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OHA rolls out business loan program for Hawaiians

HONOLULU (June 18, 2013) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has announced that it is offering low-cost loans of up to $1 million to help Native Hawaiian-owned small businesses expand.

Under OHA’s Hua Kanu business loan program, highly-qualified applicants would be eligible for between $200,000 and $...

Gate renews debate over access rights in Waiheʻe Valley on Maui

MAUI -- A landowner with close connections to once powerful sugar plantations on Maui has a vision: build a steel gate that restricts access and limit liability from accidents on a Waihe'e Valley trail whose charm and appeal to hikers are enhanced by man-made wooden bridges that swing over streams near warning signs about such hazards as dangerous cliffs, falling rocks and flash floods. Read more about Gate renews debate over access rights in Waiheʻe Valley on Maui

Have you signed up for the Native Hawaiian Roll yet?

Kana'iolowalu is the official Native Hawaiian Roll and is the next step in self-determination. Those who enroll will have an important role in shaping our future, and in designing a reorganized governing entity.

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OHA Hawaiian Registry Program - Nā Mamo 'Ōiwi Hawai'i

The OHA Hawaiian Registry Program (HRP) provides Hawaiians, worldwide, with a card that verifies their Hawaiian ancestry. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs issues the card after verifying indigenous Hawaiian ancestry through biological parentage. No blood quantum is required. Read more about OHA Hawaiian Registry Program - Nā Mamo 'Ōiwi Hawai'i

OHA at the Legislature

As part of its mandate to advocate for Native Hawaiians, each year OHA submits a package of proposed bills to the Hawaiians StateLegislature, and the agency’s Board of Trustees also votes to take positions on a wide variety of legislation impacting the Hawaiian community.