The Garden Island corrects errors of fact in news stories. If you notice an error, please contact us at one of the numbers listed below. • The poem printed in yesterday’s Lifestyle story “Net weaver inspires island poets” should say
The Garden Island corrects errors of fact in news stories. If you notice an error, please contact us at one of the numbers listed below.
• The poem printed in yesterday’s Lifestyle story “Net weaver inspires island poets” should say kupuna instead of kapuna. According to the poem’s author, Blaich Vaughan, kapuna can mean “the spring,” or source of fresh water. Kupuna implies one who stands at the source, and is [the Hawaiian word] for an esteemed elder, an ancestor or grandparent.