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Colliers to Handle Leasing of OHA’s Hakuone Lands
Colliers has been retained to handle the leasing of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA) planned development of Hakuone in Kakaʻako Makai.
Designating a Personal Representative for one’s estate
My father passed away and my brother has been designated as personal representative for his estate. Does that mean he will get our family ‘āina?
Kahea ʻo ʻElepaio ia Hoamakeikekula
Even if you aren’t a kalo connoisseur, you can easily recognize ʻelepaio, a beautifully speckled taro variety known for its mottled green and white lau (leaves), slightly brown hā (leaf stalk), cream-colored kalo (corm), and tasty light gray poi.
Protecting the Pacific Remote Islands: Developing Solutions by Blending Culture, Community and Science
The Pacific Remote Islands (PRI) serve as the nexus of cross-cultural voyaging pathways for the entire Pacific.
Envisioning Kānaka Art on a Parking Garage Wall
In 2021, I was standing on Market Street in Wailuku Town gazing upon the vista of Iao Valley as the sun set when a thought interrupted my reverie: This will all be gone.
Mālama Loko Ea Foundation
Almost 15 years ago, Kamehameha Schools sent a kāhea (call) to the community to solicit support for restoring the Loko Ea fishpond site, a wahi kūpuna (historically significant cultural site) nestled on the North Shore of Oʻahu in the town of Haleʻiwa.
Moananuiākea: We are the Vast Pacific Ocean
There are two major wahi pana (legendary, living, pulsating place) where it is said, our Kumulipo, our chant of creation, come into being and where the process of creation continues.
DHHL Breaks Ground on Kaʻuluokahaʻi Increment II-C
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) conducted a groundbreaking ceremony on July 10 to mark the start of construction at Kaʻuluokahaʻi Increment II-C in East Kapolei.
Moananuiākea Update: Hōkūleʻa Travels From Alaska to British Columbia
In the early hours of June 19, Hōkūleʻa and her crew departed Statter Harbor in Juneau, Alaska, officially beginning her Moananuiākea Voyage, a four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific.
KIUC Facility Blessing in Anahola
As chair of the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA), I was honored to join Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) Director Kali Watson and Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) CEO David Bissell in May at a blessing of the KIUC Anahola Service Center.
Regarding NOAA’s May 2023 Scoping Meeting in Hawaiʻi
I share the concerns expressed by the governors of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands about the expansion of fishery closures through the designation of the Pacific Remote Islands area as a national marine sanctuary.
OHA to Host Federal Consultation to Help Protect Cultural Objects
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) will host a consultation session of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of State seeking input from the Native Hawaiian community on the development of regulations to implement the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act (STOP Act).
Congratulations to NAPALI’s 2023 Cohort
Founded in 1998, the National Pacific American Leadership Institute (NAPALI) has hosted 24 annual leadership training sessions, producing over 330 fellows.
OHA is a Totally Different Place Today
OHA is dedicated to making sure that our beneficiaries understand the potentially enormous power of their ballot and how using it can help ensure that we have a government that works for everyone, and not just for special interests.
OHA Wins Four NAJA Awards and a Koa Anvil Award
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA) monthly publication Ka Wai Ola News has received four National Native Media Awards from the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA).
Kīpahulu Poised to Become the Next Community Based Subsistence Fishing Area
More than a decade after declaring its intent, the community of Kīpahulu, Maui, is on the cusp of becoming Hawaiʻi’s next Community Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA).
“Celebrate Honeycreepers” – Students Advocate to Save a Dying Species
In classrooms, there are many ways to measure what students are learning.