“A lot of people that moved are not allowed to go back to Niihau because they’ve been gone too long and their family is not picking up shells to make the lei so it’s very hard to find lei ...

I grew up, actually, here in Los Angeles. I'm a fourth-generation lei maker, and I was raised in Hawaii till I was 6. My mom and my Hawaiian side of the family just made sure I was immersed in the ...

WAILUKU — For burglarizing a Makawao store and stealing rare Niihau shell lei, a man was sentenced Thursday ... shells from the shores of Niihau to make one strand.” Surveillance video shows ...

Situated in the Hawaiian archipelago to the southwest ... individuals like Kahelelani who taught her people how to make shell ...