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Kuialuaopuna
- Aug 2
- 3 min
Po'e Kauwā
THE POLYNESIAN FAMILY SYSTEM IN KA-ʻU, HAWAIʻI by E. S. CRAIGHILL HANDY and MARY KAWENA PUKUI The aristocrats (aliʻi), experts in...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Aug 2
- 24 min
Tafa‘i
Teuira Henry Not long after Tahiti was moved away from Ra‘iatea,1 there lived in the district of Mahina (Clear-Gray) in Tahiti-To‘erau...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Aug 2
- 36 min
Ruatapu
Timi Koro, Trans. by Drury Low, from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 43, 1934 Twenty-seven or twenty-eight generations ago on...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Aug 2
- 15 min
Te Erui Ariki
Na Timi Koro, Trans. by Drury Low About twenty-six generations ago, on the island of Kuporu (Taha‘a) in a group called ‘Avaiki (Tahiti...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Jul 17
- 3 min
Moku ka piko
A genealogy or kūʻauhau is a lineage of traditions or a pedigree that has a source of a so called origin. Moʻokūauahu is a succession of...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Jul 11
- 12 min
PIKOI
LONG, long ago in the Hawaiian Islands, part of the children of a chief's family might be born real boys and girls, while others would be...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Jul 8
- 26 min
Rata
Na Teuira Henry A prince named Vahi-e-roa (Far-off-place) once lived in Pare, Tahiti To‘erau (North Tahiti). His wife was Matamata-taua...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Jul 8
- 10 min
Hotu Matua
In Hiva, Hau Maka had a dream in which his spirit traveled to a far country, looking for a new residence for his king Hotu.1 His spirit...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Jul 8
- 36 min
Ruatapu
Twenty-seven or twenty-eight generations ago on an island called Taputapuatea (on Ra‘iatea or Havai‘i), which is far to the north and...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Jul 1
- 3 min
Havaiki: The Land Under The Land
This is a poem from Fakarava island in the western Tuamotus: Havaiki i ruga, Havaiki i raro, Havaiki i Taputapuatea, Havaiki above,...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Jun 27
- 30 min
Ka poe Kahiko
Ruling chiefs of Hawaii Hawaii Before Foreign Innovations Before the arrival of the Puritan missionaries the lands were owned altogether...
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Kuialuaopuna
- Jun 23
- 26 min
Death of Kamehameha III
Ruling Chiefs Of Hawaii To a people living happily in a pleasant land with purple mountains, sea-girt beaches, cool breezes, life long...
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