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Ka Wai Ola | Vol. 36 No. 06 | June 2019

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

Photo: Trustee Akina with Beneficiaries
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

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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…”

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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

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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

Photo: OHA Board of Trustees
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

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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

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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

Photo: Officials from OHA and Taiwanese Government
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

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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

Photo: Annual King Kamehameha Celebration Floral Parade
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

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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

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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

Photo: Jacqueline ‘Honolulu Skylark’ Rossetti
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

Photo: Kahealani Walker
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....