News Briefs | February 2025

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Opening Day of the 2025 Hawaiʻi State Legislative Session

A contingent of Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) trustees, executive leaders and staff were at the Hawai‘i State Capitol on January 15 for the opening of the 2025 Legislative Session. OHA leaders began the morning with pule and a moment of remembrance in front of the statue of Queen Lili’uokalani, then headed inside the capitol building for the formal opening ceremonies and speeches before making the rounds to meet and greet Hawai‘i’s newly elected – and returning – lawmakers. – Photo: Joshua Koh

Kakaʻako Makai Community Presentation

On January 8, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) hosted a community meeting on workforce housing and other development plans at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Ho‘okupu Center located directly across the Kewalo Basin harbor channel from OHA’s under-utilized land at Kaka‘ako Makai. Nearly 200 people, including several state lawmakers, turned out for the meeting. OHA Board of Trustees Chair Kaiali‘i Kahele (holding the microphone) led the nearly three-hour meeting and discussed a draft bill being proposed by OHA to lift the ban on housing ma kai of Ala Moana Boulevard. Kahele was joined by Trustee Keoni Souza, chair of OHA’s Investment and Land Management Committee and OHA CEO Stacy Ferreira who helped to field questions from meeting attendees. – Photo: Jason Lees

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