Services
Hawaiian culture and mālama
Cultural programming arranged with practitioners who decide what is shared, and give-back days with community organisations who know what the land needs.
Practitioner-led
They decide what is shared.
Paid as professionals
A line of its own on your estimate.
Community mālama
Work the land needs.
Language checked
ʻOkina and kahakō included.
What we handle
Learn the place, and leave it better.
Lei greetings and lei making
A welcome on arrival, and a session where guests make their own.
Opening protocol
Blessings led by a kahu, when the occasion calls for one.
Hula and oli
Presented by practitioners and hālau, as culture rather than costume.
Moʻolelo
The stories of a place, told by people who belong to it.
Mālama days
Reforestation, fishpond and shoreline work with established organisations.
Language review
Program names and Hawaiian words checked before anything is printed.
Where programs go wrong
The usual problems, and how we handle them.
The problem
Culture presented as a costume show.
How we handle it
Practitioners lead, decide what is shared and are paid as professionals.
The problem
Not knowing the right protocol.
How we handle it
We introduce a practitioner who advises what fits the occasion, and we brief guests beforehand.
The problem
Hawaiian words misspelled in print.
How we handle it
We check names, signage and printed materials, ʻokina and kahakō included.
The problem
Give-back days that are more photo than work.
How we handle it
Mālama days are led by established community organisations doing work the land needs.
In pictures
Questions
What planners ask us.
Anything else, ask us directly. We aim to reply the same business day.
Can a blessing open our conference?
Often, yes. A kahu may offer pule (prayer) or oli. We introduce a practitioner, who advises whether a blessing fits the occasion.
Can our team learn hula?
Yes, in sessions led by practitioners as cultural learning, not costume entertainment.
How are practitioners paid?
As professionals, for their time, preparation and travel. Their fee appears as its own line on your estimate.
What does a mālama day involve?
Hands-on work alongside an established community organisation, such as planting native species, restoring a fishpond wall or cleaning a shoreline. The organisation sets the work and leads the session.
How should guests take part?
Follow the practitioner's lead and ask before taking photographs. We brief guests beforehand.
Can you check our Hawaiian names and wording?
Yes. We review program names, signage and printed materials, including the ʻokina and kahakō, before anything goes to print. Send us what you have.
Also on the island
Everything else we arrange.
Event design & production
One idea, carried from the first sketch to the last cue.
Transportation
Every movement planned, timed and led.
Dining experiences
The table is where a group becomes a group.
Activities & charters
Time on the island, not just in the hotel.
Hotels & private estates
The right rooms, on the right terms.
Staffing & on-site management
Your team on the ground.
Let's talk
Tell us what you have in mind.
Service, island, rough dates and group size are enough to start. We aim to reply the same business day.