Culturally, historically, and spiritually Waimea, Oʻahu, is a Native Hawaiian cultural treasure of the highest possible order.

Participation in the Heiva Raromataʻi festival in Raʻiātea nurtured spiritual, cultural and political ties within Polynesia

Nonprofit Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi has kuleana for 405 acres in Heʻeia that includes some 300 acres of wetland and about 100 acres of hillside.