HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Over the last five decades, the Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana (PKO) has led hundreds of trips to Kaho‘olawe.
The ‘ohana behind the journey
Those journeys are not possible without the Lu’uwai family of Makena, Maui, captains of the Pualele and Pualele Iki, the main transport vessels to the island.
“We plan our whole year around access now. If we can’t do it, they won’t go,” said Kaleialoha Lu‘uwai. “We get the schedule for the whole year, and we gotta plan the dates. It’s a big kuleana for us. We enjoy it. It gives us a sense of meaning, and our ties with Kaho‘olawe have been for generations.”
It’s a true family commitment. Kaleialoha’s father started taking the PKO over in the early 1980s, and they’ve lost count of how many voyages they’ve made since…