25. Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui: When the Water Came Back on Maui

An interview about the restoration of taro-feeding streams in East Maui with Jerome Kekiwi, Jr. and Amanda Martin of Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui.

Nā Mokuʻs mission is to perpetuate the Kanaka Maoli traditional and customary lifestyle of Keʻanae-Wailuanui. Encompassing nearly 400 acres of loʻi, it was renowned for taro farming until commercial stream diversions completely dewatered the area. In 2018, the community’s 30-year legal struggle resulted in the largest stream restoration in Hawaiʻiʻs history. This enabled families to return to farming and mālama the watershed and the network of streams, tributaries and springs that are part of a vast ʻauwai system.

Website: namoku.net

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