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Mākeke | The Marketplace: January 2020
Classified ads only $12.50 - Type or clearly write your ad of no more than 175 characters (including spaces and punctuation) and mail, along with a check for $12.50, to: Ka Wai Ola Classifieds, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Make check...
Hoʻohui ʻOhana | Family Reunions: January 2020
E nā ʻohana Hawaiʻi: 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...
Looking forward to a bright 2020!
My staff and I send best wishes to everyone in 2020. The years…they come and just melt away. And the older one gets the clock turns faster and faster. It seems so anyway.
I can remember when I was ten. I wished I was twenty....
A Native Hawaiian Revolution – An Awakening of a New Nation
Recent protests by kiaʻi demonstrate issues critical to Native Hawaiians, including questions of governance, preservation of traditional and cultural rights, clashes over land and water, and frustration over the over-exploitation of ancestral lands. Dangerous calls to enact violence against kiaʻi who practice aloha ʻāina symbolizes...
Don’t Sweep OHA Audit Under the Rug!
Some say it’s not an “audit,” but a “report.” Others say it doesn’t “show fraud,” but “indicators of potential fraud.” However people talk about it, you owe it to yourself to look at what the latest audit of OHA actually says.
Shocking Findings
The firm CliftonLarsonAllen...
Māmaka Kaiao… Mahalo Dr. Larry Kimura for this Significant Milestone in Hawaiian Communication! Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou!
My Dear Beneficiaries!
The importance of effective communication is essential for us to communicate to our beneficiaries and the world. Communication can be defined as a meaningful exchange of information. We could not survive nor succeed as fiduciaries of your Beneficiary Trust without it.
Communication skills...
The New Year
There is much to makaʻala about in the coming new year. 2020 will feature several key election races and projects that are important to Native Hawaiians. Not only are we electing a President and the State of Hawaiʻi Legislators but there are four OHA...
New year, new beginnings
The State of OHA is strong and we begin 2020 on excellent footing. We ended 2019 with our first full month under the leadership of our permanent Chief Executive Officer, Sylvia M. Hussey, Ed.D., who transitioned from Interim Ka Pouhana to Ka Pouhana on...
Hoʻolaha Lehulehu | Public Notice: January 2020
Notice of Consultation: Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as Amended (2006)
Improvements to Collector Roads, Portions of Olohena Road, Kukui Street, and Ulu Street
District of Kawaihau, Island of Kauaʻi, Ahupuaʻa of North Olohena, Waipouli, and Kapaʻa
Tax Map Key(s): (4) 4-3-003:999,...
News Briefs | January 2020
OHA service award recipients
Photo Above: Meet your OHA Staff Service Awardees for 2019! The work of OHA is dependent upon the dedicated staff who are committed to implementing the programs and initiatives articulated by our Trustees and Administrators. To celebrate, staff came together on...
Hawaiian Community Development Board: A New Vision for Affordable Housing
Kali Watson and Patti Barbee share an extraordinary vision for getting Hawaiians into housing, and together they are making it happen. Watson and Barbee operate the Hawaiian Community Development Board (HCDB), with Watson, HCDB’s founder, serving as President and CEO, and Barbee serving as...
Native Hawaiians Are Leaving Hawaiʻi – and What That Means
By John K.S. Aeto, The Kalaimoku Group
Collected every 10 years, the next US Census is set for April 1, 2020. The population of the United States will once again be counted, including demographic, social and economic characteristics. For Native Hawaiians, the 2020 US Census...
Building their Future
On the cool grassy slopes of up-country Maui is the district of Kula that ranges from Makawao to Ulupalakua. There, Peter Hanohano and his wife have raised their family. Together they have six children (all of whom are now adults), and their heart was...
OHA Staff Dedicate a Day to Reforestation Efforts
OHA staff planted 1,000 native trees last month near the Kūkaniloko Birthing Stones site, a first step to return portions of the agency’s Wahiawā lands to the robust native forest that once existed there more than a century ago.
“This was a wonderful opportunity for...
Kamehameha Schools Kapālama students plan day focused on aloha ʻāina
By Chad Takatsugi
As political and social discourse surrounding Native Hawaiian issues continues to escalate, the students of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama hosted the first-ever ʻAha Aloha ʻĀina. Inspiried to take responsibility for the future of Hawaiʻi, students dedicated an entire day to “He Aha Lā He Kūkulu? Identifying...
OHA to implement recommendations from independent review
OHA is moving forward with developing an implementation plan for the 80 recommendations from the final report conducted by an independent accounting firm that reviewed a sample of OHA and OHA LLC contracts and disbursements from a period of five fiscal years, from 2012...
Haleʻiwa and Waialua: ʻĀina Momona
In 1860, Christian missionaries built their first seminary in Waialua, Oʻahu. They named it “Hale ʻIwa,” meaning “beautiful home.” The ʻiwa is a large native bird that builds very beautiful nests; hence their translation for Hale ʻIwa. Soon the community surrounding the seminary was...