Local Kine Hawaii Weblog

The Three Ring Ranch is a private animal sanctuary located in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawai’i. The Three Ring Ranch was founded in 1998 by Ann Goody to house and care for exotic animals. The Three Ring Ranch is not open to the general public, but instead offers teaching programs for school children, [...]

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View This Video on You Tube Koa’uka – Up, Down, Side to Side. This video makes me want to get up and dance.

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View This Video on You Tube (Barefoot Natives on stage at the Aladdin in Portland, OR) Barefoot Natives hit the Hawaiian music scene in May of 2006, but the members, Willie K and Eric Gilliom, are familiar faces to Hawaiian music fans. Willie K and Eric Gilliom form an equally poignant and hilarious musical duo, [...]

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Home Tours Hawai’i is a unique Big Island experience. The tour takes you to 3 islands homes, while you enjoy a delicious brunch prepared by Chef Ann Sutherland. Experience a slice of the Big Island while traveling to a lush, kama’aina coffee cottage, an ocean front townhome, and a luxury estate. Each stop along the [...]

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View This Video on You Tube (video of Koauka playing I Can Be The Guy on InTune)Koa’uka recently released their new album Instantaneous. They were recently on InTune to perform an excellent new song I Can Be the Guy. They have so much energy, and are lots of fun to watch.

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Traditional Hawaiians created new names for each child. The names were carefully crafted to contain great meaning and thought. Names were of great importance to Hawaiians. A new child received it’s name from a parent, grandparent, or other close relative, and the given name was thought to influence the child’s mana and spiritual development. Children [...]

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30 Hawaiian Words Every Visitor to Hawai’i Should Know Here is a list of Hawaiian words (?lelo Hawai’i) every visitor to the Hawaiian Islands should know. Aloha: love, affection, compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity, kindness, sentiment, grace, charity; greeting, salutation, regards; Aloha is commonly used as a greeting for arrival. Hula: a dance form accompanied by [...]

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You may not have noticed the new Ono Kine Recipes Section. We’re slowly adding some of our favorite local kine recipes. Overtime we hope to add recipes for Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Portuguese cuisine. If you’ve seen it in the islands then we’ll feature the recipe. Keep checking back for new recipes.

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View This Video on You Tube (video clip from In Tune of John Cruz singing Island Style)Have you been missing some of the cool performances on the In Tune show? Well, now you can catch them on their website and on You Tube. If you haven’t seen In Tune it’s sort of like Austin City [...]

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Big Island Bees produces some of the best honey here on the Big Island. Based in Kealakekua, Big Island Bees has been keeping bees and producing honey since the early 1970s. They recently began selling their artisian organic honey online. You can have three varieties of honey shipped direct to your home. I highly recommend [...]

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