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Kunia couple learns to farm and grow traditional foods from their Tongan culture

By Jamm Aquino | January 12, 2021  | Updated on  January 13, 2021 at 12:35 am
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Ikani Naulu, left, and wife Mele hold some of their crops on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia. They grow taro, cassava, yams, banana, Tongan spinach and breadfruit in upland Kunia.
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Tongan spinach grows on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.
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Thai bananas hang on a tree on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia. Naulu grows taro, cassava, yams, banana, Tongan spinach and breadfruit in upland Kunia.
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Harvested Thai bananas from Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.
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Harvested Thai bananas from Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.
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Ikani Naulu walks the rows of young dry-land taro on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28in Kunia.
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Ikani Naulu cleans dry-land taro just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.
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Young dry-land taro on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.
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Ube yam just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.
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Ikani Naulu greets the rows of his crops on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.
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Ikani Naulu cleans dry-land taro just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.
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Poese Vatikani grates cassava for a traditional Tongan dessert.
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Cassava root just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.
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