Mary Ann Pahukoa, 1976 

What treasures! -- Both Tutu Mary Ann Pahukoa and this video recorded by the students at Keʻanae School capturing and preserving her wonderful storytelling in beautiful Pidgin and Hawaiian. It sounds so familiar, but we really donʻt hear someone talking this way much anymore. Today some public schools have high-tech equipment and media productions facilities, but with the easy availability of cell phones, the DOE should fund a program like this for young students to go out and record the moʻolelo of the kupuna in their lives, either family or neighbors or special people in the community. I think it is especially important for the newer immigrants to record the memories and authentic speech of the older generations because experiences and way of life and speaking will soon be quite different for the younger ones.

Love to listen to the elders of my beautiful Hawaiian people.

Back when Hawai'i was still Hawai'i, even though I was born in 1991 on O'ahu, it still felt like Hawai'i the old ways and Aloha still existed. Once 1999-2000 came everything started to change and fade away... I miss the good ol days.

1976 wasn't so long ago, but for video technology, it's ancient history. How wonderful to hear her Hawaiian-influenced speaking voice.

Our Kupuna has so much wisdom.

I feel like I traveled back in time....Mahalo Anake. #justalittlehawaiian

A beautiful lady with a beautiful soul. Anakē Mary Ann your moʻolelo will live on forever. Mahalo to the students for this presentation.

Mahalo Aunty Mary Ann for your stories. Love you and give my love to our ohana above. ❤🙏🏽

Aloha nō e kuʻu tūtūwahine nui

As I get older I find myself wanting to learn more about my Hawaiian ancestors.🙏

I am so grateful for this video❤ my papas great grandma

Mrs. Pahukoa reminds me so much of my aunty from Kipahulu, Maui. So glad I'm came across this video!

One of the greatest videos I have ever seen. What a lovely lovely lady.

Touch my heart.God Bless u aunty!Thank you for the makana!

I so enjoyed her pule - reminds me of how my grandmother prays in Samoan

My great grandma did the opai that way too. We need to cherish our Kuupunas record document there stories of life it's so beneficial for not only that ohana it will also have a benefit to all of us.. Thank you so much for sharing your treasures with all of us.. Mahalo...

Reminded me of my grandfather giving me the oral history of family and Island life, just as she did for you folks here. The no refrigerator was a common theme of family members from that time. To eat a lot of things you slaughtered yourself, and yes, $1.00 dollar a day, was considered big money back in that time. You would be amazed how much food you could purchase even back in the 1960’s era, with $20.00. Hawaii, was such a beautiful and safe place to grow up. What’s funny for me is even the women’s accent while speaking English giving you the oral history is familiar to my ears. Because my grandfather sounded almost the same with intermittent Hawaiians and English words combined in the same sentences. As a young boy the story of him telling me of the day he witnessed the bombing of, Pearl Harbor while he was at work early that morning was one of my most memorable oral history lessons. Thank you for recording this for posterity. Aloha 🌺🌸🌼❤️🇺🇸

Mary Ann Pahukoa Mahalo for this wonderful video! September 6th I'll be thinking of you.

Mahalo!

Auntie tell Story. I love to listen.

Wow....i wasn't even a twinkle in my parents eyes when this was recorded. Mahalo nui anake nou kou na'auao. 'Aloha!!

How beautiful... Meant to hear her words, her story. She mentions April fools... Today is April fools day. I was 2 years old when she taped this. Beautiful story.

I think that's my relative. Gabriel Kanamu Tau'a married Helen KahaleKai Pahukoa in Ke'anae, Maui. Helen died in the tidal wave that hit on April Fool's day 4/1/1945. She had 12 children and had gotten all the children out and then went back to the house to get some papers when the tidal wave hit and took her and the house out to the ocean where she drown. Her husband found her but it was too late.

She is Hawai'i National Treasure.

Oh she is like listening to my mom talk story.

The Hawaiian women all sound like mama, grandma, and tutu. Mahalo tutu Mary!!!

She would be heart broken to see how far hawaii has come

Wow the gourd rhythm is fantastic. Who is the musician?

Akina, Pahukoa, Saffrey, Tau'a, Kaauamo, Hueu, Kekiwi, Chong, Ching, Smith, Kealohanui, Kealoha, Young, Akana, Lum Hoy, Kapono, Akiu, Wong, Akiona, Kalani, Kimokeo, Holokai, Carmichael, Nishioka, Sinenci, and Kaililaau are most of the families from Keanae.

Hana Maika‘i! Mahalo.

Legend

“Dollar a day I marry him.”😂😂😂 Love her laughter!❤

What was Hawaiian Families lives like, when people of different nationalities came to Hawaii and introduced their culture and their Laws?

Beautiful! He Hawaii Au

❤️🤙🏼❤️

Maika'i loa...kupuna ike

I love this can i share it?

My gramma living the life with her dog spotty in the church the person speaking is my mom pearl pahukoa who still can be herd on special Sunday's mom I love you so so much your son.Harry kumukoa Pahukoa 3rd (BOBO

my grandma Helen's sister in law.

no context, no "translation", no captions

We no say 'ice box' anymo like befo when I'm young

Aroha oé Ito matamua rà ité tupuna no tatoû paatoa maitai no té fenua nô Havaï néi téaroha ia rahi

I love this

"catch" opihi.....lol...yup