Mālama I Ke Kai Speaker Series

Aloha, we hosted the Mālama I Ke Kai Speaker Series from 2021-2023! The virtual speaker series was a way to connect during the COVID pandemic, free to the public. Topics include case studies and experiences of indigenous and local community management of marine areas, co-management, replenishment and protected area planning, and community engagement. The wisdom of these talks lives on via their recordings - please continue to enjoy them! Mahalo!

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Watch our video "Connecting Communities in the Time of COVID-19" featured at the 2022 Hawai'i Conservation Conference where the Network recaps how our Speaker Series kept us all connected during the isolating years of the pandemic. As Aunty Maile says in the film, "Connections are the lifeforce that drive us to continue our work."

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The Maui Nui Makai Network’s Mālama I Ke Kai: Speaker Series is meant to inspire and inform Hawaiʻi community leaders and is companion to the Maui Nui Makai Network's Mālama I Ke Kai: Community Action Guide released in 2020. 

​Speaker Series Recordings 2021-2023
Click on Episode name for recording!

Episode 18 | Kīpahulu Moku CBSFA, Kamalei Pico, Aunty Tweetie, Kane, Pekelo, & Ka'uiki Lind of Kīpahulu 'Ohana (December 7, 2023)
Episode 17 | Onna Village Fisheries Cooperation, Masami Yamashiro (September 15, 2023)
Episode 16 | We Are Oceania, Josie Howard (July 20, 2023)
Episode 15 | Deep Sea Mining, Uncle Sol Kaho'ohalahala of Maunalei Ahupua'a CMMA & UH Mānoa Professor of Oceanography Jeff Drazen (June 15, 2023)
Episode 14 | Northern Chumash Tribal Council, Chair Violet Sage Walker, Elder Mike Khus-Zarate, & Executive Assistant Gianna Patchen (March 16, 2023)
Episode 13 | Ka Honua Momona, Tiani Cook & Shaye Lauifi (January 19, 2023)
Episode 12 | Year of the Limu 2022, Malia Heimuli & Lei Wann-Keli'iho'omalu of the Limu Hui (November 17, 2022)
Episode 11 | We Love 'Opihi, Hank Eharis of Nā Mamo O Mūʻolea, Scott Crawford of Kīpahulu 'Ohana, Emily Fielding of The Nature Conservancy, & Dr. Chris Bird of Texas A&M University (May 19, 2022)
Episode 10 | Fijian funerals and Social/Ecological Resilience, Ron Vave (March 17, 2022)
Episode 9 | Ahupua'a Restoration at Kāko’o ‘Ōiwi, Kanekoa Shultz (February 17, 2022)
Episode 8 | Hāʻena CBSFA 5-year Review, Presley Wann, Keli'i Alapai, & Emily Cadiz of Hui Makaʻāinana o Makana (January 20, 2022)
Episode 7 | What is Kaʻūpūlehu's "Try Wait" Initiative?, Hannah Kihalani Springer of the Kaʻūpūlehu Marine Life Advisory Committee (November 18, 2021)
Episode 6 | Oneisomw: Building Community Resilience In Chuuk, Paul Freddy and Marcellus Akapito of the Oneisomw Community, Federated States of Micronesia (October 21, 2021)
Episode 5 | Huliʻia: A Practical Approach for Monitoring Your Resources, Pelika Andrade of Nā Maka Onaona (September 16, 2021)
Episode 4 | INDIGENOUS=INGENIUS: Kanaka Science to Support Aloha ʻĀina, Kelson Poepoe, Pekelo Lind & Kehau Springer (August 19, 2021)
Episode 3 | Establishing Fisheries Co-Management Areas in Kenya, George Maina of Africa Fisheries, The Nature Conservancy (July 15, 2021)
Episode 2 | Miloliʻi Community Based Subsistence Fishing Area, Ka'imi Kaupiko & Laika Kaupu of Kalanihale (June 17, 2021)
Episode 1 | Stories from Yurok Nation, Javier Kinney of the Yurok Tribe (May 20, 2021)

One of the goals of the Maui Nui Makai Network is to grow community makai (seaward) management to every moku (district) in Maui Nui. Here we offer some tools and values that have helped our community groups organize and move into action towards makai management, and invite you to read and share this information with your communities. Please contact the Network Coordinator with any questions.

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