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Princess Kaʻiulani, the Island Rose

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

Princess Kaʻiulani, the Island Rose

By Léo Azambuja

She was a surfer, an artist and a writer. She spoke four languages. She was a princess and the heir to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom, a nation stolen by the descendants of the people the Hawaiians had welcomed with their aloha.  

“The missionaries came here to us and taught us to look to Heaven for happiness, and while our eyes were on the skies they have taken our land from under our feet,” Princess Kaʻiulani said in an interview to The San Francisco Call newspaper Aug. 7, 1898.

Awaiulu head researcher Kalei Roberts highlighted the life of Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani Kawēkiu i Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn during October’s E Hoʻomanaʻo series event at Molokai Public Library Oct.…

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Creepin’ It Real on Halloween

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

Creepin’ It Real on Halloween

By Léo Azambuja

Oh, the irony! On the scariest day of the year, the children had absolutely no fear. It was them who walked around Kaunakakai spreading terror. Grownup witches better have their candy. Or something wicked may come their way. 

Perhaps in a foolish attempt to stave off panic and chaos, or maybe just to offer the kids a free event that was a skele-ton of fun, the Friends of Molokai Public Library revived the popular Halloween Costume Contest on the lawn in front of the library Oct 31.

“The Lions Club used to have the costume contest every year, but once we had COVID, they stopped,” FOL president Joan Howard said.…

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Library Unveils ‘The Plants of Molokai Over Time’ Mural

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Library Unveils ‘The Plants of Molokai Over Time’ Mural

By Léo Azambuja

A gyotaku artist who was part of the Molokai Arts Center’ Artist in Residence program last April returned to the island this month to unveil a mural that wasn’t in his plans when he first came to Molokai.

“We came to this artist residency here on Molokai thinking about one thing, and it turned into something else in the middle of it. This mural is really the result of what happened to us during this process of mutual flourishing with the community,” Duncan Berry said of the time he and his wife, Melany, spent on Molokai. 

The mural, “The Plants of Molokai Over Time,” is now on permanent exhibit at Molokai Public Library, where Berry had an informal talk Oct.…

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Molokai Farmers Market Returns to the Heart of Kaunakakai

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Molokai Farmers Market News Release
After several years away, the Molokai Farmers Market is returning to the heart of town Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Molokai Public Library grounds, directly across from the site of the original market.
Hosted by Pūlama Ka Heke, the Molokai Farmers Market aims to restore a long-standing community tradition that connects farmers, food producers, artisans, and ʻohana. Once the center of Saturday life in Kaunakakai, the market closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, community members and local businesses have voiced a shared desire to bring it back — not only as an economic driver but as a gathering place filled with local food, culture, and aloha.…

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Remembering Aunty Vivian ‘Vani’ Ainoa, a Faithful Servant of Molokai and the Sea

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Remembering Aunty Vivian ‘Vani’ Ainoa, a Faithful Servant of Molokai and the Sea

By Nā Puʻuwai Native Hawaiian Health Care System
Aloha ke kahi i hele aku. The island of Molokai grieves the passing of Aunty Vivian “Vani” Ainoa, a woman whose heart, faith, and aloha touched many. A beloved daughter of Kamalō and lifelong steward of her community, Aunty Vani’s hands, spirit, and voice will be remembered in the ocean breezes, the gathering of limu, and the strength of Molokai’s people.
Born in ‘Ualapu‘e and raised in Kamalō, Aunty Vani’s roots ran deep in the land and sea that sustained her ʻohana. The daughter of a fisherman, she learned early how to be in relationship with ocean.…

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Residents Ask Mayor for Continued Social Services Funding

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Residents Ask Mayor for Continued Social Services Funding

By Léo Azambuja
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen visited Molokai last week to meet residents and hear their priorities for the county’s budget in the upcoming fiscal year. Most testifiers asked the administration to continue funding several social services on the island.
“I would like to offer my sincere mahalo to the county for your generous and continued support of MEO. Because of the county’s partnership, MEO is able to provide services that truly touch the lives of entire families,” said Mahie McPherson, Molokai branch director for Maui Economic Opportunity.
The event at Mitchell Pauole Center Tuesday evening was the last in a series of eight meetings statewide to hear priorities from different communities in preparation for crafting the Operating and Capital Improvement Program budgets for Fiscal Year 2027, which starts July 1, 2026.…

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Lei Making with Maiʻa Bark

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Lei Making with Maiʻa Bark

By Léo Azambuja
Early Polynesian seafarers brought at least 23 different plant species to Hawaii, and among them the maiʻa, or banana. The Hawaiian Arts program at Molokai Arts Center singled out the maiʻa for a free two-part lei-making workshop that concluded last weekend in Hoʻolehua.
“Today, we are going to learn how to make roses first, and then we are going to try and build the lei,” Kaulananapua Dudoit told about a dozen people at the start of the workshop, as she grabbed a piece of dried banana bark and gracefully twisted it to create a small rose in a few seconds.…

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New Pharmacists at Molokai Drugs

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

New Pharmacists at Molokai Drugs

Molokai Drugs News Release

Please welcome our new pharmacists, Brandi Hutchins, PharmD, and Xrystina Bicoy Nims, PharmD.

Brandi has been working for us since 2019 as an intern (prior to pharmacy school) rotations and as a grad pharmacy intern. She became a licensed pharmacist last week and is now working part-time. Brandi is a graduate of Maryknoll High School, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and the University of Hawaii College of Pharmacy. She and her husband Cory Kamehanaokala Holt Taum married at Keawanui and have decided to raise their daughter on Molokai.

Born and raised on Molokai, Xrystina graduated from Kilohana School, Molokai Middle, Molokai High, the University of Wyoming and Belmont University’s College of Pharmacy.…

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12th Annual Floating Lantern Ceremony

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

Hospice Maui Molokai News Release

Join us for a multi-cultural event to honor our loved ones who died with love, gratitude, peace, and harmony at the Molokai Community Health Center on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 4-6:30 p.m. 

Participate and join others in decorating and assembling your own personal lantern to be released at dusk. One lantern per family (four sides of lantern can be decorated). Bring your tabis if you want to walk in the water; it’s muddy. Assistance to float the lantern is available.

While decorating and waiting for lantern release, enjoy music, hula, etc. Food available for purchase. Sponsored by Hospice Maui Molokai and the Guzeiji Soto Mission.…

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ʻIndigenous Insights for Planetary Health’ Book Launch

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

 

Molokai Baháʻí Community News Release

The Global Citizenship Speaker series resumes at the Molokai Public Library Oct. 29 at 5:30 p.m. 

This presentation and book launch features Noa Kekuewa Lincoln sharing learning from the newly published book Indigenous Insights for Planetary Health and Sustainable Food Systems, a collection of experiences from Indigenous communities and scholars from around the world, including Hawaii. 

As an editor and co-author of the book, Noa will provide an overview of how indigenous food sovereignty connects to planetary health for all people and beings. A draw will be held for a copy of the new book.…

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