Kini Kaawa's schedule for 2025 KKP Complex Area Summit

E komo mai!

Welcome to the 2025 Kaʻū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa Complex Area Summit! We are thrilled to host the 8th Annual KKP CA Summit at Keaʻau High School Campus, where we’ll come together to inspire, learn, and grow as a collective body.

This year, we are honored to announce our keynote speaker, Nainoa Thompson, Master Navigator and President of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Nainoa is a true embodiment of achieving excellence with intention, leading the way for the Hōkūleʻa crew as they prepare for the transformative Moananuiākea Voyage—a bold, four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific.

In addition to Nainoa’s powerful address, we’re excited to offer a variety of breakout sessions featuring dynamic speakers and topics from national, state, and local community agencies, as well as our own Complex Area and school educators. Together, we’ll explore innovative ideas and actionable strategies to support our students, schools, and communities.
Let’s make this summit a time of connection, growth, and shared purpose as we continue to thrive together. Mohala I ka wai ka maka o ka pua - Flowers thrive where there is water, as thriving people are found where living conditions are good. #KKPCA_Thrives

Kini Kaawa

Pāhoa High and Intermediate School, Hui Hawaiʻi Moaniani Lehua

About me

Aloha mai, ʻo Kini Kaawa koʻu inoa. He kama na ke ahupuaʻa ʻo Kailua, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu. He pukana na ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue a me Ka Hakaʻula ʻo Keʻelikōlani. He kumu Hawaiʻi e aʻo ana i ka papa ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, papa hula, a me ka papa hana noʻeau Hawaiʻi ma ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe a Waena ʻo Pāhoa. He alakaʻi na ka Hui Hawaiʻi ʻo Moaniani Lehua a he kaʻi na ke kime hoe waʻa ʻo Pāhoa.

Kini Kaawa is a native of Kailua Ahupuaʻa. Sheʻs a graduate of Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue and the Hawaiian College at UH Hilo, Ka Hakaʻula ʻo Keʻelikōlani with a BA in Hawaiian Studies, a teachers certificate from Kahuawaiola, and a MA in Language and Cultural Indigenous Education. She is a Hawaiian educator of 20+ years and is currently teaching Hawaiian language, dance, and arts and crafts of Hawaiʻi at Pāhoa High and Intermediate School. She is the advisor of the Hawaiian Club Moaniani Lehua and the head coach of Pāhoa HS canoe paddling team.

My Speakers Sessions

9:30am HST

Hawaiian Education For All - Increasing ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi at American-Medium Public Schools in Hawaiʻi H-205Kini Kaawa

10:45am HST

Hawaiian Education For All - Increasing ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi at American-Medium Public Schools in Hawaiʻi H-205Kini Kaawa