Moku · Oʻahu · makai 180°
Kona
The home moku — from the uplands above Honolulu down to the sea at Kakaʻako and Keʻehi. Every landmark story here is crewed by the Manaʻolana production team.
Landmark stories — mauka to makai
Foster Botanical Garden
PlannedA living canopy at the mauka edge of downtown — exceptional trees older than the city around them.
Produced by the Manaʻolana production team
Chinatown
PlannedWorking streets of markets, lei stands, and layered immigrant histories along Nuʻuanu stream.
Produced by the Manaʻolana production team
ʻIolani Palace
PlannedThe only royal palace on American soil — seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom and keeper of its memory.
Produced by the Manaʻolana production team
King Kamehameha Statue
PlannedThe lei-draped statue fronting Aliʻiōlani Hale — a story of unification told from the heart of the civic district.
Produced by the Manaʻolana production team
Kawaiahaʻo Church
PlannedThe coral-block church of the aliʻi, built from the reef itself — mauka faith raised from makai stone.
Produced by the Manaʻolana production team
Keʻehi Lagoon Memorial
In productionThe Manaʻolana team’s home grounds — a public state park kept as a Living Memorial and stewarded by the veterans community through the Keʻehi Memorial Organization. Where the productions are crewed and released: the end-of-summer gathering is KMO’s featured annual fundraiser and the forum where partners meet the crew.
Produced by the Manaʻolana production team
Civic Center & Kakaʻako
PlannedThe milestone festival grounds — the Kakaʻako Stage, slated on completion of the rail route and targeting 2031, where Skyline meets the civic heart of Honolulu and visitors from abroad meet residents and the released work on the same ground. Crewed by the Manaʻolana team.
Produced by the Manaʻolana production team
The crew behind these stories
Veterans of the Manaʻolana Media Training Initiative produce every story on this page — and the festival that gathers them at the makai edge of Kona.