Laie, Hawaii Laie, Hawaii The Laie Hawaii Temple, the fifth earliest LDS Church temple around the world The Laie Hawaii Temple, the fifth earliest LDS Church temple around the world Location in Honolulu County and the state of Hawaii Location in Honolulu County and the state of Hawaii Laie is a census-designated place (CDP) positioned in the Koolauloa District on the island of Oahu in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States.

In Hawaiian, la ie means " ie leaf" ( ie ie is a climbing screwpine: Freycinetia arborea).

Historically, Laie was a pu uhonua, a sanctuary for fugitives.

The history of Laie begins long before first contact.

The name Laie is said to derive from two Hawaiian words: lau meaning "leaf", and ie referring to the ie ie (red-spiked climbing screwpine, Freycinetia arborea), which wreaths forest trees of the uplands or mauka regions of the mountain peaks of the Ko olau Range behind the improve of Laie.

The name Laie becomes more surroundingally momentous through the Hawaiian oral history (ka ao ) entitled Laieikawai.

From its close association with nature through its name, and through its oral traditions and history, the improve of Laie takes upon itself a precise identification and a responsibility in perpetuating life and in preserving all life forms.

Laie was such a place.

The earliest knowledge about Laie states that it was a small, sparsely populated village with a primary distinct ion: "it was a town/city of refuge".

Moohekili heiau was destroyed, but its remains can be found in taro patches makai (seaward) of the LDS Church's Laie Hawaii Temple.

The Ali'i nui at the time was Kauikeouli King Kamehameha III, and his konohiki (leading chief) for Laie was Peni Keali'iwaiwaiole (which means "The Chief without Riches"); the wife to this konohiki descended directly from the Ali'i nui of Oahu titled Kakuiewa, making his wife of higher project than he.

The territory of the mahele itself was cut up into parcels, much like the traditional Hawaiian territory divisions, centering on the ahupua'a, which followed a fairly uniform pattern.

The village of Laie is positioned in the ahupua'a of Laie.

As such, Laie followed the general pattern of life in the ahupua'a, but only the valleys in the foothills had sizeable water.

There were ten streams that flowed through the ahupua'a of Laie before 1865 (see 1865 map).

There were more streams flowing through the ahupua'a of Laie than through any of the other encircling ahupua'a, including Kaipapau and Hauula to the southeast and Malaekahana, Keana, and Kahuku to the northwest.

A new phase of evolution for Laie began when the plantation of that name was purchased by George Nebeker, the president of the Hawaiian Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

The Latter-day Saints in Hawaii were then encouraged to move to this location. This purchase occurred in 1865. The sugarcane plantation was rarely profitable, and through 1879 the church had subsidized its operations with about $40,000. Significantly, Laie was one of the several sugarcane plantations where both kalo and sugar were grown simultaneously.

The Hawaiian Mission was headquartered in Laie until 1919 when the command posts were moved to Honolulu, but by then the temple had been assembled in Laie, so it remained the spiritual center of the Latter-day Saint improve in Hawaii. Laie is one of the best known communities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the site of the Laie Hawaii Temple, the fifth earliest operating Mormon temple in the world.

Brigham Young University Hawaii is positioned in Laie.

Although small, Laie has had a momentous impact on Hawaiian culture, despite many of its residents' tracing their lineages from various Pacific Island countries such as Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, and New Zealand.

Laie is positioned at 21 38 55 N 157 55 32 W (21.648500, -157.925569). Laie is positioned north of Hauula and south of Kahuku along Kamehameha Highway (State Rte.

The coastline is marked by Laie Point, a prominent lithified dune jutting out into the ocean.

Laie Beach Park was originally called Pahumoa Beach Park, after Pahumoa "John" Kamake e aina (1879 1944), a fisherman from La ie Malo o in the late 19th century and early 20th century who lived here and kept his nets on the beach adjoining to Koloa Stream.

The name change occurred in the 1950s, when a group of students at the Church College of the Pacific (now Brigham Young University Hawaii) called the beach "Pounders" after the shorebreak that provided prominent bodysurfing rides; the nickname stuck.

Laie Point overlooking the Pacific Ocean to the east Laie is inside the Hawaii Department of Education.

"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Laie CDP, Hawaii".

Mulholland, Hawaii's Religions, p.

"The Making of the Ahupuaa of Laie into a Gathering Place and Plantation, The Creation of an Alternative Space to Capitalism" (PDF).

"Hawaii Place Names, Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites" by John R.

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