Mai ke kupu ʻana mai o nā ʻāʻumeʻume o ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi a hiki i kēia lā me nā kānaka kākoʻo moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi he nui, piha ka moʻolelo no nā ʻahahui siwila Hawaiʻi i ke kūpaʻa ʻana, ke kālailai ʻana, me ka ʻauamo kuleana ʻana ma o nā hanauna.

Language isn’t just something we study, it is something we live. In Hawaiian thought, ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi is inseparable from place, purpose, and interaction.

As we enter the second quarter of the 21st century, we believe this is the best time to be Hawaiian since 1778.

Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, a visionary aliʻi and statesman, established the first Hawaiian Civic Club because he understood that the Hawaiian people needed education to thrive in a changing world.

The very sacred high chiefess Kalanikauleleiaiwi, a daughter of Keakealaniwahine (mother) and Kaneikakuaiwilani (father), was the inheritor of all the most sacred kapu gathered from Hawaiʻi Island to Kauaʻi.

E ko Hawaiʻinui a hiki loa i ko Hōlanikū, aloha pae ʻāina kākou. Ua hiki mai ka makani pāhili ʻo Walaka ma ʻIkuā o ka MH 2018, a ua ʻane pau kekahi moku kele o ka poʻe ʻīlioholoikauaua a me ka poʻe honu ma Lalo ma Papahānaumokuākea i ke kai kūmoho.

From the early political struggles of the Hawaiian Kingdom to the wide network of cultural advocates today, the story of Hawaiian civic organization is one of continuity, strategy, and kuleana over generations.

Following the Māhele by Kamehameha III which began in the 1840s, it was necessary to create a system which would record and confirm real property ownership.

I kēlā me kēia mahina ʻo Pepeluali, ka mahina ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, mālama ʻia nā hanana e hoʻokuluma ai i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma o ka hoʻolauleʻa a hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i ke kaiāulu.

Iā mākou e hoʻomaka nei i ka hapahā ʻelua o ke kenekulia 21, manaʻo mākou ʻo kēia ka manawa maikaʻi loa e noho kanaka mai ka makahiki 1778.

Public Notice | February 2026 Issue of Ka Wai Ola

The ʻuaʻu kani lay near the entryway of the Whole Foods market at Kahala Mall. It was unclear how long it had been there or how many people had unknowingly walked past a bird in distress.

Mākeke | The Marketplace | February 2026 Issue of Ka Wai Ola

I want to begin this month’s column with something simple, direct, and deeply important: If you are a Native Hawaiian, enroll in OHA’s Native Hawaiian Registry Program.

Ka hanana makana, hoʻokupu, ʻauhau paha i ke aliʻi no ka hoʻohanohano

Given the prominence of Pelehonuamea at Kaluapele o Kīlauea of late, some may wonder about appropriate “offerings” for her.

Aia ʻelua pila e hāpai ʻia ana i kēia ʻAha Kau Kānāwai e hiki mai ana i loko o ka Hale o nā Luna Makaʻāinana o Hawaiʻi nei e ka Luna Hoʻomalu Nadine Nakamura lāua ʻo ka Pelekikena ʻAha Kenekoa Ron Kouchi, e hoʻāmana ana i ka ʻOihana Kumuwaiwai ʻĀina e komo ma nā ʻaelike hoʻomalu me nā kaiāulu.

Every February, Hawaiian language month, there are a multitude of events put on to normalize the use of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi through celebration and education across communities.

Ma ia kahua hoʻomanaʻo hoʻokahi nō i hāpai ʻia ai ka inoa ʻo Mary Kawena Pukui ʻo ka meʻe kupuna o ka lāhui, ma ka makahiki i hala iho nei.

Ma ka pōmaikaʻi wale, ua ʻike ʻia kekahi lua hou o ke au kikilo ma Kona Hema, Hawaiʻi mokupuni, i ka hopena o ka makahiki 2025.