Description

When it was built in the first half of the 19th century, this church was called the Waine'e. After 100 years of being battered by natural disasters and native uprisings, it was rebuilt and renamed Waiola, which means 'Water of Life'. Next to it lies the Waiola (or Waine'e) Graveyard. Many important figures from the early days of Hawaiian colonization are buried here, the famous next to the unknown, and perhaps more importantly, the Hawaiian next to the Western. Both sites figure heavily into Maui's history.