Hawaiian History Month is an annual invitation to honor Queen Liliʻuokalani, celebrate the rich history of Hawaiʻi and its Indigenous people, and deepen our...

That one question, posed on an application for a pharmacy technician position, dashed any hopes Michelle Manalo had for getting the job.

ʻO Kaʻaona ka malama, ʻo ʻOlepau ka mahina, ʻo Kona ka moku, ʻo Honolulu ke ahupuaʻa, ʻo Haʻimoeipo ka ʻāina, ʻīnana i ke Kukalahale.

By Kelsey Kukaua Medeiros For nearly two decades, Kumu Earl Kawaʻa, 81, has offered Board and Stone cultural workshops for ʻohana across sites on Oʻahu,...

Beverly Healani Sun Lan Apana Muraoka, 76, of Wailua Homesteads, Kauaʻi, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2026, in Honolulu, surrounded by her family.

Each year, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) conducts Island Burial Council (IBC) recruitment to provide the governor with a list of qualified candidates to represent each island/moku.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dhiren Patel as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

The power to name, and in doing so create identity, in most instances lies close to home. A parent names a child, an artist names their work, a community names its streets, physical resources, and valued sites.

Science and research offer real opportunity for our people. Careers in biotechnology, agriculture, environmental science, and data can pay well, build skills, and put Kānaka at the table where important decisions get made impacting our ʻāina and the lāhui.

Hoʻokipa Hawaiʻi Festival, presented by the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, returns to the Royal Hawaiian Center on Sept. 12 – 13, 2026, for a FREE two-day, family-friendly community event celebrating Native Hawaiian culture, community and the many ways Hawaiian knowledge continues to shape Hawaiʻi.

The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) and our entire lāhui pauses to remember, mahalo and honor Kamaki Kanahele who we lost last month. Uncle Kamaki was more than a leader.

At a hearing on August 6, Judge Steven Nichols ruled on five pending motions in Ferreira v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, et al.

For more than a century, the Jones Act – formally the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 – has governed shipping between U.S. ports. It requires that domestic cargo move on vessels that are U.S.-built, U.S.-owned, U.S.-flagged, and U.S.-crewed.

Once thought of as a disease of old age, Alzheimer’s is increasingly showing up earlier; early-onset Alzheimer’s, diagnosed between 40-64, has more than doubled worldwide since 1990.

Public Notice | September 2026 Issue of Ka Wai Ola

Dear friends of the Hawaiian language. News has arrived from the center of Washington that two Hawaiians were selected to stand at the highest of honors amongst artists and craftsmen in the United States of America.

The history of Waimea Valley as a place set aside for the kahuna nui of Oʻahu dates to about 1092 A.D. Tradition holds that it begins with the arrival in Hawaiʻi of Māweke, a high chief from Kahiki.

Strategy & Implementation Strategy Consultant Makiʻilei Ishihara and Research & Evaluation Director Carla Hostetter are the most recent recipients of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA) quarterly (April - June 2026) Alakaʻi Awards.

By the turn of the 20th century, ulana ʻie – the traditional art of weaving using the aerial roots of the indigenous ʻieʻie vine – had nearly disappeared from common practice.

E nā makamaka o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Ua kuʻi ka lono mai ka piko la o Wakinekona, ua koho ʻia ʻelua kānaka Hawaiʻi e kū ma ka wēkiu o ka hanohano ma waena o nā poʻe hana noʻeau ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.