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Increasing land taxes force Hawaiians off their ancestral lands
The Time Before
When Ed Chang was a child living in Makena in the 1930s there was only one...
Becoming the Wind
STORY SERIES POSTPONED - In Ka Wai Ola’s March issue, we ran the first of a three-part series about Kumu Hula Meleana Manuel of Ke...
E ala! E alu! E kuilima!
ʻŌlelo Noʻeau no. 258
Up! Together! Join Hands! A call to come togther to tackle a given task.
Mary Kawena Pukui wrote, “Rigorous concern for soundness...
Camping
Read this article in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
It was to Keaukaha that the Hawaiian immersion class went with kupuna Elizabeth Kauahipaula because she was raised there....
From the Big Island to a Bigger Island
By Kamaka Dias
I first heard about the Peace Corps when I was studying abroad in Spain back in 2014. I overheard my resident director...
Hoʻohui ʻOhana | Family Reunions: March 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...
ANALYSIS: Homelessness in Hawai‘i
By Jon K. Matsuoka
As with many of our chronic and seemingly intractable social problems, despite our efforts, homelessness only gets worse with time. As...
Real Estate Purchase to Provide Added Opportunity
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries will soon have another housing option in urban Honolulu. New real estate was recently added to the Department’s...
Kūhiō
With the month of Malaki upon us we celebrate the birth of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole, born on March 26, 1871, in Kukui‘ula, Kōloa,...
Service is the path to leadership
Lahela Williams, 32, is the executive director of Hawaiian Community Assets, a nonprofit that works with individuals and families to help them achieve personal...
Letters to the Editor | March 2020
Mahalo for January’s article on wind turbines in Kahuku - it was very insightful. I advocate for clean energy and also empathize fully with...
Strengthening relationships on the continent
On February 10, 2020, National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp became the first woman to deliver the NCAI’s 18th State of Indian...
Ka Ho‘ōla ma Honokahua: Mahele II
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Unihi ʻia e Noʻeau Peralto
I ka makahiki 1988, kākau ihola ‘o Edward Kanahele i kekahi leka i ka luna ho‘oponopono...
Public Notice | March 2020
NOTICE OF CONSULTATION SECTION 106 OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA) PUA LOKE AFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT LĪHU‘E, NAWILIWILIW AHUPUA‘A, LĪHU‘E (PUNA) DISTRICT, ISLAND...
Where Native Hawaiians are moving and why
Outside of Hawai‘i, the largest “Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander” populations can be found in California (286,000), Washington (70,000), Texas (48,000), Florida (40,000)...
OHA asks court to determine whether trustees must turnover attorney-client privileged information to the state auditor
OHA filed a complaint on February 14th asking the First Circuit Court for a declaratory judgment on whether trustees must provide the State Auditor...
Living Residentially Challenged in Waimānalo
He hale kipa no la ho‘i ko ke kōlea ha‘iha‘i ‘e ‘ia na iwi.
The house of a plover might have been that of a...
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...