Sign up today for The Kohala Center’s next stewardship experience at Kahalu‘u Bay and Beach Park

Community members of all ages are invited to sign up for The Kohala Center’s 2026 Hoaʻāina Stewardship Experiences.

Registration is open now for the next Hoaʻāina Stewardship Day from 8 a.m. to noon March 14 at Kahalu‘u Bay and Beach Park in Kailua-Kona.

Hoaʻāina Stewardship Experiences are guided, half-day learning journeys designed to deepen pilina, or relationships, with Hawai‘i’s natural and cultural landscape, create space for meaningful exchanges between place and people as well as share in mālama ʻāina (care for the land).

Focus of the upcoming stewardship day will be on deepening connection with the wahi pana of Kahalu‘u and Hawai‘i’s coastal environments as hoaʻāina — friends of the land and loving caretakers — through four ‘āina stewardship practices.

Those who attend will learn about Kahaluʻu as ʻāina lei aliʻi, the lands that adorn the chiefs, and what made Kahaluʻu so special for generations.

Participants will engage in kilo, or intentional observation along the shoreline or in the water, so be sure to bring your snorkel gear if you’d like to take part in the water activity.

Moʻolelo, or oral history, of Kahalu‘u will be shared and a mo’olelo of the day will be collectively created as a form of knowledge transmission and reciprocity.

Those who attend can feel free to bring lunch if they’d like to stay after the program and talk story with The Kohala Center team and fellow hoa‘āina.

Space is limited and reservations tend to fill up fast, so sign up today.

Details about where to meet and what to bring will be provided in the days leading up to the event.

Contact The Kohala Center at 808-887-6411 or via email at info@kohalacenter.org for additional information or any questions.