Greetings dear readers. Last month, we began to look at the Hawaiian treasures in the British Museum in London, namely the precious items in the new exhibit, “Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans.”

May 2026 Issue of Ka Wai Ola

For many who call Hawaiʻi home, Native politics can feel distant.

From sea to summit, Haleakalā is a living, breathing, ancestral system whose most sacred part is its piko, or highest point.

There is a special feeling that comes with living in Hawaiʻi. It is not just the warm ocean breezes, or the breathtaking mountains and valleys, it is the people, the culture, and the traditions that bind us.

April marks the final stretch of the 2026 legislative session, and OHA’s Public Policy team continues to work diligently to ensure the voices and rights of our beneficiaries are represented at the Capitol.

This is a short story about my trip to London this past January.

Mākeke | The Marketplace | April 2026 Issue of Ka Waa Ola

It was a whirlwind day packing for this huakaʻi to Nihoa, with the added kuleana of preparing the waʻa and serving as a watch captain for this voyage.

The center of the universe for a young Jessica Kaʻiulani Hilo was a wholesale flower shop in San Francisco that specialized in tropical, Hawaiʻi-grown plants.

Mai ka ʻōhiʻa lehua o Hawaiʻi a ka Pohutukawa o Aotearoa, aloha pumehana e nā makamaka makeʻe ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Board of Trustees’ regularly scheduled meeting on February 19 included an informational briefing on the proposed merger between Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association (HMSA) and Hawaiʻi Pacific Health (HPH).

In late February, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) announced its selection of AEA Consulting, an internationally recognized firm specializing in cultural strategy and planning, to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study for the development of a Native Hawaiian Cultural Center in Kakaʻako Makai — a project rooted in community, culture, and the revitalization of a Native Hawaiian presence in urban Honolulu.

On the morning of April 18, 1926, a wall of lava – nearly 30 feet high and more than 1,000 feet wide – advanced on the fishing village of Hoʻōpūloa.

This January, an exhibit entitled “Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans,” opened at the British Museum in London.

There is a new exhibition at British Museum called “Hawaiʻi: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans.”

For a pregnant mother on Molokaʻi, giving birth can mean having to leave home weeks before her due date. In many cases, the island simply does not have the resources needed for safe delivery.

Hawaiʻi continues to face one of the most severe housing shortages in the nation.

Of our mea ʻāpaʻakuma, endemic things, those found only in our pae ʻāina, we have 50 species of Melicope.

Disasters are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity in Hawaiʻi and around the world.