Ka Wai Ola Loa - The Mid-Month Extra  
Kēkēmapa 2009
Mid-Month Extra



Lawmakers review OHA budget
ahead of Legislature opening


READ MORE >Despite having fewer resources to address a rising demand for services, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will use a streamlined budget to continue to bring help to Native Hawaiians, said Clyde Nāmu'o, OHA's CEO.

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Could 2010 be the year of the first Native Hawaiian Miss America? Miss Hawai'i 2009 Raeceen Ānuenue Woolford isn't letting pressure get the best of her as she heads Las Vegas for the January 30 Miss America pageant.- READ MORE >

Students statewide in
innovative media venture


READ MORE >PBS Hawai'i's new media venture, Hiki Nō, will assemble the nation's first statewide student news network. Middle and high school students in public, private, charter and home schools across Hawai'i are invited to be a part of the venture.


 
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READ MORE > As the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009 – more commonly known as the Akaka Bill – proceeds through the Congress of the United States, questions and concerns have come up among Native Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians alike.

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Master lomilomi practitioner Aunty Margaret Machado let the sincerity of her heart flow through the body of her patients, says her daughter Nerita Machado. Margaret Kalehuamakanoelu'ulu'uonāpali Machado died on December 28, 2009 surrounded by 'ohana in Nāpo'opo'o, Hawai'i. She was 93. - READ MORE >




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