The Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawā celebrates 66 Years on November 10, 2026!
We respectfully acknowledge those kanaka mauli who have maintained and cared for Kūkaniloko Birth Site for the past 100 years!! Wahiawā families, early in 1925, worked alongside the Daughters of Hawai`i to mālama Kūkaniloko. On February 19, 1934, Waialua Hawaiian Civic Club was organized - 91 years ago. On June 15, 1935, Wahiawā Hawaiian Civic Club was organized - 90 years ago. Waialua-Wahiawā Hawaiian Civic Club (W-WHCC) functioned as one for 25 years. Together, our sister communities cared for and protected all ancestral places within our Moku o Waialua. The privilege of care for wahi kapu o Kūkaniloko as Guardians was later officially passed on to Wahiawā Hawaiian Civic Club (WHCC) by the Daughters of Hawai`i in 1950. At the first Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs April 18, 1959 Convention, both clubs registered as one for the first, and the last time. Reorganization, established the Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawā (HCCW) on November 10, 1960 to specifically maintain Kūkaniloko Birth Site, continue to share her moʻolelo, and to preserve all things Hawaiian – seen and unseen. Mahalo nūnui to our kūpuna mā... as our perpetual maintenance and care of this place, Kapuahuawa Kūkaniloko Birth Site, continues...
Me ke aloha pumehana a pauloa....
...the past is always present, therefore, ALOHA is forever...and FOREVER is the old way of our ancients.
Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawā
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Established: November 10, 1960
Chartered: April 16, 1966 Nonprofit: September 28, 2014 Club Pua: Na‘u (Hawaiian Gardenia) Club Colors: Green and White Club Mele: Pa‘ahana (Traditional) Club Contact Email: [email protected] noelani.devincent @gmail.com [email protected] |
Makia ‘Olelo Hawai‘i: "e kūkaʻawe i nā kapu o Kūkaniloko nō ka mea aloha nō hoʻi kākou iā lākou i nā kau a kau..."
Makia ‘Olelo Haole: “to guard the kapu of Kukaniloko because we love them for all time…” Makia ‘Olelo Hawai‘i: " Hoʻohana Ana Pū " Makia ‘Olelo Haole: " Working Together " [Photos from the Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawa Historian Collection] |
Kemoo Old Plantation House June 1963
Kemoo Old Plantation House June 1963
Interpretive Signs installed September Y2K
Interpretive Signs installed Y2K
September Y2K Onsite blessing of the Interpretive Signs for Kukaniloko
Kupuna hula noho `ili`ili on the Makahalau
HCCW na lala oiwi Gulstan Poepoe, Kalimapau (Historian) Thomas sisters - Lurline Hinano Lee, Roselia Poepoe, and Barbara Pua`a, with Secretary Leialoha Haleamao Y2K
2k16...Visiting with us at kapuahuawa is HCCW Charter Member of 50 years (1970) Kupuna Barbara Puaa at 81, daughter of Founders na lala oiwi Cardinal and Mary Kapai Keli`ikipi Thomas, In 2020, Lifetime Lala Kupuna Barbara Puaa
Ua Hala March 10, 2022
Lala oiwi Mary Kapai Keli`ikipi Thomas with daughter, Lurline Hinano Thomas sitting to her left.
2k9 HCCW nalala oiwi `Aina Thomas - 4th Generation: Pu`i, Krystal-lee and Alika Tabangcura; 3rd Generation: Mamo (Ben) Tabangcura; 2nd Generation: Lurline Hinano Lee; and 5th Generation: Mo`opuna
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Christine Dowson HCCW Ka ho`opa`a mo`olelo - Historian
Ipo (Dowson) Nihipali Renowned Hawaiian Artist
1962 HCCW lala oiwi Tommy Lopez, past Sgt. at Arms; Kukaniloko Committee Chair; Vice President
2k17 Gerald Piilani Lopez son of HCCW Founding Father, Thomas Kalani Lopez
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Pauline Newman HCCW Kakau Olelo - Secretary; past Historian and lala oiwi England Luke HCCW Pelekikena - President; past Vice President
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Ruth Luka Kaneakua HCCW Hope Pelekikena - Vice President; past Auditor
HCCW na lala oiwi Edwin Kauhane and Nellie Ipo Rodrigues
1963 HCCW Nellie Ipo & Bernard Rodrigues, Construction & Transportation Chair. After 58 years, Lifetime Lala Kupuna (1962) Bernard Rodrigues is 93 in 2020. E ola no!
2k16 HCCW nalala oiwi 2nd generation Nanikehau and Iwalani, daughters of HCCW's Nellie Ipo and Bernard Rodrigues
1962 HCCW lala oiwi Biddle Moniz
2k15 Cynthia Moniz Koide 2nd generation daughter of HCCW lala oiwi Biddle Moniz
1962 HCCW lala oiwi Mahealani Chu
2k14 OHA Kūkākūkā at Kūkaniloko
2k16 Change Academy at HCCW’s Rotating Workshop at Camp Erdman, Mokuleʻia North Shore
2k19 Huaka`i Makua Valley, Waianae
2k13 Hoʻohana Ana Pū... ʻĀina Lenchanko
2k17 Sharing Kūkaniloko in Kula, Maui with Kupuna Kane Sam Kaʻai
2k16 A day at Leeward Community College for a Preservation Workshop
2k14 HCCW Representatives to the 13th Annual Native Hawaiian Convention
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HCCW Officers 1963-1964 Roselia Poepoe, Christine Dowson, Luka Kaneakua, England Luke, Pauline Newman, Barbara Antone, Frances Keao.
