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2025 ʻOnipaʻa Peace March
Marking the 132nd year since the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
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News Briefs | OHA’s Investiture Ceremony
OHA's Formal Investiture Ceremony Confers Kulana and Kuleana
Ola ka ‘Ōlelo Kanaka ma Papahānaumokuākea
Me ka hanohano o nā ʻāina kupuna, mai ka lā puka i Haʻehaʻe o Hawaiʻi Nui Kuauli a hiki loa aku i ka lā hoʻi i Hiʻolani o ka moku kuaʻau ʻo Hōlanikū, aloha nui iā kākou a pau.
More Housing for Everyone Means More Housing for Hawaiians
Regardless of the city, whenever I am traveling across the United States, I often run into fellow Hawaiians.
E Ola Mau ka ʻŌlelo Mākuahine
‘O ka ulu ʻana aʻe ma Hawaiʻi nei, keu hoʻi ma ke kula kaiapuni, he mea hanohano nō ia ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka ʻōlelo o ko kākou Hawaiʻi.
ʻAuhea ʻOukou e nā Kumu? (English)
Hui! Calling out to youth, parents, and aloha ʻāina friends across our pae ʻāina to heed this call to join the Hawaiian language revitalization movement – a movement enabling us to educate ourselves through our language and culture, assuring our mother language grows and thrives.
E Hoʻolauleʻa i ka Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ma ka Hopena Pule ʻo Hoʻokipa Hawaiʻi
I kēlā me kēia Pepeluali, e hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Hawaiʻi i ka Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, e hoʻohanohano a a paipai ana i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a i ka holomua nui o nā hana hoʻōla ʻōlelo.
Our Inherent Right to Self-Determination
For generations, we as Native Hawaiians have felt the weight of historical injustices.
Mākeke | The Marketplace | February 2025
Mākeke | The Marketplace | February 2025 Issue of Ka Wai Ola
ʻAuhea ʻOukou e nā Kumu?
Hūi! E nā ʻōpio, nā mākua, a me nā hoa aloha ʻāina mai ka lā hiki a i ka lā kau, e maliu mai i kēia leo kāhea iā ʻoukou e komo pū mai i ke aukahi hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.
The Envy of Hinakuluʻīua
In last year’s ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi issue we told the story of Hinakeahi in Hilo. This year we will learn about what happened to her sister, Hinakuluʻīua.
The Art of Grounding
“Earthing” or “grounding” is an ancient health practice that has found renewed interest in today’s modern world.
He Au Hou no ka Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Aloha Māhina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi! Eia ke mākia nei i kēia māhina ka hanana ʻo ka hoʻopuka ʻana aʻe ʻo Wehi ʻŌlelo, ka puke wehewehe ʻōlelo mua loa i kākau piha ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.
Re-imagining Hawaiian Post-Secondary Education and Career Training
In 2015, a group of innovators and visionaries met in Portugal to reclaim diverse knowledges, relationships and imaginations and design new approaches to higher education.
Blunting the Trend of Native Hawaiian Migration
Research presented at the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce’s (NHCC) 2025 Economic Conference underscores a sobering reality: Hawaiʻi leads the nation in outmigration, with more Native Hawaiians now living outside the state than within.
E Ola ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (English)
As we observe Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, we must move beyond celebration and confront the pressing challenges that threaten its survival.
Ka Wai Ola | Vol. 42 No. 2 | February 2025
February 2025 Issue of Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Hānai ma ke Kānāwai
like hoʻi me kā A. Keohokalole i wehewehe ai ma ka hihia ʻo In re Nakuapā (1872) penei; “He wā waiwai ʻole o nā ʻliʻi, a me nā makaʻāinana, ka wā kahiko.
Multiplying Ancestral Knowledge
To all ʻaʻaliʻi and moho lā makani friends breathing new life into ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi boldly in the face of all challenges, aloha kākou!
E Ola ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
‘Oiai kākou e hoʻohanohano ana i ka Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, e hiki aku paha kākou ma ʻō aku o ka hoʻolauleʻa a e ʻonipaʻa i mua o nā ālaina e ʻauʻa nei i ka holomua.