Home. A place to clean up, rejuvenate, rest. Above all, rest. We all need one, and the new voyaging canoe Mo‘okiha O Pi‘ilani is no different. The canoe needs a home, their crew says. And it needs it now. “Mostly, I’m looking for a safe berthing place for this canoe where kids can get out of the bus and walk over and step onto it,” Tim Gilliom, the canoe’s captain, told me … [Read more...] about The Mookiha O Piilani, Maui’s first voyaging canoe in 600 years, needs a home
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New Book ‘Kua’aina Kahiko’ Explores Maui’s Remote Kahikinui Region
Now and then, publishers will send over free books to MauiTime, in hopes of getting badly needed publicity. Most are pretty weak. Kua‘aina Kahiko, a new book by Patrick Vinton Kirch, is a refreshing departure from that trend. Published by University of Hawaii Press, the book is a stunning, eminently readable account of Kirch’s 17 years of archaeological research into Maui’s … [Read more...] about New Book ‘Kua’aina Kahiko’ Explores Maui’s Remote Kahikinui Region
CORRECTED: History Channel’s ‘America Unearthed’ Digs Into Maui Spearpoint Mystery
Way back in 2009, a group of friends that included Trevor Carter and Brian Axtell hiked through Haleakala Crater. During their visit, they say they found a strange, green-gold obsidian spearpoint. "The energy it put off," Carter later said, "it wasn't normal." The friends say they tried to get Haleakala National Park to pay attention to their find, which would seem to lend … [Read more...] about CORRECTED: History Channel’s ‘America Unearthed’ Digs Into Maui Spearpoint Mystery