{"id":99835,"date":"2025-09-03T13:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T23:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=99835"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T02:54:28","slug":"hurray-for-heeia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/hurray-for-heeia\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurray for He\u2018eia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_99836\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99836\" class=\"wp-image-99836 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/mwo_cover_090325-2-copy-800x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/mwo_cover_090325-2-copy-800x678.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/mwo_cover_090325-2-copy-450x381.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/mwo_cover_090325-2-copy-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/mwo_cover_090325-2-copy-1536x1301.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/mwo_cover_090325-2-copy-2048x1735.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/mwo_cover_090325-2-copy-335x284.jpg 335w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/mwo_cover_090325-2-copy-1050x889.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-99836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Lawrence Tabudlo<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s taken a quarter of a century, but He\u2018eia Fishpond will soon be free of mangrove, thanks to the restoration efforts of Paepae o He\u2018eia and its leaders, <\/span><span class=\"s2\"><b>Hi\u2018ilei Kawelo<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> and <\/span><span class=\"s2\"><b>Keli\u2018i Kotubetey<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It wasn\u2019t long ago that He\u02bbeia\u2019s most recognizable&nbsp;coastal landmark \u2014 its circular fishpond that was built sometime in the 12th century&nbsp;\u2014 had been lost to the general public, hidden behind and under a dense forest of mangrove trees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Longtime Windward O\u02bbahu resident Hi\u02bbilei Kawelo remembers those days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI grew up in Kailua, but my \u02bbohana is from Kahalu\u02bbu,\u201d Kawelo says. \u201cI spent my whole life going back and forth on Kamehameha Highway, attending family parties at He\u02bbeia State Park and crossing the bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cAnd I never knew the fishpond existed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">But that began to change in the late \u201990s. The ancient loko i\u02bba that was once lost to the masses had suddenly been found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Since then, most of the invasive mangrove that previously blanketed the site and threatened to choke the life out of it has been cleared away, revealing a magnificent and massive 1.3-mile wall, or kuap\u0101. One of the structure\u2019s most impressive features is its seven sluice gates, or m\u0101k\u0101h\u0101, which allow both fresh and salt water to enter the 88-acre site and maintain its brackish-water environment. The briny conditions are perfect for hosting a variety of aquatic life, including fish (\u02bbama \u02bbama, palani, \u0101holehole, p\u0101pio, etc.), crab, shrimp and eels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Yet despite the fishpond\u2019s optimal&nbsp;setting, a portion of mangrove \u2014 which was introduced to He\u02bbeia more than a century ago and which gained an even stronger foothold following heavy flooding in May 1965 \u2014 still remains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Fortunately, the days of the mangrove are just about numbered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">A community workday called Mo\u02bbokuap\u0101 is taking place later this year (Dec. 13) when a hopeful army of volunteers will gather to remove the remaining 300 feet of thicket along the fishpond\u2019s mauka wall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Kawelo \u2014 who serves as executive director of Paepae o He\u02bbeia, a nonprofit dedicated to the restoration and maintenance of the fishpond \u2014 is aiming for a sizable turnout of volunteers. She\u2019s also looking forward to finally saying good riddance to the once ubiquitous and annoying tropical plant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cWe\u2019re hoping to get 2,000 (volunteers),\u201d she says. \u201cDec. 13 will mark the end of the restoration \u2026 an<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>opportunity to put the finishing touches on this last section of mangrove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">T<\/span><span class=\"s1\">o fund Mo\u02bbokuap\u0101, the community benefit N\u0101 Mo\u02bbolelo Hawai\u02bbi will be staged from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 18 at Windward Mall. There, attendees will be treated to a family mask-decorating activity, a high school visual storytelling competition, and readings by well-known storytellers Lopaka Kapanui and Moses Goods, an actor who stars in the brand-new Apple TV+ series <i>Chief of War<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cN\u0101 Mo\u02bbolelo Hawai\u02bbi is a k\u0101hea (call out)&nbsp;for everyone,\u201d says event planner Billie Gabriel. \u201cIt\u2019s family-oriented, it\u2019s imaginative and it\u2019s interactive. It supports storytelling through culture and arts.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">During the benefit, tales of the fishpond wall will be shared to honor those who have contributed \u201cto 800 years of existence and the last 25 years of restoration,\u201d says Kawelo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The occasion, she adds, will be \u201ca pule (prayer) of continuum.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Those interested in mask decorations may purchase $15 kits starting on Sept. 15. The materials will be distributed on the day of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Meanwhile, the storytelling competition (10 a.m.