ʻIolani Palace

On his birthday Saturday, there will be free visits for kamaʻāina, with entertainment by the Royal Hawaiian Band and a review by the King’s Color Guard. The Conversation talked to historian Ron Williams Jr. about Kalākaua's visit to San Diego before his death in 1891.

The portrait of Hawaiʻi’s last reigning monarch, painted in the 1890s, was on view outside of Hawaiʻi for the first time. In Washington, D.C., it was a centerpiece of an exhibit entitled “1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions." The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has been following the portrait since it left ʻIolani Palace in 2022.

Many have been concerned about the fate of the foundation Abigail Kawānanakoa set up to benefit Hawaiians. Tens of millions will go to about a dozen other people who had claims on her estate, including her wife.

A Hawaiʻi delegation recently traveled to the National Portrait Gallery in our nation's capital to welcome the official portrait of Queen Liliʻuokalani. It's the first time the 130-year-old oil portrait is on view outside of Hawaiʻi.The Conversation's Catherine Cruz traveled to Washington, D.C., and spoke with the delegation about sharing the queen's story and getting the chance to see their ancestors listed in the Kūʻē Petitions.

More than 1,600 people arrived at ʻIolani Palace on Sunday to pay their respects to the late Abigail Kawānanakoa. The Campbell estate heiress was considered by many a princess because of her royal lineage. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.

The day marks the moment that Queen Liliʻuokalani was forcibly removed from her throne in 1893, representing the collapse of the Hawaiian monarchy. Hundreds of marchers of all ages gathered Tuesday at ʻIolani Palace under the banner of ʻOnipaʻa, or unity.

The burial of Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, the Campbell estate heiress that some consider the last Hawaiian princess, has taken a decade to prepare for. It started with her request to the state Board of Land and Natural Resources for permission to join her adoptive parents buried at the royal cemetery, Mauna ʻAla.

The public will be allowed to enter at 2:00 p.m. from the pedestrian gate on King St. Gifts and leis will be allowed outside of the Palace, with the exception of food or liquor.

Abigail Kawānanakoa, the so-called last Hawaiian princess whose lineage included the royal family that once ruled the islands and an Irish businessman who became one of Hawaiʻi's largest landowners, died on Sunday. She was 96.

A Royal Hawaiian Movers van pulled up to ‘Iolani Palace to receive very precious cargo on Monday. The official portrait of Hawaiʻi’s last reigning monarch, Queen Lili’uokalani, will be part of an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has more.