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Safe Families = Safe Communities

Photo: Hooikaika Ohana Program Graduates
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By Marsha Heu Bolson Addressing Domestic Violence “I’d never been to a courthouse before, ever. I was so terrified every time I had to be there. Julie helped me by showing me breathing techniques and helping me to keep everything in perspective. She often just showed...

OIBC Votes to Support Burial Treatment Plan on Kawaiahaʻo Church Grounds

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By Edward Halealoha Ayau and Kamuela Kalaʻi Kawaiahaʻo Church was established in April 1820 during the rule of Kuhina Nui (Queen Regent) Kaʻahumanu. With its love for God and Hawaiian traditions, the Church has been a beacon of hope, love and aloha for many over...

Commit to a Better Future

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A new generation of Hawaiian leaders are rising to the challenges facing our islands and our planet. E Hoʻokanaka features these important new voices. Shaelene Kamakaʻala, 33, is the new Director of ʻĀina Protection at the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust and previously served as Deputy...

Federal Funds Deployed for Rental Relief

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For the first time in its history, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has set in motion a new program that will provide rental relief for beneficiaries who are on the Applicant Waiting List. DHHL’s COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program launched on May 11 and...

Ma‘i Ahulau ma Hawai‘i

Illustration: Mourning for Keōpūolani
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Read this article in English. He mea weliweli nā maʻi ahulau. ʻIke nō kākou i ka weliweli o ka maʻi kolona19 o ia wā - he ahulau iʻo nō ia. He maʻi laulā a puni ka honua. Ua ʻike nā kūpuna i ka weliweli o...

Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawaiʻi Nei Part 2: Empowerment Through Education

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Traditional Hawaiian knowledge, values, practices and proverbs reflect a significant aspect of Hawaiian identity, which includes the fundamental responsibility to care for iwi kūpuna and moepū. Kanaka ʻōiwi is a traditional term by which Hawaiians identified and continue to identify themselves as indigenous people....

Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawaiʻi Nei, Mokuna 2: I Mana i ka Hoʻonaʻauao

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Read this article in English. Unuhi ‘ia e No‘eau Peralto O nā kuamoʻo kahiko, ʻo iaka ʻike kuʻuna, nā loina, a me nā ʻoihana hoʻi o ka poʻe kūpuna mai ka pō mai, kekahi mau paukū nui o ka iwikuamoʻo o ka ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi. Eia kekahi...

Infectious Diseases in Hawai‘i

Illustration: Mourning for Keōpūolani
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Read this article in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.  Epidemics are terrifying. We see this terror through the Covid-19 disease of this time – a true infectious disease. It is a worldwide pandemic. It is something our predecessors knew too well from the time Captain Cook arrived, namely,...

Giving Native Hawaiian Businesses a Voice

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E Hoʻololi i ke Kūlana: Changing our Reality, is an initiative of the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce (NHCC) from each county in collaboration with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to give voice to our Native Hawaiian businesses, entrepreneurs and professionals. We have been surveying...

Increasing Access to Home Loan Capital

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Homestead leaders at SCHHA and our nonprofit, the Homestead Community Development Corporation (HCDC), have partnered with 1st Tribal Lending to increase access to home loan capital on Hawaiian home lands. It’s a first-time partnership, where homestead leaders are taking greater kuleana to bringing solutions...

Rural Native Hawaiian Populations at a Disadvantage

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The 2020 Census is underway and the number of households responding is low. As of May 15, Honolulu County’s self-response rate was 61.7%, Maui County was 44.1%, Kauaʻi County was 42.3%, Hawaiʻi County was 33.1% and Kalawao County was 5%. “The Census sends cards to...

A Hui Hou Kākou!

Aloha to our readers! After twenty-plus years of writing this monthly Ka Wai Ola column on health, nutrition and traditions, I am retiring. This is my final column. However, because it is important to continue providing messages to you on health, healing and traditions,...

Aloha Rising and Voting by Mail

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OHA recently kicked off its Aloha Rising Civic Engagement campaign. The goal is to increase civic engagement and voter participation within our lāhui to ensure our voices are heard at the ballot box and in the halls of government. These monthly articles will run through...

We are a Resilient People

Ka Wai Ola
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Aloha mai kākou, I grew up in the sugar plantation town of Kohala where my dad worked as an auto mechanic on the plantation to provide for my mom and our family of six children. As a young girl I remember when the plantation workers...