Kamehameha I,also known as Kamehameha the Great,was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington,D.C.,as one of two statues it is entitled to install there.
Hawaii is the largest island in the United States,located in the eponymous state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands,a chain of volcanic islands in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,430 km2),it has 63% of the Hawaiian archipelago's combined landmass. However,it has only 13% of the archipelago's population. The island of Hawaiʻi is the third largest island in Polynesia,behind the north and south islands of New Zealand.
Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County,Hawaii,United States. It is also known as Kailua,as Kona and as Kona Town. Kailua-Kona is the second-largest settlement on the island of Hawaii and the largest on the island's west side,where it is the center of commerce and the tourist industry. Kailua-Kona is served by Kona International Airport,just to the north in the adjacent CDP of Kalaoa. The population was 19,713 at the 2020 census,up from 11,975 at the 2010 census.
Kamehameha Schools,formerly called Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate (KSBE),is a private school system in Hawaiʻi established by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate,under the terms of the will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop,who was a formal member of the House of Kamehameha. Bishop's will established a trust called the "Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate" that is Hawaiʻi's largest private landowner. Originally established in 1887 as an all-boys school for native Hawaiian children,it shared its grounds with the Bishop Museum. After it moved to another location,the museum took over two school halls. Kamehameha Schools opened its girls' school in 1894. It became coeducational in 1965. The 600-acre (2.4 km2) Kapālama campus opened in 1931,while the Maui and Hawaiʻi campuses opened in 1996 and 2001,respectively.
Kalihi is a neighborhood of Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi,United States. Split by Likelike Highway,it is flanked by Liliha,Chinatown,and Downtown Honolulu to the east and Mapunapuna,Moanalua,and Salt Lake to the west.
Hualalai Academy,was a K-12 college preparatory school,it was the first accredited private,independent,K-12 school in the Districts of North and South Kona on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
The Hawaiʻi Belt Road is a modern name for the Māmalahoa Highway and consists of Hawaiʻi state Routes 11,19,and 190 that encircle the Island of Hawaiʻi. The southern section,between Hilo and Kailua-Kona is numbered as Route 11. The section between Hilo and Waimea is Route 19. Between Waimea and Kailua-Kona,the road is split in two:the original "mauka" route and a "makai" Route 19,completed in 1975,which serves as access to the Kona and Kohala Coast resorts. In the Hawaiian language,mauka means "towards the mountain" and makai means "towards the sea". These terms are commonly used in travel directions.
Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi (1736–1804) was a Hawaiian high chief and the father of Kaʻahumanu. He was the principal agent in elevating Kamehameha I to the throne of Hawaiʻi and served in a capacity similar to commander in chief or Prime Minister. He is sometimes referred to as Keʻeaumoku II Pāpaʻiahiahi numbering Keʻeaumoku Nui as the first and his son as the third.
Kamakahonu,the residence of Kamehameha I,was located at the north end of Kailua Bay in Kailua-Kona on Hawaiʻi Island.
Keaweaheulu Kaluaʻapana was a Hawaiian high chief and maternal great-grandfather of King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani. He was among Kamehameha I's council of chiefs and was one of the Five Kona chiefs.
Kameʻeiamoku was a Hawaiian high chief and the Counselor of State to King Kamehameha I. He was called Kamehameha's uncle,but he was really the cousin of Kamehameha's mother,Kekuiapoiwa II.
Kalanikeʻeaumoku was an aliʻi (noble) of Hawaii (island) of the Kona district and part of Kohala district and grandfather of Kamehameha I.
Kekuʻiapoiwa II was a Hawaiian chiefess and the mother of the king Kamehameha I.
Kahaluʻu Bay is a historic district and popular recreation area on the Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
Keauhou Bay is a historic area in the Kona District of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. The name comes from ke au hou which means "the new era" in the Hawaiian Language.
ʻAkahi was a high chiefess and female landholder of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Also known as "Akahi-a-Kaleiwohi",she was named after her great-grandmother Akahi-a-Kuleana. ʻAkahi was also the name of Akahi-a-Kuleana,the mother of 15th-century Hawaiian king ʻUmi-a-Līloa. A relation of the ruling House of Kamehameha,ʻAkahi was married to Kahekili Keʻeaumoku II and Kalanimoku,two prominent Hawaiian high chiefs and politicians during the early 19th century. She lived most of her life on the island of Hawaii where she was allocated vast landholdings after the Great Mahele of 1848. After her death in 1877,these lands were inherited by her relative Bernice Pauahi Bishop and upon the latter's death became part of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate,which now funds the Kamehameha Schools.
David Tarnas is an American politician who is currently the Hawaii state representative in Hawaii's 7th district. Tarnas first served as the State Representative for Kohala and Kona from 1994-1998. After a 20 year break from politics,he won the 7th district seat by defeating incumbent Democrat Cindy Evans in a primary election,going on to win the general election. He previously ran in a primary against Evans for the same seat in 2016,losing that primary 52.1% to 47.9%. He has since won the Democratic primary and general elections in 2020 and 2022,chairing the Water,Land &Hawaiian Affairs Committee from 2021-2022. and the Judiciary &Hawaiian Affairs Committee in 2023.
