Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association

09/06/2026

E Ala e! 🌄 Behold the sun rising above the volcano summit at our partner Haleakalā National Park on Maui! HPPA’s Wendy was up early and in the visitor center park store. Mahalo for the share, Wendy!
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Raise your digital hand if you have experienced sunrise at the very tippy top of Maui!

09/06/2026

Aloha and welcome! Now you can share in the colorful, fascinating history of Hawaii and its people. Illustrations include Hawaiian gods, paddlers in gourd masks, an ancient rock-carver, hula dancers, Hawaiian feather work and traditional costumes, plants and food, Queen Liliʻuokalani, warriors, and many other intriguing subjects.

Aloha and welcome! Now you can share in the colorful, fascinating history of Hawaii and its people. Illustrations include Hawaiian gods, paddlers in gourd masks, an ancient rock-carver, hula dancers, Hawaiian feather work and traditional costumes, plants and food, Queen Liliʻuokalani, warriors, and...

09/06/2026

Our partner Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is currently closed due to high surf associated with Hurricane Lowell.

Check back here for updates on reopening.

09/06/2026

Heads up! Our partner Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park is currently closed due to high surf associated with Hurricane Lowell.

Check back here for updates on reopening.

09/05/2026

Ancient Hawaiians lived by the animistic philosophy that assigned living souls to animals, trees, stones, stars, and clouds, as well as to humans. Religion and mythology were interwoven in Hawaiian culture; and local legend and genealogies were preserved in song, chant, and narrative. This book is a classic work of folklore and ethnology, and the definitive treatment of Hawaiian mythology.

Ku and Hina -Man & Woman- were the great ancestral gods of heaven and earth for the ancient Hawaiians. The Hawaiian gods were like great chiefs from far lands who visited among the people, entering their daily lives sometimes as humans or animals, sometimes taking residence in a stone or wooden....

09/04/2026

Happy from serene Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park on Hawai’i Island. May your holiday weekend bring many beautiful moments like this.

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09/04/2026

The values, relations, and psychic bonds that are the sinew of the Hawaiian family fortunately attracted the interest of two researchers who went to live in the community of Ka'u on the Big Island of Hawai'i in the 1930s. The collaboration of anthropologist E.S. Craighill Handy and Native Hawaiian cultural specialist Mary Kawena Pukui resulted in the seminal study The Polynesian Family System in Ka'u, Hawai'i.

The importance of the extended family in the Hawaiian community can be easily seen on any weekend at public parks, churches, and yards throughout the Islands as the 'ohana regularly gather to celebrate their connectedness to one another, to affirm their common past, and to nurture the future generat...

09/04/2026

Hauʻoli lā hānau 🎉🎂, happy birthday, to Chuck from Creative Services 🎨, who is an amazing member of our HPPA ʻohana and seems to never, ever run out of creative ideas 💡✨ (so he's in the right department, for sure) or enthusiasm! 🙌

The ironic thing is that Chuck is probably the best baker we know 🧁🍰, so no one here would even TRY to bake a cake for him. You will have to bake your own cake, Chuck 👨‍🍳🎂, but if you need help eating it we can find some volunteers! 🙋‍♀️Enjoy your birthday, and mahalo nui loa for all you do!

09/03/2026

Four steps that you can take to be better prepared for any disaster include: learning what hazards can affect you and when, making an emergency plan, building an emergency supply kit (go bag), and getting involved in your community.

Benjamin Franklin said, “If you fail to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” As the past year in Hawaii has shown, hurricanes, eruptions, earthquakes, flooding, and severe weather can occur with little or no warning and result in power outages, disrupted roadways, and other impacts. Steps you ta...

09/03/2026

It’s that time of year again ⏳📦 at our visitor center park stores in Hawaiʻi and American Samoa: Inventory time! 🔢📋

Casseye and Lynn are patiently but rapidly scanning this, that, and the other thing, and getting our correct counts ✔️ in our storage building.

What DOES a glamorous job in a national park setting look like? ✨ Sometimes like this! 😂 (May as well make it fun, eh?)