Aloha Ke Akua:
To know and love Ke Akua with all of one’s heart, might, mind, and strength.
Aloha:
To love others as one’s self and to do so unconditionally, living a life of charity and forgiveness towards others.
Haʻahaʻa:
To be humble, grateful, and teachable; treating others with respect and Aloha. To recognize Ke Akua’s hand in all things, to realize one’s dependence on Him for all things, to express appreciation to Him for all things; and to be submissive to His will at all times.
Pono:
To think, speak, and act in a manner that is honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men. To be balanced physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
‘Ohana:
To recognize the ‘ohana (family) as the fundamental building block that makes up the very fabric of the community, society, and Lāhui (Nation). Strong families = strong communities and strong communities = a strong Lāhui. As such, the ‘ohana and those individuals making up the ‘ohana unit (kamali‘i, makua, and kupuna) must be cherished, respected, and protected.
Kūʻauhau:
To find, learn, and preserve one’s genealogy; to know who we are by knowing where we came from. In knowing our genealogy we can be inspired and guided by our kupuna who are alive as well as those who have passed on.
ʻImi naʻauao:
To seek enlightenment, not only the acquirement of knowledge, but of true intelligence, that is, to use knowledge in a pono way.
Kahu:
To mālama (care for) the physical and spiritual wellbeing of persons and places.
Lōkahi:
To seek harmony, peace, unity, collaboration, and balance.
Kuleana:
To understand and fulfill one’s area of stewardship and responsibility.
Kūpa‘a:
To be steadfast, firm, constant, immovable, loyal, and faithful to that which is pono.
Alakoa:
To acquire the skills and strategy of engagement and to develop the virtues of the koa, e.g., courage, valiance, steadfastness, loyalty, ha‘aha‘a, and aloha; to use in the pono defense and advancement of the individual, ‘ohana, community, and Lāhui.
