Research

Water has always been a challenge in Kaupo. The district lies in the rain shadow of Haleakala, with no permanent streams in the...

One day in late October 1945, Kaupo resident Abel Kawaiaea rode his horse to Mokulau around noon. The wind had calmed after days...

Anyone familiar with Kaupo knows of Kaupo Store, a fixture in the community for a century starting in the 1920s, operating as a...

When foreigners first came to Hawaii in the late 1700s, they brought with them an appetite for alcohol. To slake their thirst...

In the mid-1800s, the Hawaiian kingdom upended the traditional system of land management in which the ruler of an island would...

On June 20, 2023, Kaupo Ranch changed hands for the first time in nearly 100 years when Kamehameha Schools, through the estate of...