In the Hawaiian language, a mo`olelo is a story. This page has the Kona Historical Society's collection of mo'olelo as told by Hannah Springer or Ruby McDonald and researched by Jean Greenwell. We’d like to thank the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for making this possible.
Na Mo`olelo o Kona
- Kawanui, a favorite sport of old Hawai`i
- The Judd Trail
- Puuwaawaa
- Puuhonua o Honaunau
- The Sharks of Kahalu`u
- The Menehune Breakwater at Kahaluu Bay
- The Flow of 1801 and Kamehameha
- The Makahiki
- Alii Chiefs of old Hawai`i
- Kainaliu
- Kapu
- Kahaluu and the heiau of Makolea
- Kaahumanu
- Maniniowali
- Paaiea
- The Kona Orange
- Ai Noa or Free Eating
- Mamalahoe - The Law of the Splintered Paddle
- Opukahaia - a Kona Boy
- Poo Hawaii Pond at Keauhou
- Nawawa
- Kanaka Kope - Hawaiian Coffee
- Cattle or Pipi
- Puu Ohau
- Waiaha - Queen Emma’s Birthplace?
- Sugar or Ko
- Hookena
- Kauhou
- Stone Walls
- The Farmlands of Kona
- First Portrait of Kamehameha
- Ahuena Heiau
- Holua
- Kamakahonu
- Plymouth Rock of Hawaii
- Cattle or Pipi 2
- Kuemanu
- Kalanikopuu
- Mokuoahi
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Kona Historical Society
PO Box 398 Captain Cook, HI. 96704
Phone: 808-323-3222 ~ FAX: 808-323-2398
Email: khs@konahistorical.org