On this episode of HIKI NŌ on PBS Hawaiʻi, watch stories about family-run business ventures, cultural dances, native Hawaiian bees, and even homework, with host Maila Muraoka, an 8th grader at Highlands Intermediate School on Oʻahu.
Chloe Smith, a student at Radford High School on Oʻahu, offers an insightful video about native Hawaiian bees and shares a tutorial on how to make papier-mâché planter “bombs” that include native seeds.
Island Pacific Academy students on Oʻahu explore the history behind beloved Hawaiian gold bangles.
Learn how to “Sasa,” a traditional Samoan dance from students at Wahiawā Middle School on Oʻahu, and take a beginner’s yoga lesson from students at Pacific Buddhist Academy students on Oʻahu.
Moanalua High School’s news production program, Now Loading News, spotlights a family-owned pet & livestock supply store in Waimānalo on Oʻahu.
A HIKI NŌ Personal Narrative project from Mid-Pacific Institute on Oʻahu shares what it is like to be part of a family tomato and salsa business.
Finally, a student at Kawananakoa Middle School on Oʻahu offers a practical guide on getting your work done on time.
Students from from Kapaʻa High School on Kauaʻi and H.P. Baldwin High School on Maui share personal pieces about a sense of nostalgia.
Students at Mid-Pacific Institute on Oʻahu profile a dedicated math teacher with a powerful life story.
Learn basic boxing moves in a “HIKI NŌ How To” produced by the crew at Wahiawa Middle School on Oʻahu.
Finnegan LeDuc, a student at Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy on the Big Island, shares her experience working through anxiety as a young person.
Maddie Wright, a senior at Pacific Buddhist Academy on Oʻahu, hosts the show and reveals the winner of the HIKI NŌ on PBS Hawaiʻi video contest at the 17th Annual Hawaii STEM Conference.
Students at West Hawaiʻi Explorations Academy interview the people behind the Marine Mammal Center’s Hawaiian monk seal hospital, Ke Kai Ola, to learn how they are working to protect the critically endangered species.
A student from Kapaʻa High School on Kauaʻi contributes a cinematic ode to nature and rain.
Students at ʻO Hina i Ka Malama, the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program at Molokaʻi High School, provide a tutorial on how to clean and gut Moi fish – the fish that was once reserved only for Hawaiian royalty to eat.
Students at Hawai’i Preparatory Academy Middle School on Hawai’i Island delve into the origins of plastic pollution in the ocean, and Alvah Scott Elementary School students on O’ahu share tips on how to stay safe at the beach.
We also take a look back at memorable stories from the HIKI NŌ archives produced by Kua O Ka Lã Miloli‘i Hīpu‘u Virtual Academy, Kealakehe High School and Kea‘au High School on the Big Island, and Island School on Kauaʻi.