On this episode of Home is Here we “go long” to Mānoa to catch up with Timmy Chang, the new University of Hawai’i Football head coach. We head to Haīku St. in Kāneʻohe where we visit the largest Native Hawaiian nursery in the world, Hui Kū Maoli Ola. On our last stop we travel to Makawao to meet Mitzi Toro, better known as “The Maui Cookie Lady.”

Rick Barboza shows you a few of the Native Hawaiian plants at his nursery, Hui Kū Maoli Ola.

Jodi Endo Chai visits Sekiyaʻs Okazuya

UH Football Head Coach Timmy Chang answers some rapid-fire questions for PBS Hawaiʻi.

Baker and Makawao resident Mitzi Toro, better known as “The Maui Cookie Lady,” tells how she got an endorsement from one of Hollywood's biggest action stars, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Linda Furuto, Professor of Mathematics Education at UH Mānoa, explains how stars are used to navigate the seas.

See the tradition of mochitsuki, or mochi pounding, step by step.

Fashion designer Nakeʻu Awai and Marion Jones, founder of The Muʻumuʻu Library, share a dress once owned by Hollywood's first Hawaiian actress, Mamo Clark Rawley.

In our first episode, we feature three stories that could only take place here in Hawai‘i. We visit with the Okami ‘ohana, whose members created KoAloha ‘Ukulele more than 25 years ago. We’ll introduce you to rapper, artist, video game designer and activist, Daniel Kauwila “Wilz” Mahi and we travel to Kapa‘au on Hawai‘i Island and talk with the team at Hawai‘i Wildlife Center.

Home is Here featured in the June issue of Honolulu Magazine's, Art and Cultural Section. Every month, PBS Hawaiʻi is featured in a blog in HONOLULU Magazine.