Host: Kaʻiminaʻauao Kahikina

Guest: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu

Work Featured: “Ahuwale ka paekiʻi: He lei moana nō ia” (an oral history)

Theme: Māhū is not an identity—it is a kūlana and a kuleana.

Description:
In this episode of Kūkā Kīkī, host Kaʻiminaʻauao Kahikina sits with Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu to reflect on Ahuwale ka paekiʻi, the oral history Kaʻimi recorded of Hina. Together, they revisit her formative years and the ways her kūpuna continue to shape her today as a leader, educator, and cultural bearer. Their conversation explores how the terms haʻa and hoʻo illuminate the movement between kāne and wahine energies—revealing that māhū is not an identity to be claimed, but a living kūlana and kuleana to be embodied.

Listen & Learn:
What happens when we understand māhū not as category, but as practice—a balance of energies that sustains our people and our ea?

Art concept: Ka’imina’auao Kahikina

Art design: Sara Saffery

Music: “Pua Līlīlehua”

Album: Tree of Life