On July 24, 2009, we got a preview of Hawaiian Hall, just weeks away from its grand opening on August 8. Click here for a gallery of photos of the completed hale pili with stanchions and informational plaques in place. Click here for a full gallery of photos from the almost-completed Hawaiian Hall.

  Hale Pili Pau By Blaine Fergerstrom / Ka Wai Ola Kumu Samuel Ohu Gon, Marques Hanalei Marzan and Mahealani Wong today (January 27, 2009) offered oli and mele in dedication and blessing of the Hale Pili in Hawaiian Hall at the Bishop Museum. The ancient hale pili, originally purchased in dilapidated form on Kaua’i [...]

  On a trip last week to Kaua’i for the AOHCC convention, I took a side trip to Waimea and Koke’e. Between the canyon and Koke’e, I found ukiuki growing in large clumps, some of it by the side of the road! An album of images is at: http://picasaweb.google.com/zztype/081023UkiukiKokeE

  With the framework nearly completed on the historical hale pili in Hawaiian Hall at the Bishop Museum, students from Farrington High School’s Hawaiian Academy worked to bind the dried pili into small sheafs while Kumu Pomaika’i Kaniaupi’o-Crozier and Alaka’i Malia Kniatt began affixing the sheafs to the frame. Work is progressing on hale pili [...]

Kamehameha home needs ti Some 500,000 leaves are wanted to restore the roof of a building Associated Press KAILUA-KONA » The caretakers of Kamehameha the Great’s personal residence in Kailua-Kona are seeking 500,000 ti leaves to restore the roof on one of the buildings, Hale Mana. Ahuena Heiau, a National Historic Landmark, was the center [...]

Students from the Farrington High School Hawaiian Studies Program descended on the hale pili under construction in the Bishop Museum’s Hawaiian Hall on May 20. Under the guidance of kumu Pomaika’i Kaniaupio-Crozier, some of the students helped with evenly spreading the pohaku foundation while others worked at fastening wall supports upon which the pili will [...]

We hope to use this site to keep you abreast of progress on ka hale pili in Hawaiian Hall at Bishop Museum