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The OHA Board of Trustees in October approved distributing $3 million directly to Hawaiian-focused charter schools over the next two years, changing the way OHA provides its longstanding support to the schools to maximize the amount of funds that go to the students. “More than...

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The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation’s 2017 Native Hawaiian Advocate of the Year is Professor Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie. On Wednesday, October 11, 2017, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) honored Professor MacKenzie during the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement’s annual conference. Professor MacKenzie’s commitment to the...

E nā ʻohana Hawaiʻi: If you are planning a reunion or looking for genealogical information, Ka Wai Ola will print your listing at no charge on a space-available basis. Listings should not exceed 200 words. OHA reserves the right to edit all submissions for...

I have several graphic kid memories of 1950s Honolulu/Waikīkī Memories, whose embers still burn deeply, brightly and graphically in my “mind’s eye” sixty years later. Every summer, we’d spend two weeks with ‘ohana on O‘ahu. The first week was spent in Kalihi Valley with...

Calendar Listings - To have a local event listed in our monthly calendar, email kwo@oha.org at least six weeks in advance. Make sure to include the location, price, date and time. If available, please attach a high-resolution (300 dpi) photograph with your email. HAWAIʻI INTERNATIONAL...

Last month, I introduced to you our work with the Fiscal Sustainability Plan. I would like to inform you that we are well underway, making great strides to achieve our goals of improving our policies. Our improved policies will be the solid foundation for...

This month’s columnist is my nephew, ‘Umi Perkins, PhD, who teaches Hawaiian history at the Kamehameha Schools and Political Science at the University of Hawai‘i. “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers” -Thomas Pynchon On August 6th, 1843,...

Almost everyone in Hawai‘i knows the phrase E Pule Kākou – Let’s Pray Together. Whether at public or private gatherings, in church or in the marketplace, this phrase brings us together to seek the blessing of a higher power. What has always intrigued me...

Early one morning an old woman was harvesting ʻuala (sweet potato) for breakfast. ʻAuē! She found several ʻuala had been eaten, leaving vines and leaves scattered about the garden! Assuming it was a turtle, the woman called her husband to help locate the culprit....

ʻAnoʻai kakou… In 2006, Senate Bill 2948 established the amount of interim revenue to be transferred to the OHA from the public land trust, each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2005-2006, at $15,100,000. While I was not opposed to the $15,100,000 that was negotiated,...

This special section features several Native Hawaiian-owned businesses, and a convenient directory of those businesses DIRECTORY RETAIL Wahine Toa Designs (808) 938-3583 Nā Mākua Original Hawaiian Designs www.namakua.com (808) 966-4647 Hina LLC www.hinahawaii.com (808) 227-0304 CAHI International www.cahiclothing.com (808) 988-2307 Sole Mates (808) 822-2180 With Aloha Lehua www.withalohalehua.com (808) 640-2032 Laha‘ole Designs www.lahaoledesigns.com (808) 349-7794 Kolea’s Creations (808) 212-3379 Paa Pono Design www.paapono.net (808) 304-9813 Hooked UP Hawaii hookeduphawaii@yahoo.com FOOD/DINING The Tea Chest www.teachest.com (808) 591-9400 HEALTH...

The Iron Law of Institutions goes like this: “The people who control institutions care first and foremost about their power within the Institution rather than the power of the Institution itself.” Therefore, they would rather the Institution ‘fail’ while they remain in power within...

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If you‘re on the hunt for unique gifts this holiday season, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs encourages you to kākoʻo ʻoihana ʻōʻiwi, support Hawaiian businesses as you do your shopping. This November, OHA is continuing its annual tradition of providing free advertising to native...

Presented by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs On the 100th year of her passing, Queen Liliʻuokalani serves as an inspiration for the Liliʻuokalani Trust (LT) to courageously innovate and blaze pathways towards its vision of thriving Hawaiian children. Consider the trauma the Queen experienced in her...

Since 1972, artists, performers, and cultural practitioners from nations throughout Oceania have gathered every four years for an event called the Festival of Pacific Arts. The festival has been held in Fiji, Aotearoa, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Australia, Cook Islands, Samoa, New Caledonia,...

On November 8, 2017, Lānaʻi will host its very own college and career fair at Lānaʻi High and Elementary School in Lānaʻi City. This is a unique and important opportunity for the students of Lānaʻi and their families, as well as island educators, to...

Startup competition unites tech innovation, culture, and environment The idea for the Purple Prize came about after Kelsey Amos read an article on “Zen Hack” events happening in Japan, two-day sprints where designers and engineers get together in sacred temples to build applications and platforms...