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Deaths. Dozens (including Cook) On 14 February 1779, English explorer Captain James Cook attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief ( aliʻi nui) of the island of Hawaii, after the native Hawaiians had stolen a longboat from Cook's expedition. As Cook attempted to take the chief to his ship, they were confronted by a crowd of ...
The Haʻikū Stairs, also known as the Stairway to Heaven or Haʻikū Ladder, is a steep, steel step structure that is currently being dismantled and removed. It provided pedestrian access to former U.S. Navy communication facilities on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaii [ 1] with more than 3,000 steps along O‘ahu's Ko'olau mountain range. [ 2]
Banzai Pipeline. The Banzai Pipeline, or simply Pipeline or Pipe, is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O'ahu 's North Shore. A reef break is an area in the ocean where waves start to break once they reach the shallows of a reef. Pipeline is known for huge waves that break in shallow water just above a ...
The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a coup d'état against Queen Liliʻuokalani that took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oʻahu, and was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu. [ 5][ 6] The Committee prevailed upon American minister ...
Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death ( ROD) is a fungal disease that is rapidly killing forests of ʻōhiʻa ( Metrosideros polymorpha )—an ecologically important native tree species within the Hawaiian Islands that has provided a plethora of habitats for endangered birds and other species. [1] Initially reported by landowners in Puna in 2010, ROD spread ...
Interstate H-3. Interstate H-3 ( H-3) is an Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of Hawaii on the island of Oʻahu. H-3 is also known as the John A. Burns Freeway, after the second governor of Hawaii. It crosses the Koʻolau Range along several viaducts and through the 5,165-foot-long (1,574 m) Tetsuo Harano Tunnels as well ...
Echelon West Oahu, a young-professionals branch of The Salvation Army Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division, has invited over 870 students to its inaugural Inspire Day to educate them about career ...
Kapu (Hawaiian culture) "Kapu" used on a "no trespassing" sign. Kapu is the ancient Hawaiian code of conduct of laws and regulations. The kapu system was universal in lifestyle, gender roles, politics and religion. An offense that was kapu was often a capital offense, but also often denoted a threat to spiritual power, or theft of mana.