ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

An online Hawaiian dictionary, which also includes Place Names of Hawaiʻi.

An online Hawaiian dictionary provided by Ke Kulanui ʻo Hawaiʻi ma Hilo.

Offers video lessons about Hawaiian grammar and structure in a “pen and blackboard” classroom format, accompanying worksheets and quizzes.

Kulāiwi has 24 free online Hawaiian language lessons with a comprehensive guide. 

Duolingo is a free language-learning platform that includes a language-learning website and app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam.

A visual language app for iOS and Android.  Free version offers 5-minute daily lessons.  Paid subscription offers unlimited access.

Through University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Hale Kuamoʻo, download Hawaiian fonts and keyboards for Windows.

Kaniʻāina, “Voices of the Land,” is an educational resource focusing on Native Hawaiian speech aimed at documentation and preservation of Hawaiian and seeks to encourage and enhance the learning and use of Hawaiian. As a growing digital corpus of Native Hawaiian speech, Kaniʻāina provides interactive access to Native Hawaiian speech and transcripts through a bilingual digital library interface.

Recordings of the radio program Ka Leo Hawaiʻi (The Voice of Hawaiʻi, 1972 to 1988) and Kū i ka Mānaleo (excerpts from Ka Leo Hawaiʻi and other sources focused on topics of interest).

Learn basic ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi skills to incorporate into your everyday life.

This website provides links to various resources to support the use of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi with technology (Chrome OS, Microsoft Word, Android, Google, Windows 10, etc.).

Explore different topics through ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.  Mahalo to Kamehameha Schools, Kanaeokana for this series. 

ʻŌiwi TV produces top-quality documentaries, news and multimedia content from a uniquely Hawaiian perspective. The wisdom, beauty and power of Hawai‘i are the backdrop to the most important and interesting narratives of our generation.

Explore moʻolelo, mele, analua (sentence patterns), and more via University of Hawaiʻi at Maui website.

Awaiaulu is dedicated to developing resources and resource people that can bridge Hawaiian knowledge from the past to the present and the future. Historical resources are made accessible so as to build the knowledge base of both Hawaiian and English-speaking audiences, and young scholars are trained to understand and interpret those resources for modern audiences today and tomorrow.

Explore ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi through moʻolelo, nūpepa, ʻōlelo ʻohana (simple language for everyday life),  interviews, stories from mānaleo, and more.

E Moʻolelo Kākou was a professional development series offered through a partnership with the Hawaiʻi Department of Education's (HIDOE), Office of Hawaiian Education (OHE) and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, College of Education's Aupuni Palapala program.  The intent of E Moʻolelo Kākou was to use moʻolelo or storytelling as a way to bring community to learn and share with and from each other.

The purpose of Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, is to make resources available for the use, teaching, and revitalization of the Hawaiian language and for a broader and deeper understanding of Hawaiʻi.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA’s) Papakilo Database, is the ongoing development of a cutting edge and comprehensive “Database of Databases” consisting of varied collections of data pertaining to historically and culturally significant places, events, and documents in Hawaii's history. 

"Nohopapa Hawaiʻi provides a wide range of Hawaiian cultural resource management services to assist agencies, organizations, private land owners, and communities in protecting and restoring important wahi kūpuna (ancestral places) in order to re-establish loina kūpuna (cultural traditions). The term “noho papa” means to “reside in a place over the course of generations.” It is the mission of our organization to strengthen generational ties and time-honored commitments between communities and their lands once again. “Noho” means to “become situated,” while “papa” can also mean “layers,” recognizing that in order to create healthy communities, they must be firmly situated within the rich layers of historical meaning possessed by our Hawaiian places. It is a relationship between people and ʻāina that continually deepens as knowledge expands and people themselves become established as a foundational component  of the land."

---From Noho Papa website

Kamehameha Schools Midkiff Learning Center website features this wahi pana libguide, which shares great resources "featuring moʻolelo, maps, makani, ua, and more for our ʻāina ʻōiwi."

ʻUluʻulu aims to perpetuate and share the rich moving image heritage of Hawaiʻi through the preservation of film and videotape related to the history and culture of Native Hawaiians and the people of Hawaiʻi.

This site is presented for perpetuation of Hawaiian culture. Additions, pictures, suggestions, corrections, information on composers, history of songs or anecdotes on compositions are welcome.