Installation of HCCW Officers 1963-64
Kūkaniloko Birthstones State Monument 1980's
A Honolulu Star-Bulletin article in 1962 reads:
Wahiawa Hawaiian Club Sees Data on 12th Century Heiau...
A project of immense proportions has been undertaken by the Wahiawā Hawaiian Civic Club – the clearing and maintenance of the heiau at Kūkaniloko…Saturday, Aug. 25, for the first scheduled clean up. At the present time the area is completely overgrown with tall weeds and Hilo grass, hiding from view rock formations and location of the sacred birthstone…
Photo: Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawā members Thomas Lopez and Marie Ruane, co-chairs of the Kūkaniloko clean-up committee...
E hoʻo hana like aʻe ana ... "Working together"... HCCW continues to maintain and care for Kūkaniloko from 1962 until present.
HCCW Clean-up 1962
HCCW lala oiwi Lurline Hinano (Thomas) Lee
Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawa Pelekikena 25 years (1984-2009) Our "Kupuna Cover Girl"
HCCW Choir, Choral Director Jarrett Plemer
1962 HCCW lala oiwi Lurline Hinano (Thomas) Lee Youth Activities Committee Chair; President, Secretary, Treasurer, & Membership Chair
HCCW Founding and Charter Member lala oiwi Cardinal Thomas
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Leimomi Ruane HCCW Youth Activities Chair; past Secretary; past Program Committee Chairman
2k14 HCCW lala oiwi 2nd generation B. Puaonaonalani Ruane
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Roselia Poepoe HCCW Auditor. In 2016, Founding and Charter Member 55 years. In 2020, Roselia is the last living Lifetime Founding and Charter Member of HCCW of 60 years. E ola no!
HCCW lala oiwi Gulstan Kalama Ku Waiau Poepoe...Past President; Supreme Vice President of AOHCC
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Edwin Kauhane HCCW Program Chairman
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Ann Lanham HCCW Publicity Committee Chairman
HCCW lala oiwi "Papa" James Poe, past Chaplain
HCCW lala oiwi "Mama" Elizabeth Poe (Finance Chairman)
HCCW lala oiwi Willie Keli`i, Imu Chairman
1962 HCCW lala oiwi Louise Clarke, past Youth Activity Chairman
1962 HCCW lala oiwi Rhoda Miller
HCCW First Associate Member - lala ho`okama - Everett McIntosh 1962
2k17 ... Spring/Vernal Equinox
Kukaniloko Birthstones State Monument, kalana Kūkaniloko
2k16...Here are 23 of the 113 current Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawā nā lālā ‘ōiwi
a me nā lālā ho‘okama. We celebrate our 56th Anniversary of the care and maintenance of Kūkaniloko Birthstones State Monument and our service to Wahiawa and her surrounding communities.
Front
Row: (left to right) Papa Henry Doo,
Kupuna Aloha Kekipi, Kupuna Pila
Short, our guest speaker Leigh Wai
Doo, our second oldest living
Founding and Charter Member at
88 years old, Kupuna Roselani Hall,
Kupuna Malia Doo, and Kupuna
Tiare Leilehua Paguyo. 2nd Row:
Vicki Pakele, U‘ilani Akee, Sheila
Valdez, Kupuna Manny El Tagonde,
Juliet Kauhane, Noelani DeVincent,
Roslyn Pascua, and Winona Aguero.
Back Row: Anamali‘a Ancheta,
Amelia Kelly, Layne Cho, Mea Pule
Jonah La‘akapu Lenchanko, Kakau
‘ōlelo Krystal-lee Tabangcura,
Pelekikena Brandon Bajo-Daniel,
kia‘i Tom Lenchanko, Bruce Pascua, and Ray Loo. Photo credits Ka Ho‘opa‘a Mo‘olelo a me Pu‘ukū Jo-Lin Lenchanko Kalimapau. Mahalo nui loa Aloha ...
2k18 Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum
2k19 With Maui HCCW Members at Iʻao Valley
2k15 Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawa Fundraiser, The Mill @ Mililani
2k19 `UKI`UKI - Pu`u Kapu, Palehua
‘Ōlelo No’eau...MARY KAWENA PUKUI Hawaiian Proverb #1261... I ulu no ka lālā i ke kumu. The branches grow because of the trunk. Without our ancestors we would not be here. 
2k10 kūkaʻawe Thomas Joseph Lenchanko "Hawea" kapuahuawa Kukaniloko
2k13 HCCW Planting `Uki`uki in August at Wahiawa Welcomes You Park
2k18 OHA Kūkaniloko Master Plan Public Meeting, Hale Koa at Wahiawa District Park
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Kemoo Old Plantation House June 1963
HCCW kamali`i wahine perform at the June 28, 1963 Installation of HCCW Officers for 1963-1964 at Kemoo Old Plantation House
State of Hawaii Archives Wahiawa, O`ahu, Territory of Hawai`i.
