If you listen to the weather forecasts, you will often hear the name ʻAlenuihāhā, our Hawaiian word for today. It is the name of the channel between Hawaiʻi and Maui, and is often mispronounced. It means “great billows smashing.”
Local childrenʻs authors Kealani Netane and Pua Aquino shared the origins of their books and read a few pages to the children in the audience in our Atherton Performing Arts Studio on October 18th, 2025, and October 25th, 2025, respectively. Their storytelling session was part of our Live from the Atherton Storytellersʻ series, sponsored by HMSA.