Moana Ākea – An online resource for all learners.

New Content and Site Updates Coming in Spring 2026!

A Tool For Meeting

Differentiated Learning

Combining textbooks, primary sources, videos, news and journal articles together to present the culture, history, politics, economics, and social events that have defined Hawaiʻi, as well as the nations and territories of the Pacific region.

This learning resource helps meet the diversified needs of classrooms and provides an opportunity to enhance differentiated learning experiences through a multi-perspective presentation.

Customized

Place Based Content

All online curriculum is sourced from our core Hawaiian and Pacific Island Studies textbooks, as well as supplemental publications. The goal is to provide materials at readability across grade levels, with particular emphasis made on connecting the past with the present in order to better inform our future.

Access Anywhere

Home, Classroom, Library

Users can access content from any mobile device, tablet, laptop, or desktop. Content materials are housed online, work with multiple operating systems and any web browser. As new materials become available, active users have immediate access. Users without regular or consistent internet activity will have the ability to access downloadable content.

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Lei Moana Ākea

He ho‘oheno no ka Moana Ākea
Pulapula a ka maka kau ohaoha
‘Ōlapa mai ka uila mai ka hikina
Mahola ka lei i ke ao
Moani mai kaluhea, maile lau nui
Polo hīnalo kuikui i Polapola
Ka maka o ka mānai aia la i hea?
I Kahiki ka Paia Ha‘a, nā pae moku
Kui ā lei ‘oe, lei kākou i ka lei hōkū
Ā kau i ka wēkiu o ‘Okeania
Mahalo au i ka nani o ka na‘auao
Ao a‘e ka pō, ka pō kūkulu
‘Ohu‘ohu i ka lei mālamalama
Ka lapa ‘ā mau i ka pō me ke ao
Eia lā ka puana a‘e lohe ‘ia
No ka Moana Ākea ke aloha
Henoheno i ka nani a‘o nā pua

This is my song for the Moana Ākea
The sprouting bud of life I love to admire
Like lightning flashing from the east
Spreading the lei (knowledge) across the world
Bringing with it the fragrant kaluhea and maile
Stringing together the hīnalo flower at Polapola
Where is the eye of the lei-stringing needle set?
It is set upon Kahiki ka Paia Ha‘a, the archipelagos
Strung together so that you and I adorn the stars Set up at the top of Oceania I adore the beauty of the brilliance of thought Bursting with light overcoming the night, the source Adorning a lei of brilliant light Burning brightly night and day This is what I say for all to hear To the Moana Ākea, I give my regards Basking in the beauty of the flowers