Hawaiian Islands

This dream is for romantics and lovers. Certainly the dream isn’t the sum of the colorful patterns of Hawaiian shirts, coconut bras and grass skirts alone. It’s not in the Pina Colada, or the Surfer on Acid. The boutiques of Waikiki teeming with Japanese tourists, those we can ignore all together, laugh at their circumstance. The accoutrements of hustle and bustle such as these have all been and will continue to be part of the Great Marketing image of a Paradise, and everyday life grows like…

reinstate her as “the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands” (Kualapai,…

One traditional proverb that captures the Hawaiian religious perspective towards the environment is, “He aliʻi ka ʻaina, he kaua ke kanaka.” The phrase literally translates as, the land is a chief, and the people are its servants,” which defines the relationship that Native Hawaiians have with their ecological environment. Prior to western contact, native Hawaiians structured their society around the ideology that the land they inhabited was their superior and that it was their responsibility to…

Talosanga was born on the island of Savaii, Western Samoa in 1955. His poetry has been published to audiences all over the Pacific like this piece in the book Nuanua. The poem speaks about a Polynesian boy who is growing up in the modern society; well educated, successful, and affluent…

In the islands of Hawaii, Hawaiians depended on the land, scavenging for resources to gather in order to survive. Hawaiians became accustomed to the landscape and began to learn how to farm to grow local plants, how to hunt, and fish from the local wildlife. Now days most “Hawaiians” spend time at home on their ipad or in front of their TV or computer screens. Even though there's the ocean to swim in, and the mountains to hike and relax, people still avoid this. Caught up in the fast pace…

wind of the stunning natural beauty and elegance of Maui, Hawaii’s second-biggest island is fast becoming a premiere holiday locale, too. If you’re looking for a way to explore Hawaii beyond just Honolulu’s Waikiki strip, venture to Maui and take a Road to Hana Tour, led by Maui-based Dynamic Tour Hawaii. An inter-island tour company, Dynamic Tour Hawaii doesn’t just specialize in day excursions on the individual islands, but its Road to Hana tour also includes airfare from Oahu to Maui to…

Volcanic Application Assignment 1. Which Plate contains the Hawaiian Island-Emperor seamount chain? The Pacific plate contains the Hawaiian Island-Emperor seamount chain. This mountain range is under water mountain range, it reaches above the sea level in Hawaii. Composed a rigid mountain range it is situated in the northwest of Kure and Emperor Seamount. Starched from the northwest to southwest beneath the Pacific Ocean it consists of many seamounts, shallow banks and reefs along the line. More…

Hawaiian Legends There are many different tales to the great island chain of Hawai`i. From scary stories that keep you away from doing what’s wrong, to the creation of Hawai`i. Hawaii is the home to some of the most unique stories passed down from olelo because in the past they didn’t need to write. Hawaiians believed in polytheism, or many gods who controlled certain things. This caused the ancient stories to arise, and begin to be passed on to keep the story alive. The greatest legends…

people who lived on the islands have had a culture that extended from the Polynesian islands to the western and southern edges of Asia. They respected the land, ocean, and everything that it provided. Their religion is polytheistic, which means they believe in many gods. Behind the beautiful scenery of islands, there is a whole culture that many people are unknown to. The culture is full of legends and myths about their gods and how the islands came to be. The islands are volcanic rock…

Just 62 km. off the eastern coast of Tonga, an underwater volcanic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai caused an island to form. Located in the South Pacific, this landmass has the lat/long. - 20.570/-175.380, according to LANDSAT. Climate in this region is tropical year round. Weather from November all the way to April is “a hotter more humid period” according to, The South Pacific Organizer, with an average temperature of 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit). On the contrary, the…