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Kaua‘i keiki benefit from teacher’s leap of faith
Hāloalaunuiakea Early Learning Center preschoolers get early exposure to Native Hawaiian culture while getting mākaukau for kindergarten, says the school’s director U‘ilani Corr-Yorkman.
The preschool...
Self Assessment: Who Is Our Primary Customer?
Aloha Mai Kakou!
As I write this article, I am thinking back to 2015 when our former Chair Robert Lindsey appointed me with the kuleana...
Smith-Schuster: Polynesian Pro Football Player of the Year
Pittsburgh Steelers Wide Receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster has been named the 2017 recipient of the Polynesian Pro Football Player of the Year Award presented by...
2018: Year of the Hawaiian
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will be bringing the community together for a number of cultural and educational events in 2018, which was proclaimed...
Hawaiian healthcare traditions endure
Native Hawaiian systems of health care sustained the wellbeing of kānaka in Hawai‘i for generations. These systems were rooted in spirituality and balance.
For example,...
Remembering Wilma Healani Holi
Aunty Wilma Healani Holi was an educator, an activist and a cultural practitioner whose kuleana was with her family’s traditional salt pond in Hanapēpē,...
An icon in the community
Umi Martin of Kaua‘i is balancing life as a farmer and store proprietor. A former taro farmer who has begun a new venture of...
Mākeke: Marketplace | March 2018
Classified ads only $12.50 - Type or clearly write your ad of no more than 175 characters (including spaces and punctuation) and mail, along...
John “Prime” Hina
In November, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs published Mana Lāhui Kānaka, a multidimensional study of mana: what it is, how to articulate it, and...
Mālama Kaua‘i serves students farm fresh meals
Kawaikini Public Charter School students lunch on lū‘au stew, laulau and other dishes made primarily with ingredients locally sourced on Kaua‘i.
These farm-to-school meals do...
Ho‘ohui ‘Ohana: Family Reunions | March 2018
E nā ‘ohana Hawai‘i: If you are planning a reunion or looking for genealogical information, Ka Wai Ola will print your listing at no...
Putting OHA beneficiaries first
Aloha mai kākou,
A recent state audit of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs comes at a critical time for the agency.
By raising questions about how...
IT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS: OHA needs more Fiscal Responsibility, but certain Trustees have lacked the political will
‘Ano‘ai kakou… Recently, there has been a lot of critical news about OHA’s recent spending on grants, sponsorships, and Limited Liability Companies (LLCs). But...
Lasting impressions
Ke Kanakolu murals celebrate ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi
It’s overcast and drizzling in Kakaʻako but that does little to dampen the excitement of paint-speckled haumāna from Ke...
Moku o Keawe
Hawai‘i Island is called Moku o Keawe (Island of Keawe) in honor of an ancient island chief. This moku is the youngest of Hawai‘i’s...
ʻAlemanaka: Calendar | March 2018
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...
I Kahikikū ā i Kahikimoe
The Makahiki ceremonies on Kaho‘olawe are unique to the needs of the island also known as Kanaloa Moku.
Kaho‘olawe has had a rough history, given...
Talk story engages Kaua‘i community
Aloha mai kākou,
In response to community concerns raised in the past I have held talk story sessions in an effort to find resolution to...
KS Hawai‘i rock opera tells the story of election between Kalākaua and Emma
Kea‘au, Hawai‘i – Kamehameha Schools Hawai‘i’s upcoming Hō‘ike, “Kū I Ka Mana,” will share the drama and political intrigue behind the election of 1874...