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Kumu Hula Paul K. Neves resides in Keaukaha-
Hilo, Hawai’i on Hawaiian Homelands with his
wife Wanda, and his two children, Akalā and
Kinohi. He has been a Kumu Hula since 1999
and is a student of Kumu Hula Wayne Kaho’
onei Panoke who was uniki (graduated) in
1968 from his Kumu Hula Noeau Loa, Auntie
Nona Kapuailohia Beamer.
Kumu Paul opened Hālau Ha’a Kea o Akalā in
1998. In 2004 he opened Hālau Ha’a Kea o
Kinohi in Calistoga, California and in 2006,
Hilo, Hawai’i on Hawaiian Homelands with his
wife Wanda, and his two children, Akalā and
Kinohi. He has been a Kumu Hula since 1999
and is a student of Kumu Hula Wayne Kaho’
onei Panoke who was uniki (graduated) in
1968 from his Kumu Hula Noeau Loa, Auntie
Nona Kapuailohia Beamer.
Kumu Paul opened Hālau Ha’a Kea o Akalā in
1998. In 2004 he opened Hālau Ha’a Kea o
Kinohi in Calistoga, California and in 2006,
he opened Hālau Ha'a Kea o Mokihana in honor of his wife in Washington DC. He has
judged hula competitions in Hawai’i and Japan.
Since 1984 Kumu Paul has been very involved in spiritual, cultural, and political
challenges facing the Hawaiian people and is a sovereignty proponent. A 20-year
Pastoral Associate of the Roman Catholic Church, and a community activist, Kumu
Paul is an Ali’i 'Ai Moku (traditional chief) of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I. He has
given workshops on spirituality, culture and political analysis in Hawai’i, Rarotonga,
Cook Islands, across the United States, Puerto Rico and the United Nations in New
York. He also is a graduate of the University of Geneva and has given talks across
Western Europe on the above subjects.
Kumu Paul is a teacher of traditional ways and emphasizes ‘ohana, discipline, and hula
in community. His purpose in creating these three hālau is to perpetuate Hawaiiana by
building communities based on the art of hula, the Hawaiian national dance.
judged hula competitions in Hawai’i and Japan.
Since 1984 Kumu Paul has been very involved in spiritual, cultural, and political
challenges facing the Hawaiian people and is a sovereignty proponent. A 20-year
Pastoral Associate of the Roman Catholic Church, and a community activist, Kumu
Paul is an Ali’i 'Ai Moku (traditional chief) of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I. He has
given workshops on spirituality, culture and political analysis in Hawai’i, Rarotonga,
Cook Islands, across the United States, Puerto Rico and the United Nations in New
York. He also is a graduate of the University of Geneva and has given talks across
Western Europe on the above subjects.
Kumu Paul is a teacher of traditional ways and emphasizes ‘ohana, discipline, and hula
in community. His purpose in creating these three hālau is to perpetuate Hawaiiana by
building communities based on the art of hula, the Hawaiian national dance.
Kumu Paul Neves
