Editing Menehune (section)

==Other uses==
[[File:Menehune Statue .jpg|thumb|Menehune figurine]]
* In the experimental 1970s' [[ALOHAnet]] developed at the University of Hawaii, the packet controllers were called Menehune, a [[pun]] on the equivalent ''IMP'' ([[Interface Message Processor]]) in the early [[ARPANET]]. The modern Ethernet was based on the [[carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection]] (CSMA/CD) methodology pioneered by ALOHA.
* The Menehune is the school [[mascot]] of [[Waimea High School]] on Kaua'i and [[Makakilo Elementary School]], [[Maunawili Elementary School]], [[Moanalua High School]], and [[Mililani Waena Elementary School]] on [[Oahu]].
* [[United Airlines]] used the Menehune in brand advertising for their service to Hawaii in the 1970s through the 1980s. The figurines and travel agency displays are now collectors' items.<ref>{{cite web |title=United Airlines Menehune |publisher=Advertisingiconmuseum.org |url=http://advertisingiconmuseum.org/inside/c11/3237033.html |access-date=2013-09-27}}</ref>
* [[Carl Barks]] wrote a story featuring [[Scrooge McDuck]] helped by Menehunes, "[[The Menehune Mystery]]".
* The Menehune play a key role in the ''[[Rocket Power]]'' TV movie, ''[[Island of the Menehune (Rocket Power)|Island of the Menehune]]''.
* The Menehune are key figures in the children’s story, "[[My Sister Sif]]", written by acclaimed Australian author, [[Ruth Park]].
* The ''[[Forerunner Saga]]'', set in the [[Halo (franchise)|''Halo'' universe]], identifies Menehune as members of the human subspecies ''[[Homo floresiensis]]'' settled on Hawaii following activation of the [[Halo Array]] 100,000 years ago. The ''floresiensis'' of this setting feature characteristics inspired by Menehune, such as shyness toward humans and a love for building clever structures.
* The ''[[Full House]]'' season 3 episode "[[List_of_Full_House_episodes#Season_3_(1989%E2%80%9390)|Tanner's Island]]" features Menehunes.