This is a story about one Tiki Miki who plays his ukulele differently than the others, and how his different tune takes him somewhere extraordinary.

For the first time, a native Hawaiian photographer has combined her photographs with traditional Hawaiian references taken from native historians, lending the volume a cultural context drawn from a period before the arrival of foreigners in Hawaii.

Volume one gives an indepth discussion of major Hawaiian culture concepts, providing insights into both their ancient and modern significances and volume two traces the ancient Hawaiian social customs practices and beliefs from birth to old age.

Mämaka Kaiao adds to the 1998 edition more than 1,000 new and contemporary words that are essential to the continuation and growth of ka ölelo Hawaii--the Hawaiian language.