Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 39, Number 4, 1 April 2022 — MEA O LOKO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MEA O LOKO

) table of contents Apelila (April) 2022 | Vol. 39, No. 04

MO'OLELO NUI | C0VER FEATURE

2022 is "Yearofthe I Limu" PAGES 16-18 BY KIM KAMALU'OKEAKUA MOA

The state's proclamation of 2022 as "Year of the

Limu" affirms the important work of limu advocates and educators to pass on traditional and ecological limu knowledge. NĀ HOPENA OLAKINA | HEALĪH 0UTC0MES Healing the Lāhui pages -s BY ED KALAMA An Office of Hawaiian Affairs grant is helping Hālau o Huluena perpetuate the traditional Hawaiian medical practice of lā'au lapa'au.

MO'OMEHEU | CULTURE Merrie Monarch Welcomes a Live Audience page? BYCHERYL CHEETSUTSUMI Merrie Monarch Festival organizers, kumu hulu and their dancers are excited to weleome back a live audience to the Edith Kanaka'ole Stadium after two long years. 'ĀINA | LANŪ AND WATER Red Hill Decision Generates Cautious 0ptimism pagesio« BY PUANANI FERNANDEZ-AKAMINE Kia'i wai (water protectors) assume a wait-and-see posture following the announcement that the Red Hill Fuel Storage facility would be defueled and permanently closed.