Saturday, December 31: 
New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show.  Enjoy an aerial fireworks display in the early evening at Poipu Beach Park.  The event is free.

Saturday, December 31:  Mochi Pounding at Historic Wailea Village.  Celebrate the New Year with demonstrations of and participation in traditional Japanese mochi pounding and making of rice cakes. Plus New Year’s crafts, calligraphy & floral arrangements, taiko drumming, Hawaiian entertainment, local lunch and more. Akiko’s Bed & Breakfast, Wailea Village at the 15-mile marker on Hwy. 19 on the Hamakua Coast.  For information call (808) 963-6422.