Yvonne Baur—photographer, former HPPA frontline superstar at our Hawai'i Volcanoes NP stores, & now full-time volcano student, just reposted this so we snatched it ASAP! What an amazing shot, Yvonne!
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Life and Death 🌋🌿
"The 61g flow had some really cool photo opportunities."
#HVNP #HPPA #Kilauea
If you have been on Hawai’i Island these last couple of weeks, you have likely been skywatching along with the rest of us.
🌤️🌦️⛈️💨🌈💧🌬️
HPPA’s Christine has been keeping an appreciative eye on the skies over the #KahukuUnit of our partner #hawaiivolcanoesnps.
#hawaiiskies #hppa #mahalochristine
Our partners Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park, & Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site located on the west coast of Hawaiʻi Island have resumed normal operating hours today. Please use caution. ☔
📷: NPS
#ParksReopen #PUHO #KAHO #PUHE #HPPA
You guys 🫶 your national parks. We work in them, we can tell!
In just the last 5 months at our Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site store, you folks donated $5,817 at the register at checkout, and your donations stay right there in the park.
IMGS: NPS/PUHE
#ParkSupport #PUHO #HPPA
A break in the heavy rains ☔️ on Hawai’i Island yesterday meant a chance to visit partner #puukoholaheiaunhs & marvel at the green landscape. This area of the island is usually dry & hot 🌞, so this time of growth and&renewal is extra beautiful an&d moving😍.
#puukoholāheiaunationalhistoricsite #HPPA
Leanne at our Puʻukoholā Heiau NHS park store says a shipment of these just came in, so if you are on Hawaiʻi Island, pop by! In-park only.
You can browse our whole collection of national parks water bottles & flasks here, too: shop.hawaiipacificparks.org/collections/...
#ShopYourParks #PUHE #HPPA
Monday, March 16, 2026 📅
Our partner Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park remains closed until further notice due to significant storm impacts. 🌧️💨 The park remains without power and internet 🔌📡 & there is no visitor access at this time.
The park will reopen as soon as it safe to do so.
IMG: #HVNP
#HPPA
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park, visitor center, and park store will reopen on Monday, March 16 at noon. Visitors are advised to use caution, as some areas of the park may still be affected by the recent storm. 🌴🌴🌴🌴
#ParkReopen #KAHO #HPPA #KonaLow
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, visitor center, and park store will reopen on Monday, March 16 at noon. Visitors are advised to use caution, as some areas of the park may still be affected by the recent storm. 🌴🌴🌴🌴
#ParkReopen #PUHO #HPPA #KonaLow
Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, visitor center, and park store will reopen on Monday, March 16 at noon. Visitors are advised to use caution, as some areas of the park may still be affected by the recent storm.
IMG: PUHE
#ParkReopen #PUHE #HPPA #KonaLow
Our partner Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is closed due to severe weather.
Guests of Volcano House & KMC may enter & shelter in place. 🏠 High wind & flash flood ⚠️ warnings are in effect thru March 14.
Flooding, downed trees, power outages 🔌 occurring.
IMG: NOAA
#KonaLowStorm #HVNP #KMC #HPPA
And as kid I would have also never dreamed that things like a 21 years old #HPUX #Unix workstation would help me stay sane and fill me with true wonder instead.
#HPPA #PA-RISC #PARISC
Heads up that air quality at the summit of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has deteriorated and the Welcome Center and HPPA park store at Kīlauea Military Camp is temporarily closed while the national park assesses conditions.
#VOG #KilaueaVolcano #HPPA #HVNP
Even small improvements make a big difference in the national park visitor experience!
This year’s HPPA support to our partner Haleakalā National Park includes upgrades to improve accessibility, functionality, and the overall visitor experience.
#SupportYourParks #HaleakalaNationalPark #HPPA #HALE
As the nonprofit partner of the National Park of American Samoa, HPPA works with park leadership to identify priority needs every year. 🤝📋
HPPA supports:
When you shop the park or donate in the visitor center or online, you help protect both natural systems & living traditions. 🌿💚
IMGS: #NPSA
#HPPA
Where do you take your breaks at work? ☕🌿
Belinda is on our Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP store team so she takes her breaks in what she calls: "the best break room ever!" If you have visited this gorgeous, serene, incredibly important Hawaiian site, you know.
