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Hawai‘i’s Finest 2019 May Day Concert
On Wednesday May 1, 2019 Hawai‘i’s Finest hosted their 2nd Annual May Day On The Great Lawn Concert at The Bishop Museum. OHA helped sponsor the free family event that was filled with music, food, and cultural festivities. Over 3,000 people gathered to enjoy...
Mākeke: Marketplace | June 2019
Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery - Garden of Central, Lot 21 - Secton D, Site 1. Ocean View, close to road. Plot could be used for 2 caskets. “Double Site”. Selling for $5,000.00 or lowest offer. Call Harold at 808-597-7710, anytime.
Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery...
Ho‘ohui ‘Ohana: Family Reunions | June 2019
AKUNA – The descendants of Goo Tong Akuna/Puakailima Kaholokula and Goo Tong Akuna/Chang Shee (aka Chang Oe) will be holding their 12th family reunion on Maui, Hawai‘i on July 12 & 13, 2019. This event will be held at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community...
Bo Kahui – Ke Alaka‘i no L2020
Aloha kākou! This month, we would like to share a condensed version of an article in Ke Ola magazine in March-April 2013 written by Gayle “Kaleilehua” Greco. The article shared pieces of the life of Bo Kahui. He is the Executive Director of La‘i ‘Ōpua 2020....
Pu‘u Kukui: Maui’s protected endemic plant heaven
The summit of Mauna Kahālāwai is a place few will visit. Pu‘u Kukui Preserve (the “Hill of Enlightenment”) stretches from 480 feet at Honokōhau Stream to the Pu‘u Kukui summit - the highest point on Mauna Kahālāwai at 5,788 feet. Vistas appear and vanish...
Did OHA really “slash” Trustee allowances?
Above Image: Trustee Akina with supporters, having saved beneficiaries $44,400 by not spending his trustee allowance. - Photo: Courtesy
Based on a recent Office of Hawaiian Affairs news release, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser published an article titled “OHA Slashes Trustee Allowances.” The story widely reported by local news media,...
Improving our budget process
In April, my Ka Wai Ola piece was focused on OHA’s dual mission, where I explained,
“According to HRS Chapter 10, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has two competing missions that work in opposition of each other. On one hand, OHA is responsible for fiscally managing the...
“…the worst part is being alone with your thoughts…in your thoughts…”
Imagine that you are completely dependent on others, imagine spending all day asking complete strangers for help while most of them try not to make eye contact… Have you seen the play “Les Miserables”?
A homeless lady once told me, “the worst part is being...
Ola i ka wai
Today I had the amazing opportunity of having a tour of Pu‘ukukui Watershed Preserve then helping keiki plant kalo and kō at Ola Mau Farms. This experience of seeing a pristine Native Hawaiian watershed and our future planting kalo made me reflect on this...
OHA on the road
Above Image - Your trustees are attentive to your concerns. - Photo: Courtesy
Often at these meetings, we have the opportunity to receive updates from OHA grant recipients to see the difference that OHA has been able to make in the community. In addition to...
Ka Leo Kaiāulu: Letters to the Editor | June 2019
Holistic Health
Gary Kubota’s health awareness story ‘Taking Health into our hands’ in the May 2019 edition of Ka Wai Ola is a good reminder of what we here call a ‘holistic life style.’ Good food, busy hands, good health care. Proactive, with well-educated people...
Hoʻolaha Lehulehu: Public Notice | June 2019
Burial Notice
Maku‘u Ahupua‘a, Puna District, Hawai‘i Island, Hawai‘i
Notice is hereby given that human remains were identified during an Archaeological Inventory Survey of 13.436 acres of land in Maku‘u Ahupua‘a, Puna District, Hawai‘i Island, Hawai‘i. The lands are associated with Land Grant 01014 awarded...
Poke Nūhou: News Briefs | June 2019
Island-to-island
On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, a delegation from Taiwan met with OHA officials to discuss, on behalf of the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) of Taiwan, the potential of the agency co-hosting the “Austronesian Forum” during the 2020 Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture...
Open up the treasury of Hawai‘i’s past
Hawai‘i was one of the most literate countries of the world in the 1800s, and Hawaiians wrote and published profusely for well over a century – in ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i. That cache of material has been opened up in the 21st century, and there are...
ʻAlemanaka: Calendar | June 2019
LĀ‘AU LAPA‘AU WORKSHOP
June 1, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hui Mālama Ola Na ‘Ōiwi is hosting its 2019 series of Lā‘au Lapa‘au Workshops for Hawai‘i island. The workshops provide the opportunity to learn about the ancient Hawaiian healing practices of Lā‘au Lapa‘au, Ho‘oponopono, Lomilomi Ha...
The power of the pen
Review by Umi Perkins
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Professor Noenoe Silva was my dissertation advisor and because of this I was aware of her long-term project, which was to map the contours of Hawaiian political thought in the late nineteenth century. In doing this...
About the Artist/Cover
This design created by Nelson Makua depicts the many aspects of Puna, home of Pele with the fragrance of the hala and lehua in the winds and the ongoing battle between the lava and the sea. inspired by a ‘ōlelo no‘eau about the Puna...
Remembering Skylark
It is rare that one can look back and say that that because of someone’s passion and lifelong dedication to a cause, things changed. Yet, that can be said of Jackie “Honolulu Skylark” Rossetti’s commitment to Hawaiian music, which is at the heart of...
Picking up the pieces: Stories of recovery and resilience in Puna
In June 2018, the Ka Wai Ola Staff interview members of the Puna community whose lives were affected by the Kīlauea lava flow in different ways. This month, we take a look at how the community is doing one year later.
Standing in an open field of...