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SCAIR Offers Kōkua to Hawaiians Living in California
By Kawehi Brandow Diaz
Native Hawaiians descend from a rich history of skilled navigation and we, as Kānaka Maoli, continue to follow in the footsteps of our ancestors by navigating beyond the pae ‘āina Hawai‘i. For many years Hawaiians have settled and planted roots in...
COVID Cancels Senior Year
Most high school seniors are disappointed that they will not get to experience their final year of high school to the fullest due to COVID-19. The class of 2020 will not experience their senior prom or know what it feels like to walk in...
The Kuleana to Care
For Tammy Smith, feeding people is a calling. Smith, the Dietary Manager at Lunalilo Home and second generation owner of Hale Kealoha restaurant in Kailua, is one of the ‘ōiwi food vendors that OHA is partnering with through its COVID-19 Kaiāulu Meals program. In...
Stay the Wasting Hand
By Jackie Ng-Osorio, DrPH
The Efforts of Our Ali‘i to Mitigate Foreign Diseases
“A subject of deeper importance, in my opinion, than any I have hitherto mentioned, is that of the decrease of our population. It is a subject, in comparison with which all other sink...
He Maʻi Makamaka ʻOle
By Dr. Keawe Kaholokula, Dr. Robin Miyamoto, Dr. Andrea Hermosura and Dr. Nicole Aurellano
The Social Consequences of COVID-19
He maʻi makamaka ʻole means “the disease that deprives one of relatives and friends,” as translated by Tūtū Pukui. This ʻōlelo noʻeau from the mid-1800s, in response...
Domestic Violence Increases Amid “Stay at Home” Mandate
Since the statewide “stay at home” mandate was issued during the week of March 23rd to combat the spread of COVID-19, there has been a disturbing negative trend unrelated to the physical spread of the virus: a significant increase in the instances of domestic...
OHA Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
All of our lives have changed radically in the past six weeks.
Consumer Alert: Avoid COVID-19 Scams
The State Attorney General and Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) reports that there have been a wave of scams related to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
News Briefs | May 2020
Hawai‘i’s Kalo Supply Takes Another Hit
Kaua‘i’s Keālia Farms, which supplies 10% of Hawai‘i’s commercial kalo and sources the iconic Hawaiian-owned Waiāhole Poi Factory, is being evicted by landowner Keālia Properties LLC, part of the inventory owned by Nolan Capital, a private equity and real...
Aloha Spirit Immune to the Coronavirus
Organizations pull together as pandemic hits Hawaiʻi’s shores
By mid-April 2020, the global pandemic caused by the coronavirus had infected more than 2.5 million people worldwide and killed more than 170,000, including more than 40,000 deaths in the United States alone. In Hawaiʻi, more than...
Living Well Through the Crisis
For all the havoc and heartache it has wreaked, COVID-19 will surely rank among the most heinous villains in history. But amid the suffering and uncertainty have emerged stories of courage, compassion and hope. Four community leaders offer insights on how they are living...
COVID-19 Mortgage Relief for Homesteaders
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the Hawaiian Homes Commission took swift action to deliver financial relief to many of its lessees. At an emergency meeting on March 24, the Commission approved the postponement of mortgage payments for Department of Hawaiian Home Lands direct loans.
The meeting...
Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawai‘i Nei Part 1: Empowerment Through Education
Read this article in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
The Native Hawaiian organization Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawai‘i Nei was established by Edward and Pualani Kanahele in 1988. The organization was intended to be an interim response to the problems created by the desecration of ancestral...
He Lei Hiwa, Dr. Isabella Kauakea Aiona Abbott (1919-2010)
By Benton Kealii Pang, Ph.D.
Last March I was invited to a student conference reception at the University of Hawai‘i which honored Dr. Isabella Kauakea Aiona Abbott. Several events, like this conference, were organized in 2019 to celebrate the centennial of this Hawaiian female scientist,...
Public Notice | May 2020
CULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - Kawaihae and Lindsey road
ASM Affiliates is preparing a Cultural Impact Assessment (CIA) for a proposed roundabout at the intersection of Kawaihae Road and Lindsey Road, multimodal improvements along Kawaihae Road and Opelo Road, and intersection improvements at Māmalahoa/Lindsey Roads, Waimea,...
Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawai‘i Nei, Mokuna 1: I Mana i ka Ho‘ona‘auao
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Unihi ʻia e Noʻeau Peralto
Ua ho‘okumu ‘ia maila ka ‘ahahui ‘ōiwi Hawai‘i ‘o Hui Mālama i nā Kūpuna o Hawai‘i Nei e Edward lāua ‘o Pualani Kanahele i ka makahiki 1988. ‘O ka pahuhopu i alaka‘i aku ai ka ho‘okumu...
Kūkulu Kumuhana Wellbeing Framework
Three years ago, Liliʻuokalani Trust (LT) convened a gathering of representatives from Liliʻuokalani Trust, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), Kamehameha Schools (KS), Consuelo Foundation, Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Hawaiʻi (CREA-HI), the Department of Native Hawaiian Health - John A. Burns School of...
The Census Impacts Funding for Native Hawaiian Services
The 2020 Census will be used for critical decision-making that could mean more schools, roads, hospitals, social services and clinics in communities that need it most. It also could mean more federal funding for programs and services that specifically help Native Hawaiians, such as...
Take the Time to Listen
Born and raised in Mililani, O‘ahu, Marcus Kawika Iwane, 36, graduated from Kamehameha Schools Kapālama and earned his medical degree from UH’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) where he was a Nadine Kahanamoku Scholar and American Medical Association Minority Scholar. He completed...