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Maui Nui's Clean Ocean Team - Community ocean water quality monitoring every 3 weeks since 2016 🪣 View our DATA and DONATE to support us below 🪸🐠💙

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Healthy reefs need healthy waters. And protecting them takes all of us.

Mahalo to Maui Nō Ka ʻOi Magazine for featuring Maui Nui Marine Resource Council and Hui O Ka Wai Ola in “Where Reefs Begin Again,” a story about the people working to protect and restore Maui’s reefs.

We’re grateful to be part of a community bringing science, care, and commitment to the future of our reefs. There is still so much worth protecting.

Read the full story on their website or the link in our bio.

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Our 2025 Annual Impact Report is here!

The antler coral on our first slide was found broken on the seafloor and replanted through our restoration program. One month later, it was thriving, with ʻaloʻiloʻi damselfish returning to call it home.

None of this work happens alone. Every coral reattached, sample collected, reef surveyed, and native plant placed in the ground was made possible by our donors, volunteers, partners, scientists, and community.

Swipe to explore what we accomplished together, then visit the link in our bio to read the full report.

Mahalo for helping protect Maui Nui’s reefs from mauka to makai.

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What can 10 years of water quality monitoring reveal about the health of Maui’s coastal waters?

Join us on August 25 at 5:30pm HST for our next Know Your Ocean virtual speaker series, featuring Liz Yannell, Director of Hui O Ka Wai Ola, as she shares findings from the organization’s 10-Year Water Quality Report.

🔬 Explore new findings from the latest report

📈 Discover long-term trends from 5,500+ water quality samples collected across Maui

🐠 Learn how a decade of community science is helping us understand changing coastal water quality, spot emerging concerns, and protect our reefs for future generations

💬 Bring your questions! A live Q&A follows the presentation.

📍 Free webinar.

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We all love a good beach day -- but could the water make you sick? 🤧

Recently, The Surfrider Foundation published their annual report on beach water quality testing. The report complies over 1,100 water samples gathered from 90 different beaches across Oʻahu, Maui, and Kauaʻi.

⚠️ The results don't always look too good. Some beaches, like the Moloa‘a Stream mouth on Kauaʻi and Punalu‘u Beach Park on Oʻahu failed every single time they were tested. Twenty-four of the ninety failed to meet the state's recreational health standards for fecal indicator bacteria more than 50% of the time. (For results, please check the Civil Beat article). 🚨

This puts us, our families, and our environment at risk. 💧These issues could only get worse with climate change, as increased storm frequency exacerbates pollution runoff into our water, and sea level rise inundates cesspools. Pollution in the ocean disrupts healthy aquatic systems, diminishing their ability to act as a carbon sink. 🪸🌊

We should all care about what's in our oceans -- and that doesn't mean just the good stuff.

Links: https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/06/see-how-your-beach-stacks-up-to-hawaii-water-pollution-standards/

https://safetoswimhawaii.com/

#CriticalDecade
#PublicHealth
#ProtectOurBeaches
#HawaiiClimate #ClimateAction #ClimateResilience

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Mahalo nui to everyone who gathered with us for our community benefit dinner, Hānau Kana, He ʻĀkoʻakoʻa, Puka!

We came together towards a shared vision for the health of Maui Nui’s reefs and nearshore waters. It was a heartfelt evening remembering and reaffirming the power of a community united towards a vision of beautiful, clear ocean waters and an ocean ecosystem teeming with vitality.

Together, we honored the work of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council (@mauireefs) and Hui O Ka Wai Ola (@huiokawaiola), whose ongoing efforts help monitor, restore, and protect Maui Nui’s coastal ecosystems.

Hānau kana, he ʻākoʻakoʻa, puka, “Born was the coral, it rises,” honors coral as a foundation of our islands and reminds us of the deep pilina between Hawaiʻi’s people, the ocean, and the environment. We carry that continuity of aloha forward when we gather, care for one another, and mālama the ecosystems that sustain us.

#AlohaMakena #Makena #Honuaula #MauiNui #MauiReefs

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Last weekend we gathered at Makena Golf & Beach Club for an evening that reminded us why this work matters: good food, good company, and a room full of people who care about protecting Maui’s waters.

Huge thanks to Makena for hosting, funding, and welcoming us with true aloha. That kind of generosity from a local business doesn’t happen everywhere, and we don’t take it for granted. Because of them, 100% of ticket proceeds go straight to the work of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council and Hui O Ka Wai Ola.

To everyone who bought a ticket and joined us for the evening, we couldn’t do this without you. Your attendance directly funded our on the ground work: water quality monitoring, reef research, and community education happening right now across Maui Nui.

And to our table sponsors, mahalo for your generous support in making this night possible.

This is what community-funded conservation looks like. Mahalo nui loa.

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At our recent Lau Ke Aloha: Limu Love, Hale Pili continued to serve as a gathering place where pilina is nurtured and strengthened.

