Kekane is a kanaka maoli born on Oahu and now resides on Maui in the Wailuku. In 2014 he suffered from congested heart failure, along with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and was considered to be borderline diabetic. He was put on so many different meds it began taking a toll on his liver. So he took a moment and reflected. He decided to look to what my ancestors did to combat all these precursors to death, and discovered Mamaki.