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20 Local Secrets: North Shore

The insider list: eat, history, and culture from Haleʻiwa to Kahuku.

Weekly

Jul 30, 2026

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6 min read

The Waikīkī I keep coming back to

Ten years of Sundays at Kaimana, and the canal that made it all possible.

Weekly

Jul 23, 2026

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6 min read

The address that still says it all

Kahala's quiet prestige

Weekly

Jul 16, 2026

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7 min read

The valley behind the Stairway to Heaven

How a top-secret radio site became one of Kāneʻohe's quietest neighborhoods.

Tehane Wurdeman

Jul 9, 2026

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7 min read

The neighborhood that lives on the water

On Kāneʻohe Bay, daily life runs on the tide, not the traffic.

Jul 2, 2026

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7 min read

The neighborhood inside a garden

Haiku Plantation: a lush, family-friendly windward retreat at the foot of the Koʻolau

Tehane Wurdeman

Jun 25, 2026

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5 min read

The neighborhood built on a fishpond

Wailupe: real in-town waterfront on a peninsula that did not exist before 1948

Tehane Wurdeman

Jun 18, 2026

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5 min read

The view that stops you on the way up

Waialae Nui Ridge: panoramic views, an intimate community, minutes from Kahala Mall

Tehane Wurdeman

Jun 11, 2026

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5 min read

The village that still gathers

A small plantation town between Wahiawā and the North Shore is quietly becoming central Oʻahu's farm future.

Tehane Wurdeman

Jun 4, 2026

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6 min read

The date on this trail ended in marriage.

ʻAiea Heights has been in my heart ever since..

Tehane Wurdeman

May 28, 2026

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5 min read

I celebrated my marriage at Ko Olina

The Ihilani is the Four Seasons now. My relationship with this coast goes back further than the name change.

Tehane Wurdeman

May 21, 2026

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6 min read

The view from Pacific Heights

A couple's search for something close to downtown but above it all.

Tehane Wurdeman

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