Nu`uanu Home Hawaiian Islands Home Pacific Worlds Home

Arrival

Native

The Sea

The Land

Footprints

Visitors

Memories

Onwards

Come Ashore |  The Ancients |  Legendary Setting |  Neighbors |  Language |  Sources & Links
 

Arrival
Chapter Contents:


 

Come Ashore

Come Ashore
Land your craft at the harbor of Kou. What made this place attractive to settlers? This section examines the origins of this area as a place of human settlement.

The Ancients

The Ancients
Who were the earliest inhabitants of Nu‘uanu? Tradition tells of menehune and the ‘e‘epa people, and sites associated with their ancient presence in Nu‘uanu.

Legendary Setting

Legendary Setting
Puakea Nogelmeier recounts the important Hawaiian legend of Ke-ao-melemele. This story includes the the creation of Nu‘uanu Valley, and the origin of the mo‘o in Hawai‘i.

Neighbors

Neighbors
Describes the relative location of Nu‘uanu and its nearby ahupua‘a -- both within the moku‘aina of Kona, and across the Pali to the moku of Ko‘olau-poko -- and touches briefly on the nature of these places.

 

Language
Basic terminology relating to Land, Sea, Cosmos; Directions; Navigation; and welcoming phrases.

 

Sources & Links
Links to related web sites
Bibliography and Sources

Special Essay: "Voyaging." Carlos Andrade discusses the art of navigation, and what it is like to be on a voyaging canoe.

 


  Come Ashore |  The Ancients  |  Legendary Setting |  Neighbors |   Language |  Sources & Links
Arrival |  A Native Place |  The Sea |  The Land |  Footprints |  Visitors |  Memories |  Onwards
 

Nu‘uanu Home |  Map Library |  Site Map |  Hawaiian Islands Home |  Pacific Worlds Home

 

PILI

HCH

HGA

HGA