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Mākeke | The Marketplace | August 2020
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Hoʻohui ʻOhana | Family Reunions: August 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...
How Do We Unite a Lāhui?
With election season in full swing I often ponder the question, “How do we unite a lāhui?” Certainly, this column will fail to answer this question. Instead, I hope to inspire self-reflection and entice any kind of kōkua. I am a Trustee of an...
A Misunderstanding…
Clarifying that the intent was never to disrespect OHA and its beneficiaries by creating 99-year leases of ceded lands.
Ke Aloha Nō! Aloha!
As the Legislature was rushing to make last minute changes given the short timeframes for this Covid-19 legislative session, an amendment of section...
Makaʻala for the OHA Election
With the primary election upon us it is a good time to remind everyone of the importance of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs elections. Most Hawaiʻi residents are unaware that they can vote for candidates in this race or feel uneasy casting their vote...
News Briefs | August 2020
CNHA Raises Over $127,00 in Four Days to Save ʻIolani Palace
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) raised over $127,000 in less than a week to save ʻIolani Palace from a potential closure due to COVID-19.
On June 23rd, through CNHA’s charitable giving arm –...
Kinai ʻEha: Extinguishing Pain Through Hard Work
It was fall 2016. Josiah ʻĀkau had responded to a shout out to kōkua a friend in Waimānalo. They needed to add a wheelchair ramp to their home so they could bring their grandfather home from the hospital. Without a ramp to get papa...
Overfished Shark Species Will Be Protected
Groups agree to suspend a lawsuit against the federal government.
In response to a lawsuit filed by Earthjustice on behalf of the Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi (CCH) and Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner Michael Nakachi, the federal government has taken initial steps to protect a dwindling...
From ʻUmi-A-Liloa to the 20th century
The census is not a new practice in Hawaiʻi. The earliest known census can be traced back to the 1500s when ʻUmi-A-Liloa, King of Hawaiʻi Island, directed his citizens to each place a pōhaku representing themselves in a pile for their district. This allowed...
The Zoom Boom
This age of the coronavirus is becoming known as the “Zoom Boom.” With “safer at home” now top of mind, the cloud-based videoconferencing platform—initially used primarily by corporations for meetings and webinars—is now a valuable tool for distance learning. Despite its flaws, including security...
JABSOM Students Create Bilingual Covid-19 Educational Videos
By Dr. Martina L. Kamaka
The entry of COVID-19 upended all of our world, including schools everywhere. JABSOM (the John A. Burns School of Medicine) was no exception. Our community health programs were hit particularly hard, as many of them involved first-year medical students going...
Preparing for School in a Pandemic
Two Immersion Schools Build Technology Solutions on Cultural Foundations
The day after the Hawaiian flag was lowered, signifying the annexation of Hawaiʻi, an editorial was featured in the Hawaiian language newspaper Ke Aloha Aina. The Aug. 13, 1898 article, by publishers Iosepa and ʻĀʻima Nāwahī,...
Waimea Valley Reopens
Richard Pezzulo’s favorite place in Waimea Valley is 45-foot Waimea Falls. He strolls or drives a golf cart in the valley at least once a day, always pausing to admire it. “In my opinion, it’s the most tranquil and spiritual spot in the valley,”...
Native Hawaiian Startup Wins 20th Annual UH Venture Competition
For the last 20 years, UH Mānoa’s Shidler College of Business Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) has hosted a semester-long UH Venture Competition.
The winner of this year’s competition was Peter Kaʻimi Hessler and his startup business, Pono Potions, which manufactures latte and cocktail...
KOKO Provides Proactive Patient Care Amid the Pandemic
When Dr. Claren Kealoha-Beaudet and the team at Kīpuka O Ke Ola (KOKO) applied for an OHA Community Grant more than a year ago, their plan was to use the funding to expand KOKO’s health center by adding a new wing that would house...
Hina Hawaiʻi: A Passion for Fashion
Culture and fashion are Kanani Miner’s passions. For as long as she can remember, it is something she was always interested in. It has been a long journey, and not always easy, but through blood, sweat, and tears, she has persevered.
“This is what I...
Kahiau Provides Kōkua During the Coronavirus Crisis
“The Kahiau Program has been able to help over 400 Native Hawaiians pay their rent and keep their utilities running during the pandemic...” —Kūhiō Lewis
Loʻi-Mikaele Ross was living his best life.
The 28-year-old had a good job working as a route supervisor at Alsco. Despite...
What You Do to the Land, You Do to the People
By Kaleleonālani Kekauoha-Schultz
I am writing to raise a grave and immediate concern about the spraying of glyphosate-based herbicides at the Waiehu Kou community of the Department of Hawaiian Homelands here on Maui. Reputable studies show that glyphosate-based herbicides raise the cancer risk of those...
Cloak and Helmet Gifted to Captain Cook is Permanently Returned to Hawaiʻi
By Melanie Y. Ide, Bishop Museum President and CEO
An ʻahu ʻula (feather cloak) and mahiole (feather helmet) gifted to Captain Cook in 1779 have been permanently returned to Hawaiʻi by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. These cherished items were gifts from...