Videos & Chants

Browse videos, chants, and interpretive media from the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission.

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He Moku Poina ʻOle

Video

Pomaikaʻi Elementary School’s 4th Graders Present “The Heart and Soul of Hawaiʻi”

Ka Hā o Kō Mākou Kūpuna; The Breath of Our Ancestors

Kahoʻolawe: Ka Hā o Kō Mākou Kūpuna; The Breath of Our Ancestors, a video by Hawaiʻi Pacific University Advanced Video Class, Instructor Mark Nitta, 2002, for the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission.

Chant

Mele Komo

Audio recording of Mele Komo (Kahoʻolawe’s Oli Kāhea). A full transcript and English translation are provided below.

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Transcript of Mele Komo

Hawaiian text and English translation for Mele Komo
Hawaiian	English Translation
He haki nuʻanuʻa nei kai	Indeed a rough and crashing sea
ʻO ʻawa ana i uka.	Echoing in the uplands.
Pehea e hiki aku ai?	How is that one lands?
ʻO ka leo	It is the voice
Mai paʻa i ka leo	Please don’t hold back the voice.

He Moku Poina ʻOle

From October 10 to November 3, 2014, the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission presented He Moku Poina ʻOle at the Bailey House Museum in Wailuku, Maui. The exhibition featured photographs and interpretive materials that support KIRC’s mission of restoring, protecting, preserving, and providing access to Kahoʻolawe.

Use the recordings below to learn more about the places featured in the exhibition. Excerpts are drawn from the Kahoʻolawe Place Names report by Rowland Reeve.

Aikupau Listen to Aikupau place-name recording
Hakioawa Listen to Hakioawa place-name recording
Kanapou Listen to Kanapou place-name recording
Kealaikahiki Listen to Kealaikahiki place-name recording
Moaulaiki Listen to Moaulaiki place-name recording
Moaulanui Listen to Moaulanui place-name recording
Place Names Listen to Kahoʻolawe place names recording