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News Briefs | 2025 ʻOnipaʻa Peace March

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2025 ʻOnipaʻa Peace March Marking the 132nd year since the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom Click here to view additional photos in our extended library.

News Briefs | OHA’s Investiture Ceremony

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OHA's Formal Investiture Ceremony Confers Kulana and Kuleana

Ola ka ‘Ōlelo Kanaka ma Papahānaumokuākea

Photo: Ka mokupuni o Mokumanamana ma Papahānaumokuākea
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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

Photo: DHHL Director Kali Watson and Trustee Keliʻi Akina
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Regardless of the city, whenever I am traveling across the United States, I often run into fellow Hawaiians.

E Ola Mau ka ʻŌlelo Mākuahine

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‘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)

Photo: Kumu
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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

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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

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For generations, we as Native Hawaiians have felt the weight of historical injustices.

Mākeke | The Marketplace | February 2025

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Mākeke | The Marketplace | February 2025 Issue of Ka Wai Ola

ʻAuhea ʻOukou e nā Kumu?

Photo: Kumu Makalapua Alencastre
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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

Photo: James Anania Iokepa
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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

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“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

Wehi ʻŌlelo
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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

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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

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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)

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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

Ka Wai Ola February 2025 Cover
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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

Photo: High school bridge course students with their kumu
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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

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‘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.