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Protecting Wao Kele o Puna
OHA Trustees presented ‘Aha Kūkā Advisory Council members with a resolution thanking them for their help in creating a Comprehensive Management Plan for Wao...
ʻAlemanaka: Calendar | October 2017
HAWAI‘I CHILDREN AND YOUTH DAY 2017
Oct. 1, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This 24th annual family- friendly event offers more than 300 interactive, educational and...
Bringing Back Birthing Traditions
KA LĀHUI O KA PŌ'S TRADITION-BASED CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS BRING NATIVE HAWAIIAN BIRTHING MANAʻO BACK
A decade ago, Sharon Kaʻiulani Odom and her friend Puni...
OUT OF STATE exposes life behind bars in Arizona
For the past two decades, Hawai‘i has been shipping inmates to private prisons on the continent. Today, about 1,300 prisoners from Hawai‘i are incarcerated...
Josephine Kaukali Fergerstrom: Weaving a legacy
In June, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs recognized lau hala weaver Josephine Fergerstrom at its first Nā Mamo Makamae o Ka Poʻe Hawaiʻi ceremony,...
Remembering a beloved brother and musician
Roland Cazimero - 1950-2016
So many have expressed their thoughts about my brother, eloquently and in pidgin – or paid regards through music, including Roland’s...
OHA Board Actions | October 2017
The following actions were taken by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, and are summarized here. For more information on board actions,...
Wao Kele o Puna plan approved
On September 7, 2017, OHA’s Board of Trustees (BOT) approved a Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) for OHA’s Wao Kele o Puna (WKOP) property at...
Kailua’s keepers of culture
Hika‘alani spreads the message of stewardship at Ulupō Nui
Nestled behind the Windward YWCA sits a carefully stacked mound of smooth round stones. Several signs...
Locking arms to improve Hawaiian education
As Teresa Makuakāne-Dreschel opened this year’s Native Hawaiian Education Summit, she encouraged attendees to continue the convention’s shift since 2014, when Hawaiian educators decided...
Love for the Nation
There are still a few days left to register for the Native Hawaiian Convention, which will be held Oct. 9-11 at the Sheraton Waikīkī...
Celebrating 30 years of kaiapuni education
When the Department of Education piloted two Hawaiian language immersion kindergarten classrooms in 1987, the number of native Hawaiian speakers had dwindled to about...
Huuuuui! – Kāhea for forward-looking community planners
The Resilient Hawaiian Communities Initiative is putting out a kāhea to Native Hawaiian communities throughout the state about an opportunity to apply for support...
Kumu hula shares survivor story
For kumu hula Vicky Holt Takamine, the show – and life – must go on. In the span of a year, she experienced the...
My Kuleana, Our Kuleana
Aloha mai kākou,
After naming Liholiho his heir, Kamehameha began telling his son about the chiefs who had come before them, sharing the traditions of...
Mākeke: Marketplace | October 2017
Classified ads only $12.50 - Type or clearly write your ad of no more than 175 characters (including spaces and punctuation) and mail, along...
Save Our Limu: Uncle Henry’s Legacy is Threatened
Editor’s note: The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation invited Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo to submit this guest column.
Henry Chang Wo Jr. learned the Hawaiian cultural practice...
Don’t let age be a barrier to fitness
Loa‘a ke ola i Halau-a-ola (‘Ōlelo No‘eau, 2017)
“Health is obtained in the House-of-life”
“Life is obtained in the Houseof-health”
Kawena Pukui reminds us that our Hawaiian...
