ʻOiai ʻike ʻia kanaka ma o kāna ʻōlelo, a ʻo ka ʻōlelo ka mea e puahia ai kanaka, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Mary Kawena Pukui Hale, he hale waihona puke no Kawaihuelani, i ka makahiki 2005 i laha ka leo kanaka a e wawalo hoʻi i ke kula a paʻa ma ka ʻāina a puni. No ka Mary Kawena Pukui Hale ke kuleana no ke kūkulu ʻana i ka paepae pōhaku no ka ʻōlelo ʻōiwi o ka ʻāina nei, ma o ka mālama, ke aʻo, ka hoʻomāhuahua, a me ka noiʻi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo ma nā kaiāulu a pau e puapuaʻi ai ka ʻōlelo. Hoʻokō ʻia kēia kuleana nui ma o nā papahana like ʻole e kākoʻo ana i ka noiʻi, ka hoʻomōhala haʻawina, a me ke aʻo ʻana nō hoʻi i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ke kula nui a i ke kaiāulu hoʻi. Hōʻiliʻili ʻia nā kumu ʻike like ʻole (nā puke, nā moʻolelo, nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, nā ʻapo leo, a pēlā aku) i lako nā hakakau a me nā waihona no nā kumu a me nā haumāna. Kūkulu ʻia nō hoʻi nā papa kuhikuhi no ka mālama a wae pono ʻana i ka ʻike. A hoʻomōhala ʻia nā haʻawina hou i mea e aʻo a hoʻolaha aku ai i ka ʻike. 

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The Mary Kawena Pukui Hale (MKPH) is a resource center housed within Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language and is dedicated to the promotion and survival of Hawaiian. Its mission is to revitalize, promote, and enhance the research, curriculum development, and teaching of Hawaiian so that the voices of the Native people of this land may be made known, resound, and become a permanent feature of the University as well as the surrounding community. This mission is achieved by increasing access to and availability of various forms of Hawaiian resource materials through planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating activities and projects that range from collection and preservation of resources (i.e., databasing, indexing, digitizing) to the production, showcasing, and dissemination of newly developed resources and curriculum materials.