms of water and where it can be found.
3. Assist in ahupuaʻa revitalization and resource management.

Agenda

Activities May Include

• Mālama i ka wai – Clearing Auwai (7th grade +)
  • Removing bank overgrowth/ʻōpala
  • Species identification (native/invasive species management)
• Mahele/watershed/water cycle/tidal cycle (All ages): stream monitoring (tidal/rain influence and variance)
• Project based learning (5th grade +): ʻĀina based research (i.e., archival research, ecosystem surveys, water quality monitoring, watershed mapping)

Takeaways

• Comprehension of different forms of Wai and where it can be found within the ahupuaʻa.
• Establish a relationship with Heʻeia ahupuaʻa and the on-going revitalization and resource management efforts.

Lāʻau/Mea Kanu – Plants

Target Audience: 7th Grade and up  |  Duration: 3-4 hours

Kumuhana/Description

This is an educational workday that provides hands-on experience of ahupuaʻa resource management through ʻāina stewardship. Students will participate and help progress the revitalization efforts of Heʻeia Ahupuaʻa; gaining insights on resource management techniques that promote and enhance ahupuaʻa functioning and wellbeing.

The management of our plant resources has a crucial balance that is monitored seasonally and managed accordingly to the functional roles it may serve socially and/or ecologically. Maintaining and building native revitalization areas is a catalyst to the continuity of the recruitment and retention of native micro and macro fauna (e.g., ʻŌpae, pua ʻamaʻama, ʻalae ʻula, pinao, kānaka, etc.).

Learning Objectives: Lāʻau/Mea Kanu

1. Increased plant identification comprehension (i.e., seasonality, morphology, ecological niches, reproductivity, etc.) and ecological functions of plants within ahupuaʻa systems.
2. Comprehension of plant propagation and landscaping techniques.

Agenda

Activities May Include

• Mālama ʻĀina (5th grade +): Brush removal, solarization, outplanting, ag-burns, plant identification, weeding, seed collection, propagation, etc.
• Hana Noʻeau (All ages): Stamps, plant press, kaula, food preparation

Takeaways

• Establish a relationship with Heʻeia ahupuaʻa and the on-going restoration/management efforts
• Conservation Techniques (i.e., Brush Removal, Solarization, Outplanting, Ag-burns, Plant Identification, Weeding, etc.)

Holoholo Mauka

Target Audience: 7th Grade and up  |  Duration: 3-4 hours

Kumuhana/Description

This is an educational workday that provides hands-on experience of ahupuaʻa resource management through ʻāina stewardship. Join our mauka revitalization project, where we aim to establish food forests and rehabilitate native ecosystems.

Learning Objectives: Holoholo Mauka

1. Gain new perspectives and understanding of Heʻeia ʻahupuaʻa and watershed.
2. Plant identification and utilization.

Agenda

Activities May Include

• Invasive species removal
• Clearing debris
• Albizia eradication (mahele o ke kumu lāʻau)
• Moʻolelo
• Outplanting
• Plant index survey
• Nursery
  • Seed collection and propagation
• Trail building/Maintenance
• Sāhele ʻahupuaʻa (land divisions, resource, etc.)

Takeaways

• Gain mauka perspective of Heʻeia with an understanding of the division of the ʻahupuaʻa and inoa ʻāina.
• Plant food trees and establish native ecosystems for the future generations

ʻĀina Hoʻopulapula (Wetland)

Target Audience: All Ages  |  Duration: 3-4 hours

Kumuhana/Description

This is an educational workday that provides hands-on experience of ahupuaʻa resource management through ʻāina stewardship. Slip on your boots and help continue the revitalization of Heʻeia wetland.

Learning Objectives: Wetland

1. Gain new perspectives and understanding of Heʻeia ʻahupuaʻa and watershed.
2. Learn about wetland plants and their function for ʻahupuaʻa health and wellbeing.

Agenda

Activities May Include

• Moʻolelo (all ages)
• Hana (all ages): clean waterways, invasive species removal (Grass/shrubbery), plastic solarization, outplanting, weeding, agricultural burns, invasive fish removal

Takeaways

• Contribute to the maintenance and revitalization of Heʻeia wetland.
• Understand the importance of the wetland to the adjacent coastal ecosystems and resource systems.

Kuʻi ʻĀi (Poi Pounding) Workshop

Target Audience: 5th Grade and Up  |  Duration: 3-4 hours

Description

Come kuʻi with us! If you want a different way to learn about kalo and get to taste the ʻono, kuʻi ʻāi (poi pounding) is a great way to be engaged with Hāloanakalaukapalili. You will learn some history on kuʻi ʻāi, how to prep the kalo and how to pound poi.

Objectives

• How to cook kalo and some ways it was cooked traditionally
• How to prep kalo for poi pounding and what all parts of the kalo were for
• How to prep papa a me pohaku kuʻi ʻāi for poi pounding and how they were traditionally made
• How to pound poi and learn the different stages (from kalo paʻa to poi!)
• Try freshly made poi!

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Translations

Kuʻi ʻāi

poi pounding

Kalo

Taro root

Hāloanakalaukapalili

ancestral name for kalo

Papa a me pohaku kuʻi ʻāi

Board and stone poi pounder

Kalo paʻa

cooked, cleaned taro root

Poi

paste-like food made of taro root

Email [email protected] for information about cost for this activity.