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Mākeke | The Marketplace: February 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: February 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...
Waiākea High School – Robotics
Aloha kākou! Ke lana nei ka manaʻo ua maikaʻi ka makahiki 2020. E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia akula i kēlā mahina aku nei, e nānā ana nō i nā ʻano hui like ʻole e kōkua nei i ko kākou poʻe kanaka...
Losing Kaupō’s Historical Treasure
I have invited Alohalani Smith to express her views about the Kaupō Restoration Project. The following are her thoughts.
Kaupō is a small rural community that is situated at the base of Haleakalā at the end of Hāna Highway. Kaupō is a Native Hawaiian place,...
How to Restore OHA’s Credibility
Credibility (noun) - the quality of being trusted and believed in.
The way OHA has responded to recent events has affected its credibility in the eyes of Hawaiʻi’s lawmakers and OHA’s own Hawaiian beneficiaries, and not in a good way.
For example, when the long-awaited results...
Kūlia i ka nuʻu (Strive to reach the highest) Ua ola no i ka pane a ke aloha (There is life in a kindly reply)
“Someday everything will make perfect sense. So, for now, just laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything in life happens for a reason.” –Unknown
Aloha mai kākou! It’s going to happen! It’s bound to happen! On your pathway...
ʻŌlelo Poʻohiwi
When I was a child, I had the fortune to attend a small program run out of the Queen Liliʻuokalani Children’s Center in Kalihi called Nā Liko Lehua. It was a program that taught ʻōlelo and culture to keiki ranging in age from eight to...
E Ola Mau ka ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i!
As we enter February, celebrated in Hawaiʻi as Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, I am encouraged and excited to see our mother language alive and thriving! Native Hawaiian-serving organizations such as OHA and Kamehameha Schools have long used ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi in business, programs, and even facility...
Public Notices | February 2020
Hiʻonaʻā Ahupuaʻa, Kaʻū District, Island Of Hawaiʻi
All persons having information concerning unmarked burials on TMK: (3) 9-5-014:017 in Hiʻonaʻā Ahupuaʻa, Kaʻū District, Island of Hawaiʻi are requested to contact Ms. Lokelani Brandt, ASM Affiliates, Inc. (808) 969-6066, 507A E. Lanikaula St., Hilo, HI 96720,...
State Auditor Suspends OHA Audit
In December, Hawaiʻi State Auditor Les Kondo announced the suspension of his audit of OHA and its Limited Liability Corporations, threatening $3 million in state general funds for Native Hawaiians.
Last year, the Legislature passed a law that prohibits the release of OHA’s $3 million...
News Briefs | February 2020
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Tech Talk with Kumu ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Commemorative Cornerstone Presented To ʻIolani Palace
The Friends of ʻIolani Palace was presented a commemorative cornerstone by members of the Lodge le Progres de l’Oceania, the Masonic lodge of King Kalākaua, at high noon on...
Poke Nū Hou | February 2020
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Tech Talk with Kumu ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i
Ua Makana ʻia Ka Hale Aliʻi o ʻIolani i ka Pōhaku Kihi Hoʻomanaʻo
Ua makana ʻia ʻo Friends of ʻIolani Palace i ka pōhaku kihi hoʻomanaʻo e nā lālā o ka Lodge le Progres de lʻOceania,...
He Moʻolelo Noʻeau (English)
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By Dr. Katrina-Ann R. Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira and Manu Kaiʻama
In 2018, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was awarded a $2.4 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Native Hawaiian Education Program to, among other things,...
He Moʻolelo Noʻeau
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Na Dr. Katrina-Ann R. Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira lāua ʻo Manu Kaiʻama Luna Hoʻoponopono ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi K. Laiana Wong
I ka makahiki 2018 aku nei i hoʻonuʻa ʻia ai he puʻu kālā nui mai ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao Pekelala mai, a nona ka...
Kahuku: Where The Salt Winds Blow and the Turbines Turn
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By Nakia Naeʻole, Koa Aloha ʻĀina – Lāʻie
ʻO Kahuku lewa, kō Kahuku inoa o ka wā kahiko. Kahuku - where the salt wind, Ahamanu, blows. A moʻolelo tells that Kahuku was once separated from Oʻahu. Maui, our deified kupuna,...
Kahuku: Kahi E Pā Ai Ka Makani Ahamanu a Wili Ai Ka Huila Makani
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Na Nakia Naeʻole, Koa Aloha ʻĀina – Lāʻie Unuhi ʻia e kō OHA Paia Kāne
ʻO Kahuku lewa, kō Kahuku inoa o ka wā kahiko. Kahuku- kahi e pā ai ka makani Ahamanu. Wahi a ka moʻolelo ua hoʻokaʻawale mua ʻia...
A Language, A Generous Heart
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There’s a growing trend and its a good thing for the Hawaiian language, namely the learning of Hawaiian without charge. For instance, in December 2019, the student legislature of the University of Hawaiʻi approved free tuition Hawaiian classes for...
He ʻŌlelo, He Manawaleʻa
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Aia kekahi mea kū i ke au e pāhola nei a he mea maikaʻi no ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ke aʻo ʻana mai i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi me ka uku ʻole. Eia hoʻi kekahi, ma Kēkēmapa 2019, ua...