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Kumu Hula Paul K. Neves resides in Keaukaha-Hilo, Hawai’i on
Hawaiian Homelands with his wife Wanda Mokihana, and his son
Kinohi. Their daughter Akalā is a student at the University of
Portland.
Kumu Paul has been a Kumu Hula since 1999 and is a student of
Kumu Hula Wayne
Kaho’onei Panoke who was uniki (graduated) in 1968 from the late
Kumu Hula Winona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Desha-Beamer.
Kumu Paul opened Hālau Ha’a Kea o Akalā in 1998. This hālau is
Hawaiian Homelands with his wife Wanda Mokihana, and his son
Kinohi. Their daughter Akalā is a student at the University of
Portland.
Kumu Paul has been a Kumu Hula since 1999 and is a student of
Kumu Hula Wayne
Kaho’onei Panoke who was uniki (graduated) in 1968 from the late
Kumu Hula Winona Kapuailohiamanonokalani Desha-Beamer.
Kumu Paul opened Hālau Ha’a Kea o Akalā in 1998. This hālau is
now under the direction of his daughter, Kumu Hula Akalā Nāhikulani Neves. In 2004 he opened Hālau Ha’a Kea o Kinohi in
Calistoga, California in honor of his son. This hālau is now based in Hilo and San Francisco under Kumu Paul's direction.
In 2006, Kumu Paul opened Hālau Ha'a Kea o Mokihana in Washington DC in honor of his wife. He has judged and
participated in hula competitions in Hawai’i and Japan.
Since 1984 Kumu Paul has been very involved in the spiritual, cultural, and political challenges facing the native Hawaiian
people and is an advocate for sovereignty. Kumu Paul was a founding member of Ka Lāhui Hawai'i. Kumu Paul served for 20-
years as a Pastoral Associate of the Malia Puka o Kalani Catholic Community in Keaukaha. Kumu Paul is an Ali’i 'Ai Moku
(traditional chief) of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I. He has given workshops on spiritual, cultural and political analyses to
the people of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, across the United States, Puerto Rico and at the United Nations in New York, the World
Council of Churches and the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland. He has participated in tribal
hearings at The Hague, Netherlands at the World Court. Kumu Paul is a graduate of the University of Geneva and has given
presentations on the above subject across Western Europe.
Kumu Paul is a student of the traditional ways of the native Hawaiian people. Kumu Paul emphasizes ‘ohana and discipline as
the core of communal expression. Kumu Paul's purpose in supporting the creation of the hālau 'ohana communities is to lay a
foundation of aloha with the goal of putting the native Hawaiian culture at the forefront of making change in the world.
Calistoga, California in honor of his son. This hālau is now based in Hilo and San Francisco under Kumu Paul's direction.
In 2006, Kumu Paul opened Hālau Ha'a Kea o Mokihana in Washington DC in honor of his wife. He has judged and
participated in hula competitions in Hawai’i and Japan.
Since 1984 Kumu Paul has been very involved in the spiritual, cultural, and political challenges facing the native Hawaiian
people and is an advocate for sovereignty. Kumu Paul was a founding member of Ka Lāhui Hawai'i. Kumu Paul served for 20-
years as a Pastoral Associate of the Malia Puka o Kalani Catholic Community in Keaukaha. Kumu Paul is an Ali’i 'Ai Moku
(traditional chief) of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I. He has given workshops on spiritual, cultural and political analyses to
the people of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, across the United States, Puerto Rico and at the United Nations in New York, the World
Council of Churches and the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland. He has participated in tribal
hearings at The Hague, Netherlands at the World Court. Kumu Paul is a graduate of the University of Geneva and has given
presentations on the above subject across Western Europe.
Kumu Paul is a student of the traditional ways of the native Hawaiian people. Kumu Paul emphasizes ‘ohana and discipline as
the core of communal expression. Kumu Paul's purpose in supporting the creation of the hālau 'ohana communities is to lay a
foundation of aloha with the goal of putting the native Hawaiian culture at the forefront of making change in the world.
Kumu Paul Neves
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