April 21st: Ho‘opulapula

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published April 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM HST

Ho‘opulapula means to rehabilitate. That's why we use it to describe homestead lands. They're called ‘āina ho‘opulapula, lands for the rehabilitation of Hawaiians/Homestead lands.

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