King David Kalakaua founded this magazine under a royal charter as Paradise of the Pacific, publishing our first issue in January 1888. On these pages, we take you back in time to see what life in Honolulu was like then.
You can describe a place using words. You can show a place with pictures. But to really experience a place, you have to stand in it. This is our list of the most endangered historic places in Hawaii.
Horse Sense: Got a long face? Maybe a horse can help.
We’re overdue to add at least one more bridge. Even a pedestrian overpass connecting the makai end of University Avenue to Kalaimoku Street in Waikiki would make a difference.
A Green Century: The Outdoor Circle has been beautifying Honolulu for 100 years now.
For dolphins, whales or seals in bad situations, Hawaii’s Marine Mammal Response Network knows just what to do.
The Hawaii state Office of Elections has a handy feature on its website.
As far as 1888, when this magazine was born.
Who runs Honolulu? The unions? Or the public?
Halloween in Honolulu? Bah humbug.
HONOLULU talks with mayoral candidate Kirk Caldwell about rail—is it over?—how we’re going to pay for sewer improvements, and being compared to Mufi Hannemann.
Who had the better coverage?
Why aren't the Green Party or Libertarian Party candidates going to be part of the presidential debates?
Our guide to self-improvement in Honolulu.
When an arcade’s not really an arcade.
“Moana” twin writer team tailored “The Descendants” star a punishing new role that included 14-hour days filming in the ocean off Fiji. But she does romance dreamboat Sam Claflin in a film based on a castaway’s tale that thrilled Hawai‘i in 1983.
