Face of Nike Indigenous collection is Kānaka ?ōiwi grad student
2022 Miss Aloha Hula Piʻikea Lopes is the first Native Hawaiian to be featured in Nike’s N7 collection.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Ho?omanawanui
Hoʻomanawanui—Patience, to be patient, steadfast, fortitude.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Hau?oli
Hauʻoli—Happy, glad, gay, joyful; happiness, enjoyment, joy.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Ulu
Ulu—To grow, increase, spread; growth.
New Hawaiian word series connects to story, culture
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo launched a new weekly video series called Moʻohua featuring a “Word of the Week.”
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Kūpono
Kūpono—Upright, honest, decent, proper, appropriate, rightful, reliable, worth, merit, excellence.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Maoli
Maoli—Native, indigenous, aborigine, genuine, true, real, actual.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: ?nuenue
?nuenue—Rainbow.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Pōmaika?i
Pōmaikaʻi—Good fortune, blessed, fortunate.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Lawai?a
Lawaiʻa—Fisherman, Fishing technique; to fish, to catch.