Noʻeau ka hana a ka ua; akamai ka ʻimina o ka noʻonoʻo

Nānā i ke Kumu Series
Noʻeau ka hana a ka ua; akamai ka ʻimina o ka noʻonoʻo
Saturday, September 27, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Location: Atherton Hālau

$15 for Kamaʻāina and Military, includes Museum Admission
Included in regular Museum Admission rate for all others
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 for a special panel discussion featuring kumu hula and historian Nathan Nāpōkā, Dr. Noenoe Silva, Nanea Armstrong-Wassel and ʻIolani Kamauoha.

Our esteemed panel will share reflections on the relationship between their contemporary work and Pukui’s legacy. The panelists will weave together stories of Mrs. Pukui’s life, her tireless work and her monumental contributions to the ʻike housed in the Bishop Museum Library & Archives, ensuring it will be carried forward by new generations.

ʻŌlelo Noʻeau 2318
Noʻeau ka hana a ka ua; akamai ka ʻimina o ka noʻonoʻo.
Clever are the deeds of the rain; wise in seeking knowledge.
Said in admiration of a clever person.

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.