2009 – Mālama Mākua cultural practitioner Leandra Wai speaks about her relationship to Mākua, how she became involved in Mālama Mākua, the legal action against the U.S. army, how the army treats cultural practitioners coming into Mākua, her manaʻo on how it should be Native Hawaiian practitioners who give the cultural sensitivity training to the army representatives about Hawaiian archeology and anthropology and not those from within the army, how we should be listening for the many voices that go unheard concerning Mākua, how the army manipulates Kanaka Maoli, and what she envisions for the future use of Mākua and the part Mālama ʻĀina has to play in that. She closed the video by saying: "Have faith. Get involved. No matter what your expertise of study, thereʻs always a portion of Mākua that can accommodate your interests, and we, as Mālama Mākua, would like to hear your views and opinions or even ideas about how to proceed in different areas. Aloha."

2022

“A conversation about ʻāina and activism with Lynette Cruz and Sparky Rodrigues, board members of Mālama Mākua.

Mālama Mākua is a Kanaka Maoli-led non-profit organization dedicated to bringing about the return of sacred Mākua Valley for culturally appropriate use. They preserve and protect this wahi pana on Oʻahu’s west side through continuous community access and engagement, establishing constant presence and practice in a place that has been occupied by the U.S. army since World War II. The non-profit organization hosts free cultural accesses to ancient and culturally-vital sites in sacred Mākua twice each month, and address the cultural, social, and legal issues associated with the use of Mākua Valley, especially the environmental and cultural impact to the land and sea and to Native Hawaiians and other people.”

“Since families living in military housing first found fuel in their tap water in November, the Red Hill water crisis has mobilized a broad movement demanding the shutdown of the 80-year-old facility and the protection of Oʻahu’s water.

In todays’s special episode, we join organizer and scholar Kyle Kajihiro for a DeTour, or demilitarization tour, and learn about U.S. militarism and grassroots activism in Hawaiʻi. We visit the Red Hill fuel storage facility, drive through the residential area affected by the latest spill, and pay our respects to the koʻa constructed by Hawaiian cultural practitioners outside Pacific Fleet Command.

Kyle is an organizer with Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice, the Oʻahu Water Protecters, and Mālama Mākua, and he teachers in the Ethnic Studies and Geography Departments at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.”

2020

“Tune in to the very first conversation of our podcast! We are so honored to have longtime environmental justice activist, community leader, and scholar Kyle Kajihiro. Listen as he shares his wealth of manaʻo on the history of environmental justice and political players in Hawaiʻi. He also lays out a powerful vision of true peace without militarization and the liberation of our 'āina.” – Root Cause Remedies

2018

2017

“Cultural access to military training grounds in Mākua Valley began in a court battle between the military and the native Hawaiian community. Nearly two decades later, the cultural access program has begun to foster a transformation in mutual understanding and relationship building. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.”

Mālama Mākuaʻs Vince Kanaʻi Dodge, Sparky Rodrigues, and Lynette Cruz (appearing in that order) share manaʻo about sacred Mākua and the mission of Mālama Mākua in sacred Mākua Valley in this short film by Erin Sitt.

2016

2015

Mālama Mākua founding member Fred Dodge talks story ʻŌlelo TV producer Ruby Maunakea about Mālama Mākuaʻs involvement in sacred Mākua Valley on Oʻahuʻs Waiʻanae Coast.

2014

The iconic Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa circumnavigated the globe from 2014 until June 2017, bringing the world a Hawaiian message of Mālama Honua, caring for island Earth. The Mālama Honua sail plan included more than 150 ports, 23 countries and territories, and eight of UNESCO’S Marine World Heritage sites, engaging local communities and practicing how to live sustainably. Hōkūleʻa first embarked on a sail around the islands to gain permission to represent Hawaiʻi. After visiting each of the eight major Hawaiian islands on the Mālama Hawaiʻi leg, Hōkūleʻa and sister waʻa Hikianalia returned to Oʻahu, on the Leeward coast, where Mākua Valley greeted them in June 2014. This video originally aired on ʻŌiwi TV.

2012

Host Karen Young talks story with Mālama Mākua founding members Sparky Rodrigues and Fred Dodge about the latest in sacred Mākua Valley as it was in 2012 in the parts one and two of a two-part program. Save Mākua Update was recorded on March 3, 2012 and aired on ʻŌlelo TV.

