STATEMENT OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS ON THE HAWAII SUPREME COURT RULING ON MAUNA KEA ANAINA HOU V. BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Statement of Kamana‘opono Crabbe, Ka Pouhana (CEO) of OHA: “The Office of Hawaiian Affairs respects…
MoreThe Office of Hawaiian Affairs applauds last week’s Circuit Court decision invalidating the Department of Land and Natural Resource’s Mauna Kea emergency rule. Judge Ibarra ruled that the department did not comply with the requirements for rulemaking because it failed…
MoreIn a letter sent to the Office of Mauna Kea Management (OMKM) today, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) expressed serious concerns over the recent demolition of an ahu constructed by protectors on Mauna Kea in June. OHA notes OMKM’s…
MoreMAUNA KEA — In the early morning hours of Sept. 9, 2015, eight Native Hawaiians were arrested on Mauna Kea. Seven wahine were arrested while they were in the act of pule, or prayer. This is the second law enforcement…
MoreThe Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly condemns this morning’s arrests on Mauna Kea and again urges the state to cease further enforcement action and arrests until legal questions relating to the Mauna Kea emergency rules are properly resolved. It is…
MoreHILO — On August 5th, audiences in Hilo, Hawaiʻi heard directly from researchers, cultural practitioners and community members who have had the rare opportunity to experience the remote Northwestern Hawaiian islands first-hand. At the all-day symposium, sponsored by the Office…
MoreHONOLULU – Governor David Ige has signed into law, the first ever Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA) for Haena, Kauai. The Haena CBSFA is the result of more than a decade of work, overwhelming support from the local community and…
MoreStatement of Robert Lindsey, Chairman of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees
MoreLĀNA‘I — “E ʻIke Hou lā Lānai, To Know Lānaʻi Once Again” is a four-week cultural enrichment program hosted by the Lānaʻi Culture and Heritage Center that took place this summer from June 8 to July 3, 2015. During that…
MoreHONOLULU – At today’s Board of Land & Natural Resources meeting, a new rule (agenda item C-1) is being heard that would give the DLNR Chair the unilateral power to close hunting areas throughout the entire state, including those around…
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