{"id":235144,"date":"2026-05-28T10:23:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=235144"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:32:34","slug":"next-generation-of-reef-stewards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/28\/next-generation-of-reef-stewards\/","title":{"rendered":"He P&#363;ko&#699;a Kani &#699;&#256;ina: Growing the next generation of reef stewards"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_25117\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EVaTdj5PJNA?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"He P\u016bko\u02bba Kani \u02bb\u0100ina \u2013 Puhi Bay Coral Community Event\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Along the Keaukaha coastline at Puhi Bay, keiki from Hawaiian language immersion program Ka <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;Umeke<\/span> <span lang=\"haw\">K&#257;&#699;eo<\/span> are doing what most adults never get to: growing native coral in a nursery and planting it back into the reef their families have known for generations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_235150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235150\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hilo-pacrc-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-235150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hilo-pacrc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hilo-pacrc-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hilo-pacrc.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He <span lang=\"haw\">P&#363;ko&#699;a<\/span> Kani <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;&#256;ina<\/span>&#8212;a year-long collaboration between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaumeke.org\/\">Ka <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;Umeke<\/span> <span lang=\"haw\">K&#257;&#699;eo<\/span><\/a> and University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/academics\/mop\/coral.php\">Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center<\/a> (<abbr>PACRC<\/abbr>)&#8212;is where scientific restoration meets traditional <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;ike<\/span> (knowledge). Keiki learn that the health of the coral is inseparable from the health of the <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> (land).<\/p>\n<p><abbr>PACRC<\/abbr> is the <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo research and community-engagement facility in Keaukaha behind the coral nursery. Marine science faculty lead programs that connect directly with the broader <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island community.<\/p>\n<p>For more go to <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/kukala\/20260521\/he-pukoa-kani-aina-coral-restoration.php?utm_source=UHHilo+UR+Overall+List&#038;utm_campaign=f5f4c83000-20260423_KukalaNuhou_COPY_01&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_f0299aa91c-f5f4c83000-529244557\"><span lang=\"haw\">K&#363;kala<\/span> <span lang=\"haw\">N&#363;hou<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s <abbr>PACRC<\/abbr> collaborates with a Hawaiian immersion school to teach keiki the connection between coral, \u02bb\u0101ina and restoration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":235150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1057,267,14,56],"class_list":["post-235144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaiian-language","tag-pacific-aquaculture-and-coastal-resources-center","tag-uh-hilo","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hilo-pacrc.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235144"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235152,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235144\/revisions\/235152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}