Cultural practitioner Pono Fernandez opens up about her family’s journey through the generational trauma of colonization and how reconnecting with Hawaiian culture through arts like featherwork have been a path to healing.
This episode of Here in Hawaiʻi also features:
🌺 6-year-old Brennan, a 4-sport athlete and Rainbow Warrior super fan,
🌈 Hiʻilani Shibata, who shares a beautiful moʻolelo of the goddess Hina, and
🎭 A behind-the-scenes look at Piney Needlesmith and The Road Less Traveled, the new musical in production at Diamond Head Theatre.
Through stories of healing, culture, and connection, we see what it means to grow stronger together — right here in Hawaiʻi.
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