He Waʻa He Moku | Keiki Tee - orange

100% Organic cotton | Designed in Hawaiʻi nei | Made in the USA

Sewn from an all over print design, each piece is unique in its art placement, which will vary from what you see in the photos. 

These are youth sizes with the numbers corresponding to the child's age. First model is wearing a size 6Y. Second model is wearing a size 10Y.

He Waʻa He Moku

I ka makahiki 1999, ua holo aku ʻo Makaliʻi i Satawal. Iā lākou e lana hele ana ma ka moana, ʻike akula ʻo Chadd Paishon iā Mau Piailug i ka ʻai ʻana i kekahi mea palupalu a melemele i wahī ʻia i ka lāʻī. I nīnau aku ka hana ʻo ia nei, kono lokomaikaʻi akula ʻo ia ala iā ia nei e hoʻāʻo. Pūʻiwa ihola ko ia nei manaʻo i ka ʻono! Ua ʻā nō ke kukui i loko o kahi Chadd a hoʻomaka ihola ʻo ia nei e noʻonoʻo i ke ō a nā kūpuna o ke au i hala. Pehea lā ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka waʻa ma ia ʻano? Ua pili hoʻi ia i ka nīnau a kahi Pua Lincoln iā Keala Kahuanui iā lāua e holo moana ana: “Inā ʻai aku au i nā kinolau me ka ʻai kūpuna wale nō, he mea hoʻoikaika paha ia i kuʻu ʻike leʻa ʻana i nā hōʻailona?” ʻO ia kekahi o nā nīnau i alakaʻi aku i ka ʻOhana Makaliʻi ma ka hoʻokumu ʻana iā Hanauna Ola. He papahana hoʻonui ʻike holo moana, pū nō mea ka hoʻolako meaʻai/ō no ka holo ʻana o Makaliʻi i Moku Manamana i ka makahiki 2019. ʻO ka loina nui, mai ka ʻāina mai nō ka meaʻai a pau loa—ʻaʻohe mea no waho mai. I loko o nā makahiki he 3, ua ʻimi ʻia nā mahiʻai a me nā kānaka e manaʻo ana e aʻo i ka hoʻomākaukau a me ka mālama i ka ʻai i loko o nā ʻōmole. Ua huliāmahi a kō akula nō ka manaʻo. ʻO ka lūʻau pipi ʻoe, ʻo ke kū pastele ʻoe, ʻo ka ʻiʻo ʻoe, ʻo ka puaʻa kālua ʻoe, ia ʻono aku ia ʻono aku, ua paʻa i loko o nā ʻōmole. Holo akula ʻo Makaliʻi me ka nani a me ka maikaʻi. Ua ikaika ke kino a me ka manaʻo o ka poʻe holo moana i ka ʻai maikaʻi. I ka hoʻi ʻana mai o lākou, ua emi ke kino a ua lamalama ke alo! Ua ola maoli kekahi māhele o ka ʻōlelo noʻeau o luna - He moku he waʻa.

On the swaying deck of the voyaging canoe Makaliʻi, Chadd Paishon watched master navigator Mau Piailug quietly bite into a soft yellow substance wrapped in tī leaf. He was curious after seeing Mau politely decline the canned goods the rest of the crew ate. Like he generously shared navigational knowledge, Mau gave Chadd a taste of maar (preserved breadfruit) and he was blown away. He began to think about ō (traditional Hawaiʻi voyaging foods) and what it would mean to shift food practices on the canoe. This was one impetus behind Hanauna Ola, ʻOhana Makaliʻi's program to re-establish voyaging traditions, including provisioning a canoe voyage with food 100% grown and made in Hawaiʻi. "We build the waʻa, then we go Costco," said Keala Kahuanui, who'd seen the effects of canned foods on the health of her waʻa brothers and sisters and was determined to restore this part of our voyaging practices. Three years of learning and reconnecting to ʻāina, and Hawaiʻi provisions fueled the 2019 voyage to Moku Manamana. When Hōkūleʻa set sail in 1976, its forerunners couldn't know how far their vision would be taken. "Rather than becoming a floating museum, it birthed canoes," said Aunty Penny Martin, 1976 return crew. 50 years later, tens of voyaging canoes have been born and many smaller waʻa. Perhaps most importantly though, reconnection to all mea Hawaiʻi was set in motion, with food as a critical area still being pioneered by folks like ʻOhana Makaliʻi. Mahalo i ka poʻe e hoʻōla mau ana i ka ʻike waʻa!