Current Events

June 23, 2025

Brady Jencks, volunteer at Hui Mālama 'Auwai O Nu'uanu, was a guest speaker at the Nalukai Foundation’s Inaugural Community Night. His panel was "Mālama ʻĀina: How Can Young People Become Stewards?"  This year there were 28 high school students from 5 islands (O’ahu, Hawai’i, Maui, Kaua’i, and Moloka’i) participating in this Summer Camp. They came from public, private and charter schools. 50% are Native Hawaiian, and historically about 30% fall under the poverty line.  The goal of this summer camp is to teach the student “Founders” an entrepreneurial methodology to problem solving while rooting much of the discussion in Hawaiian history and values.  This organization partnered with Liliʻuokalani Trust this year.

May 5, 2025

February 24, 2025 - In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory of Lynn (Carolyn) Lalakea 

Lynn (Carolyn) Lalakea passed away peacefully at her home on Dowsett Avenue on February 24, 2025. She was a beloved friend, neighbor, and community pillar whose quiet strength and deep aloha left a lasting impression on all who knew her.   Lynn and her late husband Tom shared a lifelong commitment to preserving the history, culture, and legacy of the Nuʻuanu Auwai. Together, they were tireless advocates and caretakers of the land and water that connect generations in Nuʻuanu. Their work lives on in the many lives they touched and in the flowing waters of the auwai they helped protect.  

Lynn worked as a society staff writer with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, where she captured the spirit of Hawaiʻi’s social life. After retiring, she continued to give back to the community through her work with the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Punahou School, and the Garden Club of Honolulu. She is survived by her three daughters: Dr. Mary Lauren Lalakea, Puanani Bear Lalakea and Louise Lalakea Alving, along with 9 grandchildren.  She will be missed dearly and remembered with gratitude, love, and respect by all who had the privilege of knowing her.