Kanaka Maoli attorney and activist Pōkā Laenui speaks in the third segment of his radio show on KWAI 1080 AM on Sunday, April 8, 2012, about Mākua Valley, U.S. militarism exploiting Hawaiʻi for missions worldwide, and recalls the time he was in Mākua with U.S. military personnel and expressed his manaʻo that the U.S. military must leave Hawaiʻi.

“Earthjustice Press Secretary Kari Birdseye speaks with David Henkin, an attorney in Earthjusticeʻs Mid-Pacific office in Honolulu, in this Earthjustice-produced podcast.

“For almost two decades, Henkin has worked to force the U.S army to stop live-fire training operations at the Mākua Military Reservation on Oʻahu. A culturally and ecologically important area, Mākua is home to scores of ancient Hawaiian artifacts, cultural sites, and nearly 50 endangered plants and animals.”

2010

2009

When most think of a Hawaiian queen, they think of Liliʻuokalani, and rightly so, but Hawaiʻiʻs first queen ruled five centuries earlier and won a decisive military victory in Mākua Valley. During the time when the Hawaiian Islands were ruled as four separate kingdoms in the 14th century, there emerged a powerful new force on the Kingdom of Oʻahu and that new force was Kūkaniloko, Hawaiʻi's first queen. Defying tradition and potential rivals, the King of O`ahu named his daughter, Kūkaniloko as his successor. Her reign would mark the first time a woman would be given both secular and religious power in Hawai`i and would pave the way for future female leaders in Hawaiian history. Video created by Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp. Music: Chant and Drums: Noenoe Lewis & Hau`oli Lewis. Source: Fornander, Abraham. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. Kamakau, Samuel. Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, Revised Edition, Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press, 1992.

2008

“Mākua Valley, on the island of Oʻahu, is where Native Hawaiians lived for more than a thousand years. That is until the U.S. military evicted the Natives so they could use the area for training with live ammunition and weapons.

“Native Hawaiian and Making Contact intern Samson Reiny reports on what happens when the military takes over historically sacred land, and on how people are fighting back to reclaim this once pristine area.

“On this edition, we're offered a glimpse into a paradise lost. This program was produced as part of National Radio Project's internship program. “

Featuring: Momi Kamahele, Mākua Makahiki cultural advisor; David Henkin, Earth Justice attorney; Kyle Kajihiro, Mākua Makahiki member; Fred Dodge, Mālama Mākua spokesman; Summer Nemeth, English teacher and demilitarization activist.

Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio Contributing Producer: Samson Reiny Producer: Andrew Stelzer Associate Producer: Puck Lo Interns: Samson Reiny and Elena Botkin-Levy Music: Robi Kahakalau, Israel Kamakawioole, Fiji.

2007

Hele mai as Mālama Mākua cultural practitioner Leandra Wai-Rodrigues and Mālama Mākua board members Fred Dodge and Sparky Rodrigues lead a special cultural access into sacred Mākua Valley on June 16, 2007. This recording aired on ʻŌlelo TV.

1996

At a Mākua "Open House" in 1996, U.S. military officers talk about what they believe is the importance of Mākua Valley for training with live rounds. Visitors to the “Open House” are taken for a tour of selected training sites in the valley, where open burning and open detonation, hazardous and toxic waste, and fire control measures are examined. Archaeological studies and inventories, water and soil run off, and contamination problems are discussed. Mālama Mākua founding member Sparky Rodrigues talks about his concerns about evictions taking place at the time, the contamination of Makua Valley, the condition of the valley at the end of the 65-year lease from the state of Hawaiʻi, and the violence that is promoted by military activities in a sacred valley. He also discusses the history of the valley and the significance of certain place names.

Producers: Henry Paoa, Jude Dady. Narrator: Mālama Mākua founding member Sparky Rodrigues. Host: Jude Dady. Guests: Col. John Woods, 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army; Lt. Col. Bernie Champaux, 27th Infantry Battalion Wolfhounds. “Mākua Valley: Yesterday and Today, What about Tomorrow?” ©1996. Telecast on Aug. 29, 1997, on VIEWS, Oceanic Cable channel 54, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.