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DHHL Expands Hawaiʻi Island Options

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A new year will mean new opportunities for waiting list applicants on Hawaiʻi Island. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands recently broke ground on the construction of 60 homes within the Villages of Laʻi ʻŌpua in Kealakehe, Hawaiʻi Island, for its second Rent-With-Option-To-Purchase project. In 2001,...

Leadership Lessons from Mailikukahi

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By Summer Keliipio Mailikukahi was born around the fifteenth century at Kūkaniloko on the island of Oʻahu to Kukahiaililani and Kokalola. Mailikukahi was an aliʻi nui (high chief) and his leadership was known for innovations and change that made Oʻahu prosperous and well-governed. Turbulence characterized life...

OHA’s 2021 Legislative Package Focuses on Issues Highlighted by the Pandemic

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In this upcoming legislative session, our state legislators will have the immense kuleana of addressing the unprecedented impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the lessons that the post-COVID-19 world have taught us. OHA’s 2021 legislative package is accordingly tailored to focus on...

I Don’t Have Time

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As I write this, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs are in the middle of their first-ever electronic convention. If you were at the opening of the convention you know how I feel about that; however, that is not what I am writing about. A...

Papakilo Database: OHA’s Repository of ʻIke Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

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By Kale Hannahs, OHA Archival Information Specialist On April 4, 2011, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) launched a unique and revolutionary online resource: the Papakilo Database. From its humble beginnings, hosting just 13 collections with approximately 500,000 records, the Papakilo Database has grown into a...

Ka Wai Ola | Vol. 38 No. 1 | January 2021

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Be the Person Who Takes the Next Step!

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By Kawai Kapuni and Max Bielawski Hui Kālaiʻāina is a student club at the Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus. Led by senior Kawai Kapuni and longtime teacher and advocate Kapulani Antonio, the club is a means of giving young people the opportunity to become civically engaged. The club’s...

A Conversation with Neighborhood Board Member Daniel Kaʻanana

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There is a growing realization within our lāhui that Native Hawaiians need to have a voice in government. For Oʻahu residents, one way to do that is by becoming active on their local neighborhood board. All 435 neighborhood board seats on Oʻahu are up for...

Holomua Kākou

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Aloha kākou! It is with my most heartfelt gratitude and appreciation that I am humbled to be your new OHA Molokaʻi-Lānaʻi trustee. I cherish the trust and confidence you have given me to move forward with grace, integrity and good intent to help our...

Servant Trusteeship begins with “To Thine Own Self Be True”… A New Year’s Resolution

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Each of us, whether we realize it or not, has a self-image. We see ourselves in some way – smart, slow, kind, well-intentioned, lazy, misunderstood, meticulous, or shrewd; we all can pick adjectives that describe ourselves. This is the “I” behind the face in...

Mākeke | The Marketplace | January 2021

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News Briefs | January 2021

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Mortgage Loan Deferral Extended for DHHL Borrowers The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) has extended the postponement of mortgage loan payments for all DHHL direct loans and loans assigned to the department for an additional three-month period through March 31, 2021. In September, the Hawaiian...

Hali‘a Aloha | January 2021

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To create a space for our readers to honor their loved ones, Ka Wai Ola will print Haliʻa Aloha - obituaries and mele kanikau (mourning chants). Haliʻa Aloha appearing in the print version of Ka Wai Ola should be recent (within six months of...

Kūʻokoʻa Kūkanono 2020: A Virtual Commemoration of Lā Kūʻokoʻa

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By Kauluakalana Staff On a sunny Saturday morning in late November, participants from Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi gathered virtually with a common purpose: to celebrate Lā Kūʻokoʻa, Hawaiʻi’s Independence Day. Lā Kūʻokoʻa was established on Nov. 28, 1843, and commemorates the day that the...

A Correctional Center Becomes a Puʻuhonua

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Nestled at the foot of Olomana in Maunawili in the ahupuaʻa of Kailua, on a verdant, sweeping property dotted with slumbering cattle, is the Hawaiʻi Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF). It is an unusually tranquil setting for a juvenile correctional center, but HYCF Administrator Mark...