HCCW T-shirt Y2k
HCCW T-shirt 2k7
HCCW T-Shirt 2k9
HCCW T-shirt 2k12
Pakele Ho`okupu 2k7
2k15...Kupuna Roselani Hall, at 87, onsite at Kūkaniloko Birthstones . Our Lifetime Kupuna of HCCW of 58 years (1962), in 2020 Kupuna Roselani is 93. E ola no!
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Roselani Kauhane HCCW Pu`uku - Treasurer; Musician "Kauhane's Roses". In 2020, Lifetime Lala Kupuna Roselani Hall is 93. E ola no!
1963 1964 Choral Director and Scholarship Committee Chairman HCCW lala oiwi Jarrett Plemer Professional Actor and Entertainer
HCCW lala oiwi 2nd generation Sylvia Plemer
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Edna Solomon HCCW Membership Committee Chairman
2k13 HCCW lala oiwi 2nd generation C. Keli`ionamoku Solomon
HCCW lala oiwi David Solomon, Past President
HCCW na lala oiwi Joseph "Tenney" and Martha "Maleka" [Hussey] Helenihi
... 1st generation `Aina Helenihi
HCCW lala oiwi
Joseph Wahahanu Helenihi Founding member in 1960 ... 2nd generation `Aina Helenihi
2k14 HCCW lala oiwi, 3rd generation `Aina Helenihi... Noelani De Vincent Pelekikena, Hope Pelekikena, Kahuiao, Membership Chair, Fundraiser Chair; and HCCW lala oiwi, and 4th generation `Aina Helenihi... Makoa DeVincent, Web consultant, Kukaniloko T-shirt producer, HCCW Photographer.
2k22 HCCW lala oiwi, 3rd generation, grandson of Maleka & Tenney Helenihi, Aaron Helenihi and his `Aina Helenihi 4th generation, Ashley, Troy & Naomi...
and mom, HCCW lala oiwi, Mari Helenihi of Vancouver, Washington
1962 HCCW lala oiwi Lydia Brickwood
2k16 Barbara Napua Brickwood-Correa daughter of HCCW lala oiwi Lydia Brickwood
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Emily Badgley HCCW Goodwill and Disaster Committee Chairman
1963 -1964 lala oiwi Clifford Wong Finance Committee Chairman
1963 - 1964 lala oiwi Frances Keao HCCW Chaplain
HCCW Major and Mrs. Chuck Gambill Associate Members - na lala ho`okama - 1962
2k16...Kuhio Day Parade on March 26th Kalakaua Avenue, Waikiki, O`ahu Island
2k16...Kuhio Day Hoʻolaulea March 26th Kapiʻolani Park, Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
2k13 "Greenprint" Meeting Attendees
2k12 "Wahiawa...Remembah wen" HCCW Actors
2k16 Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum
2k9 Summer Solstice ʻĀina Lenchanko kapuahuawa Kūkaniloko
Ua keiki kākou na ke Akua (Rom. 8.16)
2k21 " Kalana Kukaniloko Lihu`e Halemano " Blessing and installation by DOT 2021
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HCCW Delegates to the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Kauai Convention November 2k18
Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawa 58th Anniversary, State Monument Kukaniloko Birthstones November 10th, 2k18
Delegates to the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Maui Convention November 2k19
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Mo`opuna Wahine Ku`uipolani observes her Papa kūkaʻawe Tom Lenchanko as he shares a Piko Listening Journey with visitors to kapuahuawa.
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*Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Hawai`i Island Convention for 2k20 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Outbreak. Auwe, Auwe, Auwe !
AOHCC Kauai Island Convention 2k21 was held Virtually Online. Delegate Pelekikena Noelani DeVincent
Delegate Pu`ukū Kalimapau
January 16, 2021.
Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawā
Ka Ulu La`au O Kūkaniloko...
the forest of Kūkaniloko begins..
Ke Akua Pū
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AOHCC Makalapua Convention 2k22
Seattle, Washington
Delegates to the AOHCC Oahu Convention
November 2k23
Ka Piko O Pu'uhonua Kūkaniloko
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AOHCC Convention 2k22 Seattle, Washington
AOHCC Convention 2k22 Delegate Winona Aguero, Delegate Pelekikena Noelani DeVincent
Delegates to the AOHCC Maui Convention held on Oahu November 2k24
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Mahalo for visiting our "Tribute to our kūpuna of the Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawā" - the Founding and Charter Members, Members, Associate Members, and nā pua who are 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th generation HCCW members and their future 6th generation keiki. Aloha nō...
The past is always present, therefore, ALOHA is forever ... and FOREVER is the old way of our ancients.
"e kūkaʻawe i nā kapu o Kūkaniloko nō ka mea aloha nō hoʻi kākou iā lākou i nā kau a kau..."
“to guard the kapu of Kūkaniloko because we love them for all time…”