BY LESLIE HARRIS O’HANLON SPECIAL TO NHN Waimea residents and visitors now have a centrally located place where they can buy affordable and local fresh fruits, vegetables, coffee, pastries and other goodies. The Waimea Mid Week Market recently relocated from Anna Ranch, where it had been for about a year, to Parker Ranch’s Pukalani Stables Read more …
Every Wednesday the Paniolo Heritage Center at Pukalani Stables hosts the Waimea Midweek Market! From 11:00am to 5:00pm our friends with the Waimea Mid-Week Farmers Market feature the best of local produce, plate lunches, ono goodies and specialty items. There’s always plenty of parking across from the Stables and easy access via Pukalani Road or Read more …
Paniolo Preservation Society continues our popular Talk Story series with an evening dedicated to the music of the Paniolo. Hosted by Ku’ulei Keakealani, this promises to be a wonderful evening of artistry and family fun. Free and open to the community but donations to the Paniolo Heritage Center are appreciated. Soft drinks, food and snacks Read more …
Gail Rice invites the community to her Annual St. Patrick’s Day Party on Saturday, March 17, 2012 starting at 5:00 pm at the Paniolo Heritage Center at Pukalani Stables. In honor of paniolo patriarch, Irish Jack Purdy, Gail is graciously hosting this party as a fundraiser for the Paniolo Preservation Society. Live Irish Bagpipers, Tony Sevage Read more …
Paniolo Preservation Society is inviting serious horseback riders on a half-day escorted trail ride exploring extraordinary pre-contact sites and features of the Waimea Field System as documented by historian Abraham Fornander in the mid 1800s, renowned Hawa’i historian Marion Kelly in the early 1970s, and more recently, by Ross Cordy in his respected book, “Exalted Read more …
DISTINGUISHED PANIOLO KEPANI – Among Hawai’i’s paniolo who are legendary for their achievements and contributions are surnames such as Kimura, Horie, Yamaguchi, Kawamoto, Onaka, Kato, Fujii, Yamasaki, Fujitani, Hokama, Nakata, Goto, Hamada, Morifuji and Yoshimatsu. Pictured here is the late Yoshi Kawamoto, who went on to become Superintendent of the Kohala Division for Parker Ranch, and both Read more …
The community is invited to PPS’ first ‘Silver Spur Paniolo Lifetime Achievement Awards’COMMUNITY INVITED TO PPS’: 5:30 p.m., Sat., Jan. 21, 2012. A community celebration honoring “the true keepers and protectors of the paniolo culture – the senior stewards” with special emphasis on their mentorship of others. At the new Paniolo Heritage Center at Pukalani Stables in Waimea. To Read more …
PANIOLO TALK STORY AT THE NEW PPS PANIOLO HERITAGE CENTER AT PUKALANI STABLES: 5-8 p.m., Sat., Jan. 14, 2012. PPS’ first Talk Story was Paniolo Ghost Stories, this time it will be all about Paniolo Grinds – the delicious traditional foods, practices, and protocols of Hawaiian ranching families – the mea ‘ai of this lifestyle and culture. Hosted by Ku’ulei Keakealani. Free though a Read more …
Three Mini-Documentaries To Share Rare Glimpses of Paniolo Heritage At Free Kahilu Theatre Makana Series Film Night Fri., Dec. 30, 2011 It’s been quite a year for Paniolo Preservation Society and 2012 promises even more excitement. For 13 years this not-for-profit organization has increased public awareness and appreciation of the roles, practices and traditions Read more …
The new PPS ‘hoodies’ are in and will be available for sale today along with our regular sweatshirts at our booth at the Waimea Shopping Center. These shirts are quality craftsmanship from a local Waimea company and make great gifts! All proceeds go to help support the mission of Paniolo Preservation Society in keeping our Read more …
To preserve and promote the heritage of the Hawaiian cowboy through the Paniolo Cultural Center at Pukalani Stables. The Paniolo Preservation Society celebrates the Hawaiian ranching industry and the accomplishments of the generations of paniolo that made that industry possible. Our focus is statewide and represents all cowboys from all of the Hawaiian islands. PPS is committed to increasing public awareness of the historical, present-day and future significance of Hawaii's ranching industry and the honored traditions of its paniolo.
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