I think they need to find a better MC. While Kamaka Pili is personable, some of the stories he shares, especially about `Ōlelo Hawai`i, is inaccurate. His meanings of island names donʻt match the historical and documented (Mary Kawena Puku`i) meanings of those words. The inaccuracies are problematic as they give a non Hawaiian speaker the false meaning of a place name or word which they then share with their family and friends; spreading falsehoods. This was an eye opener. I always thought Kamaka Pili did his homework and presented things in a way that served to truly tell the story of a place or word. With this, I find that heʻs made up a few things along the way and rather than being authentic he is really unauthentic and not trustworthy to share the mo`olelo of our people or language.
I think they need to find a better MC. While Kamaka Pili is personable, some of the stories he shares, especially about `Ōlelo Hawai`i, is inaccurate. His meanings of island names donʻt match the historical and documented (Mary Kawena Puku`i) meanings of those words. The inaccuracies are problematic as they give a non Hawaiian speaker the false meaning of a place name or word which they then share with their family and friends; spreading falsehoods. This was an eye opener. I always thought Kamaka Pili did his homework and presented things in a way that served to truly tell the story of a place or word. With this, I find that heʻs made up a few things along the way and rather than being authentic he is really unauthentic and not trustworthy to share the mo`olelo of our people or language.