#ThisIsWhereWeWork #ADayInMyJob #HPPA #PUHO
You guys 🫶 your national parks. We work in them, we can tell.
In just the last 5 months at Hawai'i Volcanoes NP you folks donated $78K at the register at checkout. Your donations stay in the park.
Mahalo nui loa, thank you very much, for supporting this incredible, important place. 🌋🌿🌊
#HPPA #HVNP
Cultural performances at the visitor center are part of what we support at our partner National Park of American Samoa in 2026! 🤝
These programs bring the park to life. 😍
#AmericanSamao #ParkSupport #HPPA #NPSA #SamoanCulture
Amanda at our Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP visitor center store says she is always ready to SELL THE SHELL! 🐚
Our cute little pū (sea shell trumpet) plushies 🥰 were created to help tell the story of how important events were announced at this amazing place, & kids love them.
#ThisIsWhereWeWork #HPPA
🌊..."and the benefits of membership are"...🌊
🤳When you visit Hawaiʻi national parks VC stores, you might hear about HPPA membership & the pluses for you & the parks. Pete, at our Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP store, knows these benefits inside AND out! 💪
#ThisIsWhereWeWork #ADayInMyJob #HPPA #Pete
A photo an an old school HP c8000 Unix workstation the design with its unique feet still looks very futuristic even today.
And here we go, a true #Unix machine with two #PA-RISC CPU's, OS is HP UX and one the last #RISC workstation #HP released, while switching to Intels ultimate lemon Itanium, should have stayed with their own silicon. This will be fun to figure out.
#hppa #PARISC #PA_RISC #HPUX
#Hawaiian cultural demonstrations remaining for March at Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP 🌺🌊
March 11, 18, 25
ʻUlana Launiu - Coconut Frond #Weaving in the Visitor Center breezeway 9am 🌴🪢
March 20
ʻUlana Launiu - Coconut Frond Weaving in the Hālau (Stop 16) 9am-2pm 🌿🧺
Some programs supported by #HPPA.
Cultural demos for March offered at our partner Pu'ukohola Heiau NHS on Hawaiʻi Island:
Hulu Aliʻi, Chiefly Featherwork (10am-1pm) — Pomai Brown — March 11, 18 & 25 🪶
Weekly demo of feathered capes & cloaks offers a meaningful connection to the rich history of this area.
#PuukoholaHeiauNHS #HPPA
This year, our donation support for partner Haleakalā NP includes:
🌿 Hosting Hawaiian cultural practitioners in the Kīpahulu District
🌿 Helping to gather kūpuna advisors to guide park interpretation
🌿 Supporting the translation of select webpages into ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
#KipahuluDistrict #HPPA #HALE
Your donations & purchases at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP 🌋 stores support programs that connect visitors with Native Hawaiian culture. 🌺
In 2026, HPPA will support:
• Cultural practitioner honorariums
• Traditional materials used for demos
• Live cultural demonstrations & storytelling
IMGS: #HVNP
#HPPA
Behind every great visitor experience at our partner National Park of American Samoa is a knowledgeable park ranger. 🥾
By investing in staff training, we help ensure that Samoan cultural traditions are shared authentically and respectfully.
#ParkSupport #SamoanCulture #HPPA #NPSA #StaffTraining
The HQ Visitor Center & park store at Haleakalā NP may still be closed for reno, but for Team HPPA the pricing 💲, receiving 📦, & sorting 🗂️ go on! Shaylee & Mary (& Wendy🤳) are out here (literally) making sure your park store visit is epic when the doors open.
#ThisIsWhereWeWork #ADayInMyJob #HPPA
That’s a wrap for our team at the #publiclandsalliance 2026 convention in Florida! Chuck (in hat) just texted that Team HHPA‘s last day in Florida was spent at an amazing PLA-sponsored excursion to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge with critters galore. 🐊
#PLA2026 #MerrittIslandNWR #HPPA
Happiest of happy anniversaries to our Akiko, who you may have been lucky enough to meet at our Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Welcome Center park store being the busiest & also kindest person ever! 🎉🌺 It's lucky #13!
#AmazingAkiko #TeamHPPA #HPPAOhana #HPPA #AkikoAnniversary #HPPAAnniversary
