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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 in Ele‘ele, Kaua‘i, serves 45 keiki from as young as 2 years, 8 months to 5-years-old, making sure they have...
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 as Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Economic Innovations. My committee included several great pillars of Hawaii’s businesses who...
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 Hawaiian Airlines.
The Polynesian Pro Football Player of the Year Award recognizes the most outstanding professional football player of Polynesian ancestry....
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 Ke Au Hawai‘i, the Year of the Hawaiian, in February.
Ke Au Hawai‘i recognizes the resilience and accomplishments of Hawaiians. 2018...
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, the akua were integral parts of healing and medicine. Kū, known as an akua of war, was also a principal...
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, Kaua‘i, where her grandfather was the last konohiki.
Holi was a secondary teacher and librarian on Kaua‘i for 39 years, as...
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 growing fruits, Martin opened Umi’s Store in Waimea in 2014 with his wife and co-owner, Ka‘iulani.
“I had to put the...
Mākeke: Marketplace | March 2018
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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 more than fill bellies. They’re a key component of Mālama Kaua‘i’s Māla‘ai Kula program, which incorporates agriculture and nutrition-related education...
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 how to access and cultivate it in order to uplift our lāhui. The book shares mana‘o from community contributors, such...
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 charge on a space-available basis. Listings should not exceed 200 words. OHA reserves the right to edit all submissions for...
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 OHA spends its money, the audit puts at risk efforts to steer much needed resources toward our people and communities....
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 this is definitely not news to me. It’s what I’ve been saying all along. Here are some highlights of my...
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 Kula ʻo Kamakau as they leave brightly colored handprints all over the side of Scott Hawaiʻi’s Kona Street wall.
“We’re here...
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 include the location, price, date and time. If available, please attach a high-resolution (300 dpi) photograph with your email.
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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 eight major islands, and it’s still growing!
Taking its name from the word meaning spewing or much spreading (of lava), Kīlauea...
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 its use as a U.S. bombing range, ranch lands and a penal colony. The minimal resources of the land were...
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 between King David Kalākaua and Queen Emma Rooke, as the death of King William Charles Lunalilo left the Kingdom of...
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 these concerns. It was recommended that we do these more often to better engage with our community as a collective....