Hawai’i legacy series presents:

'opukaha’iA

*** With recent gathering restrictions, we invite you to watch online with your closest family and friends.

Not long before the ending of the oppressive Kapu system, an orphaned Hawaiian youth swam out to a ship sailing to New England. As Henry Opukahaia learned English, he prayed, “Great and eternal God-...make some good man go with me to Hawaii, tell folks in Hawaii about heaven." 'Opukaha'ia soon became a learned scholar, author and translator of scripture to Hawaiian ʻŌlelo. Inspired by his zeal and shocked by his unexpected death, three Hawaiian missionaries and 14 New Englander missionaries sailed across the globe to fulfill Henry’s prayers.

The documentary film, Henry 'Opukaha'ia : Hawaii Legacy is a result of several years of prayer, research, interviews, travel and filming to capture this historic moment of Hawaii’s legacy.