Perpetuates and advances indigenous wisdom through the art of storytelling and self-guided walking tours.

Ava Konohiki is a website that shares information on:

• Maps by mokupuni & moku

• Land & map research

• Hawaiʻi Land Documents

• Land Commission Awards

• Dr. Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa HAWST 270 & 341 videos

For more than 10 centuries, the Hawaiian system of natural resource management has been handed down in oral tradition and practice. It is based on the concept of `ahupua`a, the traditional land and ocean tenure system of Hawaiʻi. 

Explore the cultural collections of Bishop Museum through the natural realms of Hawai'i: Wao Lani, Wao Kanaka and Kai Ākea or navigate through Hawaiian topics or the new Hawaiʻi State Educational Standards.

Kumukahi is a website featuring a bilingual, community-based approach to presenting living Hawaiian culture and its connections to a rich ancestral past. Explore more than 60 diverse topics—from ahupua‘a to ‘ai pono, loina to lāhui, mo‘olelo to mo‘okū‘auhau—explained by cultural practitioners and community experts from across the pae ‘āina who have deep association with place and subject matter. 

PREL, along with a network of professional educators, environmentalists and water specialists, partner with community-based youth groups to improve science literacy through community selected, water-related service learning projects.

Bess Press is best known as Hawaiʻi's local publisher. Since 1979,  the company has produced over 300 books related to Hawaiʻi and the greater Pacific. As a leading educational publisher, the Press continues to develop curriculum and resource materials for use in schools, as well as for the greater community in popular interest themes such as children's books, memoirs, pidgin,  history, gift books and more.

Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (“The Eyes of the Land”), is an independent video production team that, since 1974, has focused on the land and people of Hawai‘i and the Pacific.

‘Āina Ulu integrates culture- and place-based education to foster kinship and kuleana between kanaka and ‘āina. By bridging resource management and education, participants actively engage in Hawaiian culture and history, instilling a sense of pride in their heritage and connecting them to communities in meaningful ways.

The University of Hawai‘i Press has a primary focus on Asian, Pacific, Hawaiian, Asian American, and global studies.  Through its publications, the Press seeks to stimulate public debate and educate both within and outside the classroom.

The Bishop Museum Press is committed to remaining a leader in the publication of scholarly works on topics related to Hawai‘i and the Pacific while continuing to develop its non-scholarly publications so that it may better serve Hawai‘i’s people.

Kamehameha Publishing

Kamehameha Publishing supports Kamehameha Schools’ mission by publishing and distributing Hawaiian language, culture, and community-based materials that engage learners as well as reinforce, and invigorate Hawaiian cultural vitality.

"Papahana Kuaola, located in the ʻili of Waipao, in the ahupuaʻa of Heʻeia is an aloha ʻāina-based education organization connecting our past with a sustainable future. Their mission is to cultivate ʻāina and kānaka to nurture learning, relationships, and lifestyles that enable all Hawaiʻi to thrive. Their vision is to have kānaka, ʻāina, and ākua in balance."

The Moʻolelo Monday page of their website features "modern moʻolelo depicting the culture, values, language or traditions of Hawaiʻi, will be shared through a virtual platform. These mo‘olelo promote literacy within the classroom and home, and encourage ʻohana to read and learn together. Moʻolelo are shared by staff and guest storytellers."

--from Papahana Kuaola website

Aupuni Palapala is an education professional development office that seeks to increase knowledge and implementation of Hawaiian values, language, culture and history within Hawaiʻi Department of Education classrooms across ko Hawaiʻi paeʻāina by providing, presenting, and promoting culturally relevant professional development.

"Our Virtual Field Trip Program brings Hawaiʻi’s natural resources to you, wherever you are. Our virtual field trips use 360˚ photos, videos, and interviews to provide an exploratory, educational experience. We design our field trips with classrooms in mind: teachers can project the field trip on a large screen and guide their students through the field trip all at once, or let individual students explore the field trip on their own devices and at their own pace. 

From the Center of Disability Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Growing Pono Schools is culture & place-based resource that providing a myriad of supports: 

• Growing Pono Schools Curriculum

• Ponot Pass It On

• Ulu Aʻe Transition Project 

• Culture-based Resources & Curricula 

• Teacher support in classrooms