Eight candidates battle for the most crowded county race including Mayor Michael Victorino, who's seeking a second four-year term.

On this episode of Home is Here we “go long” to Mānoa to catch up with Timmy Chang, the new University of Hawai’i Football head coach. We head to Haīku St. in Kāneʻohe where we visit the largest Native Hawaiian nursery in the world, Hui Kū Maoli Ola. On our last stop we travel to Makawao to meet Mitzi Toro, better known as “The Maui Cookie Lady.”

On 7/26/22, we had an advanced virtual screening of The Green Planet: Human Worlds. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, the episode featured the Maui Invasive Species Committee's work on miconia and the University of Hawaiʻi's native plant extinction prevention efforts.

Baker and Makawao resident Mitzi Toro, better known as “The Maui Cookie Lady,” tells how she got an endorsement from one of Hollywood's biggest action stars, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Other Candidates in the race for Maui County Mayor.

Our Makawao is a film that weaves together stories and memories from Upcountry Maui residents who recount life in Makawao on the slopes of Haleakalā. Featured are former sugar and pineapple plantation workers, paniolos and long-time residents and merchants who share the rich and diverse history of this not-so-sleepy town.