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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...