Lau Ke Aloha: Hawaiʻi Games & Kinolau Native Species Art Creation Day
- Jun 17, 2025
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Updated: Jul 21, 2025
Date: June 25, 2025
Location: Hale Pili
Join us for Lau Ke Aloha: Hawaiʻi Games & Kinolau Native Species Art Creation Day. This free gathering invites our community to connect with native species through play and creativity. We begin with traditional pāʻani Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian games) to relax and have a little playful fun, followed by hands-on art sessions led by local Maui artists.
Our Lau Ke Aloha event is a precursor to the I Mau Ke Aloha dinner event to celebrate the vital work of the Hawai‘i Land Trust and Lahaina Community Land Trust. This event honors their commitment to fostering a reciprocal relationship between people and ‘āina for the collective well-being of Hawai‘i’s communities. We invite you to learn more about I Mau Ke Aloha here and to show some support for these wonderful organizations by donating to their missions below.
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Hawai‘i Land Trust (HILT) is Hawaiʻi’s local statewide nonprofit land trust, protecting and stewarding lands that sustain Hawaiʻi through education, public access, and cultural practice. Nationally accredited, HILT has preserved over 22,500 acres across the islands, safeguarding coastlines, cultural landscapes, and agricultural lands. Learn more at www.hilt.org.
Formed in the aftermath of the Lahaina fires, the Lahaina Community Land Trust is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to keeping Lahaina’s lands in the hands of its people forever. Discover more at www.lahainacommunitylandtrust.org or follow @lahainacommunitylandtrust on social media.
Lau Ke Aloha: Event Recap
Mahalo to Lahaina Community Land Trust and Hawaiʻi Land Trust for helping make our second Lau Ke Aloha event so meaningful! We got up close and personal with pili while at Hale Pili, and we became the pili by nurturing our pilina (connection) to native species through creating art and testing our skills in pāʻani Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian games) like ʻulu maika, ihe and paheʻe. It was an afternoon of laughter, learning, and aloha.
