“We have one day a year to give back to the community,” said Kehau Gomes, Realtor with Keller Williams. On Thursday, the 23 volunteers were led by spiritual guide Ben Heloca, who offered a pule and explained the significance of the site to the Realtors lending their time for community service. tries to maintain the structure every five years.
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The last full restoration of Ahu‘ena was completed in the 1990s, however, Ahu‘ena Heiau Inc. On Thursday, volunteers debarked Alahe‘e branches gathered from Holualoa and bundled sugar cane leaves donated from Kuleana Rum to thatch and restore the structure. The organization solicited volunteers to help refurbish Hale Nana Mahina‘ai, a structure on the north end of the heiau where Kamehameha the Great would survey the agricultural lands mauka of Kailua Bay. Its purpose was to create and operate a program for the preservation and maintenance of ancient Hawaiian structures, foundations and burial sites and to promote the appreciation of Hawaiian history. was incorporated as a Federal 501C3 non-profit corporation on May 11, 1993.
However, a group of dedicated individuals restored the structures in 1976 while under the ownership of Amfac, the former owners of the hotel.Īhu‘ena Heiau now stands as it was once sketched by Louis Choris in 1816.Īhu‘ena Heiau Inc. The site fell into disrepair after Kamehameha’s death and the abolishment of the kapu system of governance. Kamehameha restored the site and maintained it as Ahu‘ena until his death in 1819. The Ahu‘ena Heiau site dates before 1812 when King Kamehameha the Great took up residence at Kamakahonu.
It was here that the young Prince Leleihoku II enjoyed the calm of Kona before his death and it was here that his brother King Kalakaua maintained a residence and made a boathouse of an historic building there. It was here that John Adams Kuakini resided as the governor of the island. The first missionaries to Hawaii arrived in 1820 and sought the favor of Kamehameha II (Liholiho) to land here and begin their mission. A feast was held at Ahu‘ena to mark the overthrow of the kapu system, changing Hawaii forever. It was here that Kamehameha the Great spent his last years and it was here where he died.
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