Hanona is a Maui non-profit (501(c)(3)) organization, formed to elevate Native Hawaiian wisdom and intellect by providing cultural learning opportunities for our communities to perpetuate Native Hawaiian traditional practices.
Hoʻokōnaʻauao
Training Mauiʻs next generation of Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners.
A Native Hawaiian Education Program Grant by Hanona.
Continuing Cultural Education
Hanona's HOʻOKŌ NAʻAUAO Project is funded through a grant from the Native Hawaiian Education Program (NHEP). Through this project Hanona has implemented a five cohort educational program involving Kahuna Kakalaleo, Uhau Humu Pōhaku, Hulikoehana, Kahu Mālama ʻĀina, and Kūkulu Kauhale to preserve and protect Kealakaʻihonua heiau located at Kapoho, on the border of Waiehu and Waiheʻe. Hanona’s project goal is to train Maui’s next generation of Native Hawaiian Practitioners.
Providing Hands-on Programming
Our organization provides hands on workshops and cultural experiences to highlight traditional life ways and to create the next generation of cultural practitioners here on Maui.
Supporting the Maui Community
Nā Hanona Kūlike ʻO Piʻilani continues today under the direction of Kumu Hula Kaponoʻai Molitau who has been providing services as Native Hawaiian traditional cultural practitioner for 20 years in the Maui community and through his work statewide in Hawaii under the leadership of their father, Kumu John Keola Lake, for nearly 30 years.
“Through Hanona, we can have Waihee be this thriving place of cultural practice and so, it’s just a beautiful partnership. We can continue our resiliency through native ecosystem restoration and then we can have Hanona here to really build that next generation of practitioners.”
— Laura Kaakua, president and CEO of HILT
