A thought concerning the research that is being shown in this website, many sources were researched, however, there is perhaps traditional Hawaiian rainbow knowledge that was not found for this project. Namely, the rainbow knowledge of one island is perhaps different than that of another island. Furthermore, within one island, the rainbow knowledge perhaps differs between districts. As an example, within the district of Kaupō, Maui, a small round type of rainbow was known, Pōpōua was itʻs name. It was seen every morning above the cinder cone called ʻŌʻilipuʻu on Haleakalā. Outside of Kaupō, Pōpōua is the name of a rain,[1] and within the dictionaries, it is also a rain name. Further still, not all traditional Hawaiian knowledge was published in the newspapers, and some knowledge was not shared outside of the family. Therefore, if some traditional rainbow knowledge has not been included within this website, the author is at fault.

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The information within the pages of this website was collected from the masters thesis of the author within the PDF file shown.​

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[1] Communication from Kalei Nuʻuhiwa.