Grieving Maui residents prepare to rebuild but ask: ‘For whom?’

Indigenous Hawaiians hope that recovery efforts on Maui will help them better protect the environment. Photograph: J Matt/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

In the weeks after deadly wildfires tore through Maui, Dr Mālia Purdy thought often of a Hawaiian proverb she learned as a child.

E Malama ‘oe I ka ‘Āina, e Malama ka ‘Āina ia ‘oe.