Honolulu Civil Beat has published a feature review of Nā Hunahuna ʻIke Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Insights, the 557-page collection of John Papa ʻĪʻī’s writings translated and compiled by Puakea Nogelmeier. Columnist Kirstin Downey attended the book launch at Bishop Museum last month and spoke with Puakea
Please join us for the official launch and book signing of Nā Hunahuna ʻIke Hawaiʻi by John Papa ʻĪʻī, presented in partnership with @bishopmuseum He Aupuni Palapala Nūpepa Project.
From Hawaii Business magazine, 18 September 2023. Hawaiian language experts and other sources say the proper spelling and pronunciation may not include diacritical marks. “If you listen to the older tapes with Native speakers, they say ʻLahaina,’ which if you were to write it out
Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood embodies a monumental history of Hawaiʻi, from the beginnings and political rise of Kamehameha I, the negotiations and battles that would come to unify Hawai‘i’s islands and kingdoms, and the development of a single government that would endure, to be ruled by his son and heir, Liholiho, Kamehameha II. This narrative offered in both Hawaiian and English is an invaluable catalog of data about Hawai‘i, Hawaiians, and the nature of national and cultural identity in the Pacific.
He Aupuni Palapala is a collaboration between Bishop Museum & Awaiaulu with staff support from Kamehameha Schools and funding from the Hawaii Tourism Authority.
Awaiaulu has selected the memoirs of John Papa ʻIʻi, originally published as a series of articles in the Hawaiian Langauge newspapers Ke Kumu Aupuni (The Hawaiian Kingdom) in 1839 and then in Ka Nūpepa Kūʻokoʻa (The Independant Newspaper) until his death in 1870 as the source of the current translation training project.
Please find below our presentationwith Puakea Nogelmeier, Kauʻi Sai-Dudoit, Kamuela Yim & Kalei Roberts that was broadcast on Monday, February 21, 2022, 4pm-6pm.
Flux magazine hires Awaiaulu translator and UH language professor Noah Haʻalilio Solomon to oversee the project as the first ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi editor for a local publication in decades.
It’s time to reframe the narrative – casting Hawaiians as power brokers, and not victims, says Hawaiian language expert Puakea Nogelmeier who, with his team at Awaiaulu are finishing translation on this now, and set to publish a book on it in English next spring.
The goal of the multi-year project, He Aupuni Palapala,is to digitize Hawaiian language newspapers, in all repositories, for free online access. With support from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority and with contributions from Kamehameha Schools, Bishop Museum and Awaiaulu have partnered to launch a collaborative, multiyear