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Hawaiʻi Kai is the largest of several communities at the eastern end of the island. The area was largely developed by Henry J. Kaiser around the ancient Maunalua fishpond and wetlands area known as Kuapā (meaning "fishpond wall"). Hawaiʻi Kai or Koko Marina was dredged from Kuapā Pond starting around 1959.
The name Maunalua (from Mauna = mountain and [ʻe]lua = two, in the native Hawaiian language) refers to the designation of the area what is now referred to as "Hawaii Kai." The mountains, located inland from Portlock Point, are the 645 feet (197 meters) high Koko Head , and about 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometers) east thereof, close to Hanauma Bay the ...
Hawaii Kai was next to Kalama Valley, an existing community of working-class Hawaii locals. Before Kaiser's development plan, the land was a salt-water marsh , much like Waikiki before the construction of the Ala Wai canal . [ 1 ]
3. Spam. Spam is super popular in Hawaii, and McDonald's is capitalizing on it. During World War II, soldiers were served the canned meat because it was portable, shelf-stable, full of protein ...
Kona Brewing Hawaii is a brewery and pub headquartered in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii's Big Island with a sister location in Hawai‘i Kai on O‘ahu. Formerly owned by Craft Brew Alliance, Kona is now owned by PV Brewing Partners since September 2020. The state-of-the-art brewery on Hawai‘i Island produces approximately 10 styles of beer that are ...
Kapu kai: the ritual purification of bathing in the sea. Kapukapu: to be decorous. Kapukapu kai: the ritual of lifting a ban by sprinkling sea water. Kapu kū mamao: the law on commoners to be separate from the chiefs. Kapuku: "to restore life" in Hawaiian. Kapu loa: To be strictly forbidden. Kapu moe: protocol of prostration.
Hawaii’s signature barbecue style is best exemplified by the state’s most famous dish: kalua pig, which cooks for hours in an underground pit (called an imu) heated with hot volcanic rocks and ...
More than 140 million individual federal income tax returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the April 15 federal deadline for most taxpayers, according to the Internal Revenue Service.