Liliuokalani sent Walanika to different parts of the islands to perform modern versions of old meles and chants, thus creating the general style of the day.
Her passing was noted in Hawaii with the front page of the Hawaiian language newspaper Ka Nupepa Kuokoa dedicated to her life and legacy.
[3][6] Walanika's son July Paka is credited with introducing the Hawaiian steel guitar to the United States.
[8][9] Historian George Kanahele described how Machado sang with the "Hawaiian style reminiscent of Nani Alapai, Juliana Walanika, and Helen Desha Beamer.
"[10][11] Lorrin A. Thurston, a man pivotal in the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893, noted that Walanika "was the first of the modern Hawaiian singers" who made the song "Poli-anu-anu" or "Cold Bosom" well known.