Every Friday Seascape at Maui Ocean Center presents Migrations, a curated, multicultural dining experience that explores the history and cultures of Hawaiʻi.
Enjoy a one-of-a-kind evening with storytelling, song, dance, and delicious international foods.
Reserve your seat today at /migrations/
Pacific Whale Foundation serves as Mauiâs marine debris rapid response organization. Staff and volunteers remove large fishing nets, document recovered materials and operate a public hotline â 833-4DA-NETS â for debris reporting.
Support conservation efforts:
PC: Anna Garner
Treecovery Hawaiʻi provides trees to residents and public spaces across Maui, working to rebuild canopy lost to recent fires while planning for long-term replanting beyond the burn zones.
Through a network of grow hubs in places like Wailea, Kahului Airport and private properties, volunteers raise, re-pot and hold trees until homes, parks and streets are ready to receive them.
Read the full story: /treecovery-hawaii-lahaina-banyan-tree-recovery-maui/
PC: Selket Kaufman, Chris Amundson, Treecovery Hawaiʻi
Mele: The Hawaiian Music Experience brings HawaiÊ»iâs songs to life every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in Maui Ocean Centerâs Sphere Theater.
This immersive 360-degree performance combines Hawaiian music with vivid island imagery, hula, and cultural storytelling. Perfect for families and couples, Mele now shines brighter than ever with newly installed projectors delivering higher definition and crystal-clear clarity.
Tickets are required; to reserve please visit /mele-the-hawaiian-music-experience/
PC: Maui Ocean Center
Each spring in Olinda, blooming jacarandas mark the return of the Seabury Hall Craft Fair, where more than 100 vendors fill craftersâ row with handmade jewelry, woodwork, art and clothing from Maui artisans.
Now in its 50th year, the fair takes place Saturday, May 9, bringing families to the Upcountry campus for food, music and activities while raising funds for student financial aid.
Read the full story: https://na2.hubs.ly/H05f8Y_0
PC: Seabury Hall Craft Fair/Nicole Brooke Photography
Fewer than 140 main Hawaiian Islands false killer whales are estimated to remain in the island-associated population. Pacific Whale Foundation researchers monitor the population through photo-identification, tagging and field observation to better understand survival pressures.
Learn more about ongoing research: /sponsored-pacific-whale-foundation-2-protecting-hawaiis-marine-wildlife/
PC: Pacific Whale Foundation
The final four in our 2026 Shaka List. Mahalo to all who continue to shape, support and care for Maui. See you next year.
Read the full Shaka List: /2026-shaka-list-16-reasons-to-love-maui/
PC: Travis Morrin, Chris Amundson
The next four reflect the islandâs creative pulse â shaped by artists, makers and storytellers who bring people together and keep community at the center. Itâs these connections that carry Maui forward.
Read the full Shaka List: /2026-shaka-list-16-reasons-to-love-maui/
PC: Wailuku First Friday, Mele Ukulele
These four span different corners of Maui â a PÄÊ»ia scoop shop, time on the water, a storied harbor and a community fair â each grounded in a distinct sense of place.
Read the full Shaka List: /2026-shaka-list-16-reasons-to-love-maui/
PC: Travis Morrin, Daniel Sullivan
Each year, we recognize the people, places and moments that make life on Maui special â from longtime institutions to quiet corners of the island and those working behind the scenes to care for land, culture and community. In no particular order, here are 16 things that remind us why Maui will always be nĆ ka Ê»oi.
Read the full Shaka List: /2026-shaka-list-16-reasons-to-love-maui/
PC: Travis Morrin
Our first issue of 2026 highlights a mix of food, culture and conservation through the Shaka List, the story of Whale Trust, a closer look inside Aurum Maui and more from across the island.
Maui NĆ Ka Ê»Oi Magazine immerses readers in the unique culture of this island through beautiful photography and expert storytelling in a glossy keepsake print magazine. Six bimonthly issues feature travel, history, nature, food, architecture and the people who define our way of life.
Subscribe at and bring the spirit of Maui into your home all year long.
PC: Travis Morrin
Photo-identification research allows scientists to track individual humpback whales across generations. Pacific Whale Foundation has documented returning whales in Maui Nui for decades, building one of HawaiÊ»iâs longest-running humpback whale research efforts.
Learn how research connects Alaska and Hawaiʻi: /sponsored-pacific-whale-foundation-1-maui-humpback-whale-season/
PC: Pacific Whale Foundation
