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Aʻo — partner-led learning in media, culture, gardens, and health
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Aʻo · Teaching & Learning Together

ʻIke — Wisdom Shared by Those Who Live It

In ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, aʻo means both to teach and to learn — knowledge moves in both directions. Every track below is created and cared for by a partner who carries deep ʻike (knowledge) in their field: ʻŌlelo Community Media, cultural practitioners, indigenous garden designers, and community health partners. Move at your own pace — growing in ʻike is part of how we find hope and heal, within ourselves and alongside one another.

Nā Ala Aʻo · Learning Pathways

Choose Your Ala (Path)

Each ala (path) is a sequence of modules. Mark modules complete to follow your own journey forward — your progress saves in your browser.

Community Media & Storytelling

Maintained by ʻŌlelo Community Media

From first interview to finished film — tell the stories of this place for public broadcast.

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  • Telling Your Community's Story

    What makes a story worth telling, and how to find it in your kaiāulu.

    Video18 min Open
  • Camera, Audio & Lighting Basics

    Hands-on fundamentals of capturing clear video and sound in the field.

    Video25 min Open

Cultural Protocol & Place

Maintained by Cultural Practitioners

Learn the protocol, language, and history that ground every program in this ahupuaʻa.

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  • Protocol & Pilina to Place

    Entering, honoring, and caring for a place with proper protocol.

    Reading12 min Open
  • Moʻolelo of Moanalua–Keehi

    The history and stories of the ahupuaʻa that shape this work.

    Video22 min Open

Indigenous Food Garden Design

Maintained by Indigenous Garden Design Hui

Design, plant, and maintain traditional food gardens — the training pathway from the Health & Wellness Hub.

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  • Reading the ʻĀina & Site Design

    Assess sun, water, and soil to design a productive food garden.

    Interactive28 min Open
  • Planting Kalo, ʻUala & Companions

    Traditional crops, spacing, and polyculture for a resilient garden.

    Video24 min Open
  • Maintenance & Water Stewardship

    Keeping a food garden healthy season to season.

    Reading15 minComing soon

Health Literacy Foundations

Maintained by Community Health Partners

Plain-language chronic disease prevention you can carry back to your ʻohana and community.

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  • Understanding Chronic Disease Risk

    How diabetes and heart disease develop — and what prevents them.

    Reading14 min Open
  • Building a Balanced Plate

    Apply the Health Hub's Plate Builder to everyday meals.

    Interactive20 min Open
Nā Kumu · Our Knowledge Keepers

Mālama Pono — Knowledge Held in Good Care

Mālama pono means to care for something rightly and well. Each partner mālama (tends) their own modules — keeping the ʻike accurate, living, and rooted in real experience — so what you learn carries the trust of those who walk it every day.

Community Health Partners

Health Literacy & Chronic Disease Prevention

Evidence-based, culturally grounded health education and prevention coaching for NHPI communities.

Cultural Practitioners

Cultural Protocol & Place-Based Learning

Place-based learning grounded in ʻāina, protocol, and the moʻolelo of Moanalua–Keehi.

Indigenous Garden Design Hui

Food Garden Design & Maintenance

Designing and maintaining kalo loʻi, ʻuala mounds, and polyculture food gardens using ahupuaʻa principles.

ʻŌlelo Community Media

Media Training

Public-access media training — video production, audio storytelling, and broadcast distribution for community voices.

Partners — Share and Mālama Your ʻIke

Partners care for the modules in their area of expertise. Sign in to your maintenance console to review and update the ʻike (knowledge) you steward for the community.

Partner Sign In

Access is role-based. Need a partner account? Contact us.

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