Through hands-on limu press art, participants were invited to slow down, observe closely, and deepen their relationship with limu as a living resource, a source of meaʻai, a foundation of nearshore ecosystem health, and an expression of hana noʻeau. Together, we strengthened our connection to the moku of Honuaʻula, to one another, and to the kai that continues to sustain Maui Nui.

Hale Pili is a space for pilina, creating alongside community, sharing ʻike across generations, and recognizing our kuleana to mālama the waters and resources that care for us.

Mahalo nui to all who joined us, and to our ʻŌiwi Resources & Stewardship Team and Anna Palomino for guiding this meaningful experience and helping grow pilina to Honuaʻula through limu, creativity, and stewardship.

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Limu love in action!🪸

Guided by our ʻŌiwi Resources & Stewardship (ORS) Team and Anna Palomino, participants explored the importance and beauty of various limu through hands-on limu-press art. Together, we reflected on the role limu plays in the health of our shoreline resources and the ongoing efforts of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, Hui o Ka Wai Ola, and our ORS Team.

Mahalo to everyone who joined us, and to our ORS Team and Anna Palomino for guiding this meaningful gathering💚

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Everyone’s “why” for coming to Lau Ke Aloha may look a little different, but the purpose remains the same: nurturing community in Honuaʻula, people and plants together.

Each Lau Ke Aloha highlights a species important to our native ecosystems along with a local Maui artist - and also honors the organizations and community efforts we are proud to support.

This Thursday, we invite you to join us for Lau Ke Aloha: Limu Love, a celebration of limu, the efforts of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, and Hui o Ka Wai Ola. This event is free and all ages are welcome. To register, please visit the link in our bio.

Come add your aloha.

Lau Ke Aloha: Limu Love
🗓 June 4, 2026
⏰ 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
📍 Mākena Golf & Beach Club’s Hale Pili
🎨 Limu Presses led by our ʻŌiwi Resources & Stewardship Team and Anna Palomino

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Meet the talented artists guiding Lau Ke Aloha: Limu Love on June 4.

Our ʻŌiwi Resources & Stewardship Team and Anna Palomino will lead a hands-on limu press art session, inviting participants to connect with the importance of limu in our nearshore ecosystems.

This Lau Ke Aloha gathering reflects on limuʻs importance to the work of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council and Hui o Ka Wai Ola, grounding our creative practice in community, restoration, and care for our coastal waters.

We invite you to join us for an art session that honors ʻāina, uplifts community, and celebrates the vital work of these organizations.

➡️ REGISTER NOW at makenainfo.com/laukealoha-limulove
Limited seating available per session. Open to Maui residents.

#AlohaMakena #LauKeAloha #LimuLove #Honuaula #Limu

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Registration for Lau Ke Aloha: Limu Love on Thursday, June 4, is now LIVE!

This free, family-friendly gathering at Hale Pili is open to our Maui community to celebrate the work of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council and Hui o Ka Wai Ola. Letʻs amplify these organizations' efforts to monitor water quality, restore coral reefs, and protect Maui Nui’s coastal ecosystems by creating Limu Presses.

Schedule of activities:

Art Session 4:00 – 6:00 P.M.
🪸 Limu Presses led by our ʻŌiwi Resources & Stewardship Team and Anna Palomino

Not able to join us in person? Create your own limu kala and limu pālahalaha art. For every piece of artwork submitted, Mākena Golf & Beach Club will donate $10 per entry, with proceeds directly benefiting Maui Nui Marine Resource Council and Hui o Ka Wai Ola.

This event is open to all Maui residents. Seating is limited.

➡️ Reserve your spot at makenainfo.com/laukealoha-limulove or through the link in our bio.

Come create, connect, and celebrate the care of Maui Nui’s waters with us.

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We are honored to introduce Hānau Kana, He ʻĀkoʻakoʻa, Puka, a special fundraising dinner on June 27 at Mākena Golf & Beach Club's Nāulu Farm in support of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council and Hui o ka Wai Ola.

Hānau kana, he ʻākoʻakoʻa, puka, meaning “Born was the coral, it rises,” honors coral as the foundation of the islands and reflects the deep interconnectedness between Hawaiʻi’s people, the ocean, and the environment. This evening recognizes the vital work of these organizations in monitoring water quality, restore coral reefs, and protect the coastal ecosystems that sustain Maui Nui.

We invite our community to join and gather in support of these important efforts and celebrate the continued care of our waters and reefs.

The evening will feature a farm-to-table dinner, live entertainment by Wailua Ryder and Marja Lehua Apisaloma, and breathtaking views of Puʻu Ōlaʻi and Kahoʻolawe.

Seating is limited and available on a first-to-register basis. To register or for more information, visit the link in our bio.

All proceeds from the event will directly benefit the honorees.

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