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‘Ōiwi Experts Discuss the Future for our ‘Āina and Economy
Envisioning a New Normal
Lions lounging on a road in a South African park. Mountain goats roaming the streets of a small town in Wales. Sea lions sitting on a sidewalk in Argentina. Jackals frequenting a...
Mākeke the Marketplace | June 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,...
Hoʻohui ʻOhana | Family Reunions: June 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...
PRODUCERS vs. CONSUMERS? TECHNOLOGY as a guide to our future!
Aloha nui kākou! Our aloha to each and every one of you enduring this “safer at home” directive wherever you might be. Please know you are in our prayers as we all endure this together here in Hawaiʻi and abroad.
In Hawaiʻi, we moved from...
Ola Nā Iwi: The Bones Live
The coral-block church at the crossroads of historic downtown Honolulu is revered as the “Protestant mother church of Hawaiʻi,” ground zero in the missionaries’ faith-relocation blueprint. Kawaiahaʻo Church was founded in 1820 by the first missionaries to arrive in Hawaiʻi and is a congregational...
Hānai Kaiāulu: Feeding our Community
Aloha from Kauaʻi!
During these challenging times due to the COVID-19 pandemic it is important to support our kūpuna and beneficiaries. I would like to introduce Pelika Andrade and Emily Cadiz. I was fortunate and honored to kōkua them in delivering fresh produce, vegetables and...
Hoʻohui ʻia… we are in this together… and Hoʻomaikaʻi and mahalo, Kurt Klein, Esq.
Life after Coronavirus…
We’ve been in lockdown since March, and many of us are feeling restless for change. And the world is changing so rapidly that this time last week feels like years in the past. Over the last few weeks alone, we have seen...
Economic Engines
This time last year I was writing about helping our keiki plant kalo on Maui and our need to protect our water resources so we can start to address the state’s need to diversify our economy with sustainable community-based agriculture. Today I am at...
Supporting our Lāhui in COVID Response and Advocacy
While there is cautious optimism as the number of confirmed new COVID-19 cases level out in Hawaiʻi, we must continue to be makaʻala about adjusting responsibly to a “new normal” so that we do not cause a return of the virus spread in Hawaiʻi.
As...
Public Notice | June 2020
Cultural Impact Assessment - Kekaulike Street
ASM Affiliates is preparing a Cultural Impact Assessment (CIA) for the proposed Kekaulike Street Improvements Project in the Chinatown neighborhood of downtown Honolulu, Kona District, Island of Oʻahu. The City and County of Honolulu intends to convert Kekaulike Street...
Connecting Through Music
Photos courtesy of (L-R): Kawika Kahiapo, Theresa Ang, Ho‘okena, Dana Edmunds and Nathan Aweau.
Stages are empty. Concert halls are dark. Clubs, bars and restaurants have been closed for table service, meaning live entertainment—which in many cases drew patrons as much as food, drinks and...
News Briefs | June 2020
OHA in the Community
Hui Hānai Publishes Liliʻuokalani’s Personal Diaries
Hui Hānai has published The Diaries of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii, 1885-1900. Penned by the eighth and final monarch of Hawaiʻi, edited and extensively annotated by historian David Forbes, and in collaboration with Barbara Pope Book...
Lessons From the Pandemic
We often learn our greatest lessons from our greatest trials. As we grapple with the uncertainty and challenges raised by the coronavirus pandemic, we are displaying our mettle and moral fiber. We are gaining appreciation for things we might have taken for granted or...
OHA Approves $3 Million in COVID-19 Emergency Relief
On May 8th, the OHA Board of Trustees announced the approval of a $3-million emergency relief package to help individual beneficiaries as well as Native Hawaiian communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic crisis.
“The last three months have turned our people’s lives...
Community Leaders Issue ‘Āina Aloha Economic Futures Declaration
A coalition of Native Hawaiian community leaders presented their ‘āina Aloha Economic Futures Declaration at an online press conference on May 19th, setting in place the first of a four-step process to engage Hawaiʻi community members in developing a shared proposal to rebuild Hawaiʻi’s...
Revisiting Tourism
“E hele me ka pūʻolo; Make every person, place or condition better than you left it always.” - ʻŌlelo Noʻeau
They say that there’s opportunity in every crisis, and the deeper the crisis, the better the opportunity. Opportunity is knocking.
By far Hawaiʻi’s largest industry, tourism...
Envisioning a New Normal
Photo Above: A threatened and endangered green sea turtle rests peacefully on an undisclosed Oʻahu beach. - Photos: Melody Bentz Photography
“He aliʻi ka ʻāina; He kauwā ke kanaka. The land is chief; People are its servant.” - ʻōlelo Noʻeau
Lions lounging on a road in...
A Resilient and Thriving Lāhui
By Aukahi Austin Seabury
We are living in a difficult time, a time of stress, uncertainty and loss. It is also a time of unprecedented innovation and resilience as we all work to adjust to our changed reality.
The COVID-19 pandemic, and how we changed in...