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Added to NRHP. January 17, 1973. Heʻeia Fishpond (Hawaiian: Loko Iʻa O Heʻeia) is an ancient Hawaiian fishpond located at Heʻeia on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. A walled coastal pond (loko iʻa kuapā), it is the only Hawaiian fishpond fully encircled by a wall (kuapā). Constructed sometime between the early 1200s and early 1400s, it was ...
On Oʻahu, the private non-profit organization Paepae o Heʻeia ("Threshold of Heʻeia") is rehabilitating the roughly 600-to–800-year-old Heʻeia Fishpond, which is a walled (kuapa-style) enclosure in Heʻeia covering 88 acres (36 ha) of brackish water. [7]
ʻUluakimata I. ʻUluaki-mata, also known as Teleʻa (active c. 1580-1600 CE [1]), was the twenty-ninth Tuʻi Tonga. He was reportedly one of the mightiest of these rulers, although his power was often characterized as spiritual rather than political. Many traditions recount that his reign was marked by great social changes.
Rākei-hikuroa was a rangatira (chieftain) of Ngāti Kahungunu, who may have lived in the fifteenth century.His efforts to establish his son Tūpurupuru as upoko ariki (paramount chief) of Ngāti Kahungunu led to a conflict with his brother-in-law, Kahutapere, who expelled him from the Gisborne region, beginning a long-lasting conflict within Ngāti Kahungunu.
Te Paepae o Aotea Marine Reserve was established around them in 2006. [3] [4] The area is popular with divers due to good visibility (35–40 m), spectacular scenery and colourful marine life. [2] The rocks and marine reserve are accessible by boat. There are several boat ramps, boating facilities and charter boat services in Eastern Bay of ...
Te Paepae o Aotea (Volkner Rocks) Marine Reserve is a marine reserve covering an area of 1,267 hectares (3,130 acres) in the Bay of Plenty of New Zealand's North Island. It includes an area around Te Paepae o Aotea , 55 kilometres (34 mi) north-northwest of Whakatāne and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of Whakaari/White Island .
Līloa. Līloa was a ruler of the island of Hawaii in the late 15th century. [ 1] He kept his royal compound in Waipi'o Valley . Līloa was the firstborn son of Kiha-nui-lulu-moku, one of the noho aliʻi (ruling elite). He descended from Hāna-laʻa-nui. [ 2][ 3] Līloa's mother Waioloa [ 4] (or Waoilea [ 5] ), his grandmother Neʻula, and his ...
Liloa's Kāʻei. Līloa's Kāʻei (Liloa's Sash) or Kāʻei Kapu o Liloa (the sacred sash of Līloa) is the sacred feathered sash of Līloa, king of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. The Statue of Kamehameha the Great, commissioned by King Kalākaua, displayed the kāʻei. [1] It is in the collection of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. This kāʻei is ...