Hoʻokahi nō lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo ka mihi

Museum After Hours
Hoʻokahi nō lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo ka mihi
Friday, October 10, 2025
5 pm – 9 pm

Location: Hawaiian Hall Complex | Gallery Lawns
$10 pre-sale, $15 at the door for General Admission. Free for Bishop Museum Members.

In partnership with the Mary Kawena Pukui Cultural Preservation Society, Bishop Museum invites you to celebrate the life, work and legacy of our hero of cultural preservation, Mary Kawena Pukui. Join us as we delve into a deeper understanding of hoʻoponopono, a traditional Hawaiian practice of conflict resolution and restoring balance, as taught and lived by our kūpuna. Our honored guests, Loea Hoʻoponopono Lynette Kahekili Kaopuiki Paglinawan, PhD and Manulani Aluli Meyer, PhD will guide this exploration of reflections and meditations on hoʻoponopono.

Mrs. Paglinawan, a respected social worker who worked closely with Mary Kawena Pukui, will share her personal experiences learning directly from Mrs. Pukui. She will reflect on how Pukui’s teachings shaped her approach to social work, community well-being and her continued transmission of ʻike hoʻoponopono, grounding her practice in the cultural values of aloha, pono, and lōkahi. Dr. Aluli Meyer, a leading scholar and practitioner of Indigenous leadership and education, will join Paglinawan in conversation to explore how hoʻoponopono continues to serve as a vital framework for healing in contemporary times. Together, they will weave stories, scholarship, and practice, inviting participants to consider how this tradition might be carried forward to meet today’s challenges.

This program is part of the 2025 Nānā I Ke Kumu Series | Honoring the Legacy of Mary Kawena Pukui, a collaborative effort between the Mary Kawena Pukui Cultural Preservation Society and Bishop Museum, celebrating the ways Pukui’s scholarship, mentorship, and cultural wisdom continue to nourish and guide the lāhui.

ʻŌlelo Noʻeau 1077
Hoʻokahi no lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo ka mihi.
There is one remedy — repentance.

For information on the full series of events dedicated to Mrs. Pukui, please click this link: 2025 Nānā i ke Kumu Series | Honoring and Perpetuating the Legacy of Mary Kawena Pukui

The Mary Kawena Pukui Cultural Preservation Society’s purpose is to be a unique and invaluable educational resource based on the life’s work of Mary Kawena Pukui, who dedicated her life to the preservation of the Hawaiian culture and language, authoring over 50 scholarly publications, composing over 150 songs and chants. Pukui was widely recognized as a historian, translator, author, teacher, lecturer, composer, researcher, genealogist, hula expert. lexicographer and more.

Header photo courtesy of Loea Hoʻoponopono Lynette Kahekili Kaopuiki Paglinawan; Mrs. Pukui with Lynette and Līkeke Paglinawan.