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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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
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...
“…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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
ʻAlemanaka: Calendar | June 2019
LĀʻAU LAPAʻAU WORKSHOP
June 1, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hui Mālama Ola Na ʻŌiwi is hosting its 2019 series of Lāʻau Lapaʻau Workshops for Hawaiʻi...
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...
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...
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....
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....