Miss Aloha Hula 2022, a University of Hawai’i graduate student, has been selected to represent Nike’s N7 collection. Piʻikea Kekīhenelehuawewehiikekauʻōnohi Lopes, 22, is the first kānaka ʻōiwi ...

For the first time ever, the former Miss Aloha Hula's will perform on stage together at this year's Merrie Monarch. The hula competition was added to the Merrie Monarch Festival in 197 – and since ...

HILO, Hawai'i (Island News) -- The 61st Merrie Monarch competition kicked off last night in Hilo with 13 women vying for the title of Miss Aloha Hula 2024, Ka'onohikaumakaakeawe Lopes claimed the ...

Data from the 2020 U.S. census found that, for the first time, more Native Hawaiians were living away from the islands than not.

HILO — Moments after her hula sister, Kayli Ka‘iulani Carr of Halau Hi‘iakainamakalehua performed her final dance as Miss Aloha Hula 2016, Kelina Kiyoko Ke‘ano‘ilehua Tiffany Eldredge of the same ...

HILO — A 21-year-old Maui woman is Miss Aloha Hula 2018. Cheers erupted from her hula sisters, who were seated in the bleachers directly behind public address announcer Kimo Kahoano in the Edith ...

HILO >> When Miss Aloha Hula Kayli Ka‘iulani Carr stepped on stage at the Merrie Monarch competition for her auana (modern-style) performance, it was as if she became one with the emotions of her love ...

Growing up, both Maui contestants in this year’s Miss Aloha Hula competition admired their older hula sisters who graced the stage in the soloist competition at the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo. On ...

HILO » Tori Hulali Canha’s journey to being chosen Miss Aloha Hula began when she was a toddler and culminated in a performance that honored the things she holds dear: her kupuna and her Valley Island ...

Aloha Dalire, a master of hula, in 1971 was the first winner of Hawaii's premier competition. She died in August, but her legacy continues through hula schools she helped open in Japan and the U.S. We ...

WASHINGTON — The DMV just got a little closer to paradise, and trust me — you’ll want to take a bite. As WTOP’s resident “Hawaiian” (I was raised on the Big Island of Hawai`i, but am not of Hawaiian ...