104. June 2026 Community News: Fishpond Restoration with Hui Kaloko-Honokōhau and Hui o Kuapā

Community new for June 2026! After headlines, we share exciting updates from two HPF partners working to restore loko iʻa (fishponds) and addressing multiple crucial issues in the process: rebuilding regenerative food systems, protecting water, facilitating community healing, restoring cultural practice, and more. First, we have Loke Aloua, one of the poʻo of Hui Kaloko-Honokōhau, sharing updates from the hui's work at Kaloko Fishpond in Kona, Hawaiʻi. Listen to our first episode with Loke back in 2022 to hear more about the hui's origin story and vision: 30. Hui Kaloko-Honokōhau: Stewards to the Realm of Kanaloa. Second, Hanohano and Maile Naehu, the head kiaʻi loko and the program director of Hui o Kuapā, talk about the evolution of their work at ʻŌhalahala Fishpond in Manaʻe, Molokai. In particular, they share about a recent highly impact kiaʻi loko gathering and workday they hosted, where 90% of the kuapā (fishpond wall) was rebuilt. To learn more about Hui o Kuapa's beginnings under the leadership of Uncle Walter Ritte and its transition to the next generation of kiaʻi with Hano, check out our first episode with Hano and Maile from 2021: 1. Hui o Kuapā: Restoring Fish Ponds on Molokai. Links from headlines: To see our grantee partners' events and how to RSVP, visit hawaiipeoplesfund.org/calendar. For Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking's Reel Camps, find info here. For EA Ecoversity's Youth Culinary Day Camp, find info and apply here. Register for Gender Journeys Day here. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii