Research

In the mid-1800s, residents of East Maui actively explored opportunities for commercial agriculture. Letters to newspapers in the...

Being an isolated community, Kaupo residents of old were required to provide their own entertainment, including pastimes such as...

In times past, many places in Hawaii had terms of endearment, or pet names. For Kaupo, the most famous term of endearment was ua...

On any given day, you'll likely hear "Ahulili" on a Hawaiian radio station. The song, by Kaupo native Scott Hai, is regarded as a...

Kaupo’s numerous preserved sites have drawn many archeologists and other researchers to visit since the early 1900s. Perhaps the...

Ancient Hawaiians were fond of using nicknames for geographic areas. In East Maui, Hana was called the land of the low-lying rain...