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Hoʻomaʻemaʻe: He ʻAno Kuʻuna e Hemo ai nā Mea ʻAwahia o ke Kino
He ʻoihana lapaʻau kuʻuna ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe nona ka inu ʻana i nā lāʻau hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻokē ʻana i nā mea ʻawahia e hoʻoponopono ʻia ai nā hemahema ma nā māhele ʻekolu o ke ola kānaka: ke ola pilikino, ke ola o ka noʻonoʻo, a me ke ola piliʻuhane.
Election Year
Hawaiʻi’s State Constitution mandates that every 10 years district lines for representation by elected officials be reexamined based on new population numbers.
Haliʻa Aloha | February 2022
Nora Kuʻulei Thomas, 94, of Makawao, Maui, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by ʻohana on Dec. 10, 2021.
A Lifetime of Achievements… Maestro and Kahu Aaron David Mahi
I wanted to share with you all this month the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts’ Highest Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to maestro and Kahu Aaron David Mahi.
Ke Kūkulu ‘Ana ma One‘ula, me ka Loa‘a ‘ana mai o kekahi Ali‘iwahine i ‘Ike Mua ‘Ole ‘ia
He 21 makahiki i hala, i ka wā a kekahi Kanaka ʻŌiwi e ʻeli ana i kekahi lua ma ke one ma ke kahakai ʻo Oneʻula e hoʻomākaukau ai i kāna mea ʻai, ua loaʻa mai ka iwi kanaka iā ia. Hoʻomaopopo koke akula ʻo ia i nā mākaʻi.
Kekahi Hae i Humuhumu ʻia e Ke Kuini
I koʻu hānai ʻia ʻana, ua lohe pinepine ʻia e aʻu nā moʻolelo no koʻu kupuna wahine, ʻo Mollie Kananipauʻole Akana Peters – a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ʻana o kona lā hānau e ke Kuini ʻo Liliʻuokalani hoʻi.
Ke Kauka Poʻokela Hawaiʻi Mua Loa ʻo Dr. Matthew Makalua
I ka wā o ko Kalākaua noho mōʻī ʻana, ua hoʻokumu ke aupuni i ka papahana ʻo “Hawaiian Youths Abroad.” Hoʻonaʻauao ʻia nā ʻōpio Hawaiʻi ma nā ʻāina ʻē no ka hoʻomāhuahua ʻana i nā alakaʻi o Hawaiʻi ma nā māhele ʻokoʻa e laʻa me ka pili helu, ke mele, ke kānāwai, a me nā mea hou aʻe kekahi.
Kolo Ka Ilo
I ʻike ʻia nō ke kanaka o kekahi kuanaʻike ma kona ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻāina a me ona mau waiwai.
Hearing Hawaiian Spoken Should be a Regular Thing
At our home in Kohala, hearing my mother and grandparents (all of whom were manaleo) laugh and talk story in Hawaiian was he mea maʻamau – a regular thing.
I Maʻamau ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
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Maʻamau (vs. Usual, customary, regular, habitual, ordinary, common.)
Aloha mai kākou,
Kau nā haliʻa aloha i ko mākou hale ma Kohala i koʻu wā kamaliʻi, ʻo ke kolekole a ʻakaʻaka ʻana o koʻu makuahine me koʻu mau kūpuna ma ka ʻōlelo...
Colonization
I have learned that there are only two worldviews and cultures that exist in human nature.
Hoʻoholo Mua ʻia ko Awaiaulu Ala Nuʻukia
I kēlā Nowemapa aku nei, ʻākoakoa maila kekahi hui kanaka ʻimi ʻike moʻolelo Hawaiʻi ma ke kaona ʻuʻuku o Hāwī, Kohala.
Development at Oneʻula and the Discovery of an Unknown Chiefess
Twenty-one years ago, while digging in the sand at Oneʻula Beach to start a fire to cook his dinner, a Kanaka ʻŌiwi uncovered human bones.
Ka Hihia Kānāwai Laha ʻOle o Harry Kaheleiki
Ma 1932, ua piʻoloke ihola ko Honolulu ma hope o kā Thalia Fortescue Massie, ka wahine o kekahi koa ʻoihana moku a he wahine i ʻano kaulana ma Wakinekona D.C., ʻōlelo ʻana ua hana ʻino a puʻe ʻia hoʻi ʻo ia e kekahi mau “kamaʻāina.”
The Little Known Case of Harry Kaheleiki
In 1932, Honolulu was in an uproar after Thalia Fortescue Massie, a Navy wife and Washington, D.C., socialite, claimed she was assaulted and raped by “locals.”