Articles by Derek Paiva

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Kauaʻi

Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste dies

Mayor of Kauai Bryan J. Baptiste died yesterday after suffering cardiac arrest at his home on Kauai. He was 52. News of Baptiste’s sudden death was a surprise to Hawaii residents. Baptiste had just been released from Honolulu’s Queen’s Medical Center on Friday after undergoing bypass surgery on June 13 and was said to be […]

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Culture, Maui

Pierce Brosnan eats sand on Maui

Actor Pierce Brosnan got more than a makeshift award from the folks at the Maui Film Festival last weekend. He also got a faceful of Wailea one maka (wet sand). After doing some stand-up paddleboarding—itself a pretty silly looking activity—Brosnan made the critical error of not jumping off his surfboard before reaching the beach. When

DonnaSteven
Hawai‘i Island

Hawaii volcano watchers on NationalGeographic.com

We knew our favorite Kilauea Volcano watchers Steve and Donna O’Meara were world famous in their field. Now National Geographic readers know, too. The video below—recently posted on National Geographic’s Web site—features the couple and their team of “volcano commandos” traversing the slopes of Italy’s Stromboli volcano. The footage was shot in 2002 for a

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Culture, Maui

Half of Hapa, Half of Barefoot Natives play Maui

What happens when you match two of Hawaii’s most inventive guitarists—in this case, Hapa’s Barry Flanagan and Barefoot Natives’ Eric Gilliom—on the same stage? Beats us. We’ve never seen it happen. Which is why we’re intrigued by the Royal Lahaina Resort’s Ka’anapali Nights concert series, which will feature the longtime friends over six summer Saturday

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Culture

Hoku Zuttermeister wins big at Na Hoku Hanohano awards

Honolulu singer-composer-musician Hoku Zuttermeister took a long time to record his debut solo CD ‘Aina Kupuna. But that diligence paid off big last night when the traditional Hawaiian CD took home six Na Hoku Hanohano Awards—the Hawaii music industry’s equivalent of a Grammy. It was the most Hoku any artist or CD would win at

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Lānaʻi, Travel Tips

Wine. It’s what’s for dinner at Koele

The Four Seasons Lodge at Koele is doing a wine dinner on June 23. Sadly, unlike April’s beer dinner at Koele, I’m not off to Lanai for the four-course meal this time. But I promised HawaiiMagazine.com readers back then that I would let you all know the next time the Lodge did one of its

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Food, Oʻahu

When Alan Wong’s met Zippy’s

HAWAII Magazine editor John Heckathorn wrote a “Taste of Paradise” column for our March/April 2008 issue—about a Zippy’s-inspired menu at Alan Wong’s Restaurant, crafted by Wong’s chef de cuisine Wade Ueoka, on a challenge from his boss. We got a lot of e-mail. Would Alan Wong’s—known for its award-winning Hawaii regional cuisine—be imitating Zippy’s bentos

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Culture

Visit Hawaii now. Travel cheap.

Want to save at least $200 on your next trip to Hawaii? Come here this summer. The Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau promises you can save at least that much per traveler if you book your travel through one of a number of partners: American Airlines Vacations, American Express Vacations, Classic Vacations, Expedia, NWA WorldVacations,

Hawaiian Airlines
Travel Tips

Hawaiian Airlines boosts its interisland fleet

Hawaiian Airlines has made a major move to fill the gap left when Aloha Airlines shut down last March: More jets. The Honolulu-based carrier announced today that it is adding four jets to its interisland fleet to fill increased consumer demand. Two of the Boeing 717-200 jets will begin service in September, with another two

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Kauaʻi, Travel Tips

Kauai’s Waipouli Beach Resort on Expedia top hotel list

The love of Expedia users has its rewards. Outrigger Hotels & Resorts’ Waipouli Beach Resort & Spa has scored the no. 21 position on the travel reservation site’s annual Insiders’ Select list of favorite worldwide hotels. Since when is the number 21 something to celebrate outside of, say, Las Vegas? How about when you’ve got

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