# What efforts are being made to preserve Kailua's history?

**Category:** Events & History
**Verified:** 2026-10-24
**Canonical:** https://hawaiikailuabeachpark.com/en/knowledge/kailua-historical-preservation
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## Quick answer

Ulupō Heiau was restored and listed, Kawainui is protected, and a local society records history.

## Detailed answer

Ulupō Heiau was partly restored in the early 1960s, marked with a State plaque in 1962 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Kawainui Marsh became a Ramsar wetland in 2005, and most of it is a state wildlife refuge. Nonprofit groups restore areas of the old fishpond using traditional practices. The Kailua Historical Society, founded in 2001, collects oral histories and published the book Kailua: In the Wisps of the Malanai Breeze.

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