Resources
Visitor Information
Alternative Hawaii – www.alternative-hawaii.com
Go Kohala - www.gokohala.com
Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau – www.gohawaii.com
Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau, Big Island information – www.gohawaii.com/bigisland
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority – www.hawaii.gov/tourism
County of Hawai‘i – www.hawaii-county.com
Parade Princess
Statue Ceremony Costumes
King Kamehameha Ceremony
Parade Princess
Cultural Organizations
Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club - www.kohalahawaiiancivicclub.org
Aloha Festivals – www.alohafestivals.com
The Merrie Monarch Festival – www.merriemonarchfestival.org
Hawai‘i Alliance for Arts Education – www.hawaiiartsalliance.org
King Kamehameha Celebration Commission – www.hawaii.gov/kingkamehamehacommission
Bishop Museum – www.bishopmuseum.org
Kohala Center -- www.kohalacenter.org
Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation – www.edithkanakaolefoundation.org
Aha Punana Leo – www.ahapunanaleo.org
Hawai‘i Museums Association – www.hawaiimuseums.org
Hawai‘i Cultural Foundation – www.hawaiiculturalfoundation.org
Hawaiian Historical Society – www.hawaiianhistory.org
North Kohala Community Resource Center – www.northkohala.org
Selected Readings
Kohala ‘Aina: A History of North Kohala, by Sophia V. Schweitzer with Michael Gomes
The Warrior King: Hawaii’s Kamehameha the Great, by Richard Tregaskis
Kamehameha: The Warrior King of Hawaii, by Susan Morrison (young adult biography)
Perpetuated in Righteousness, by Daniel Kikawa
All books available from Kohala Book Shop, www.kohalabooks.com
DVD Films
Boyhood of Kamehameha, DVD directed by George Tahara, half-hour recreation of legend of Kamehameha
King Kamehameha I: A Legacy Renewed, DVD directed by Mary Tuti Baker, half-hour documentary on restoration of King’s original statue in Kapa’au, available from Kamehameha Statue Maintenance Program, please contact us to order.

Kamehameha Day in North Kohala: All are invited, all events free, always on June 11th.

Most photographs courtesy of Laura Shimabuku, Akamai Photographic of Kailua-Kona.