{"id":37390,"date":"2023-08-25T16:54:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37390"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:54:07","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-its-gone-forever-al-jazeera-on-wildfires-in-town-at-heart-of-hawaiian-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37390","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global Doorstep\u2019: \u2018It\u2019s gone forever\u2019 \u2013 Al Jazeera on wildfires in town at heart of Hawaiian culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=2916374\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-37391\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lahaina-pre_August_2023_Calbear22_Commons_Wiki.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Large parts of Lahania, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, have been left in ashes as the Maui fires burn, reports <em>Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=2916374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lahaina waterfront<\/a> before the wildfires by en:User: Calbear22\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 \u201cYou can\u2019t refurbish a building that\u2019s just ashes now\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Al Jazeera<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Wildfires have left a trail of destruction on the Hawaiian island of Maui&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The blazes\u2026 appear to have devastated the historic centre of Lahaina, the onetime capital of the former Kingdom of Hawaii\u2026<\/p>\n<p>While damage was still being assessed, witnesses said several significant sites appeared to have been consumed by the flames.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Olsten, a helicopter pilot with tour operator Air Maui, told The Associated Press news agency he had flown over the area to take stock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the places that\u2026 are Hawaiian history, are gone, and that can\u2019t be replaced,\u201d he said. \u2018You can\u2019t refurbish a building that\u2019s just ashes now. It can\u2019t be rebuilt \u2014 it\u2019s gone forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What has been destroyed?<\/h2>\n<p>Aerial footage of Lahaina showed the town nearly engulfed in flames\u2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Lahaina and the Kingdom of Hawaii<\/h2>\n<p>Lahaina grew to prominence under King Kamehameha I, a transformational figure in Hawaiian history.<\/p>\n<p>He united Hawaii under his rule, conquering smaller independent chiefdoms in Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kauai and Niihau from 1795 to 1810\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The town also became a key port with the first US whaling ships arriving in 1819. Those hunting expeditions, plus the influx of Christian missionaries, brought foreigners and commercialisation to Lahaina\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The islands became a US state in 1959.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/8\/10\/its-gone-forever-wildfires-ravage-town-at-heart-of-hawaiian-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Large parts of Lahania, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, have been left in ashes as the Maui fires burn, reports Al Jazeera. image: for illustration Lahaina waterfront before the wildfires by en:User: Calbear22\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37392,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37390\/revisions\/37392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}