-1 p.m.) will feature student and k\u016bpuna teams creating mo\u02bbolelo (stories, myths, legends) about O\u02bbahu\u2019s spine-tingling encounters with torch-bearing Night Marchers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Finally, Kapanui and Goods\u2019 storytelling sessions (10:30 a.m.-noon) will be staged at Regal Theaters. Seating is limited and general admission tickets may be bought beginning Sept. 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Aside from funding the community workday in December, monies raised will also go toward the purchase of moss rock and coral to complete the restoration of the fishpond wall \u2014 all in an effort to, according to Gabriel, \u201chelp Paepae o He\u02bbeia continue the mo\u02bbolelo of our k\u016bpuna who first built this He\u02bbeia fishpond for our maka\u02bb\u0101inana (people of the land).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kawelo first became aware of the fishpond while a student at the University of Hawai\u02bbi in the late &#8217;90s. At the time, she \u201chad all this energy and wanted to fix everything,\u201d and so she decided to jump into a class project at the loko i\u02bba.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cWe cleared a section of the wall and freed it of mangrove, which was all around the perimeter with the highest concentration by the bridge,\u201d Kawelo recalls. \u201cWe could only walk single file along the wall and duck under branches because it was just a tunnel of mangrove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Her interest in the fishpond\u2019s well-being eventually led to the formation of Paepae o He\u02bbeia in 2001. Kawelo is one of seven co-founders of the nonprofit and has guided the group since 2007, when she stepped in for departing executive director and co-founder Mahina Paishon-Duarte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cMahina was actually the first to start volunteering out here at the fishpond,\u201d Kawelo says. \u201cShe\u2019s still around and we still partner up on a ton of things. In fact, she still gives me pointers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">While Kawelo admits to feeling a sense of accomplishment with the transformation of the fishpond, she also notes that the primary mission of Paepae o He\u02bbeia has always been geared toward teaching others. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIt\u2019s about educating our people and our students, and engaging learners. The restoration part was always second,\u201d she explains. \u201cBut somewhere along the way the two goals became complementary, and it makes all the sense in the world to have students involved in the restoration process so that there\u2019s skin in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The organization accomplishes its educational pursuits through partnerships with several primary and secondary schools. (Even college students from here and abroad have been active learners and participants at the fishpond.) Currently, Paepae o He\u02bbeia collaborates with H\u0101lau K\u016b M\u0101na and M\u0101lama Honua public charter schools, as well as Mid-Pacific Institute and King Intermediate School. This year, eighth-graders from Kamehameha Schools will also become part of the partnership program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI think they\u2019ll be coming out eight times during the calendar year. It\u2019s a great thing, and we\u2019re so excited about it,\u201d Kawelo says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Looking ahead, Kawelo envisions the fishpond ultimately turning into a site for sustainable fish harvesting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI\u2019d love to see that, especially now that the restoration is almost done,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Yet even with the mangrove nearly vanquished and the majority of the wall restored, there are new threats on the horizon \u2014 namely, upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea) and invasive seaweed like Lyngbya and Gorilla Ogo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">According to Kawelo, He\u02bbeia Fishpond can\u2019t be fully healthy until the jellyfish and seaweed are removed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cBut it\u2019s tough to get rid of them,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">At the moment, the nonprofit is searching for solutions. Fellow Paepae co-founder Keli\u02bbi Kotubetey, who serves as the nonprofit\u2019s assistant executive director, believes a multi-pronged attack will be needed to succeed against the invading jellyfish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cPutting something into the pond that\u2019s native and will eat jellies \u2014 like turtles \u2014 would be wonderful,\u201d Kotubetey says. \u201cOf course, they\u2019re endangered, so you\u2019re not supposed to touch them or handle them. But if we could figure out a (legal) way to get turtles into the pond, that might be able to help us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In the meantime, Kawelo and the rest of Paepae o He\u02bbeia will \u2014 like the life-sustaining water passing through the m\u0101k\u0101h\u0101 \u2014 keep flowing forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cYou can\u2019t be stagnant,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re too busy restoring our community and restoring our cultural practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">But she\u2019s also patient. Twenty-five years of battling mangrove has taught her how to pace herself and play the long game well. Come December, her endurance will be well-rewarded when the last branches of the invasive tree are finally hauled away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cSlow and steady,\u201d Kawelo says.\u201cThat\u2019s what has allowed us kanaka to exist and <span class=\"s2\">persist all these many hundreds of years.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s taken a quarter of a century, but He\u2018eia Fishpond will soon be free of mangrove, thanks to the restoration..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":99836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hurray for He\u2018eia - 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