Come listen to N. Kohala historian Boyd Bond tell the story of the ali‘i Ka‘iana.

By 1790, when few people anywhere had heard the name Kamehameha, the high chief Ka‘iana was the most famous Hawaiian in the world, having traveled from the islands of Hawai‘i to China, the Philippines, the West Coast of America and back again, arriving on Hawai‘i Island and joining the army of Kamehameha in his quest to unify the islands. Five years later, Ka‘iana would die in the battle of Nu‘uanu, fighting against Kamehameha. With a new TV series out about this famous ali‘i of Hawai‘i, lets review what they got right and what they left out of this remarkable story.

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