HONOLULU – (February 2, 2017) At-Large Trustee Leinaʻala Ahu Isa, Ph.D., became the acting chair of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) after trustees voted to re-organize board leadership today. Trustee Ahu Isa was named acting OHA chair after a…
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HONOLULU (July 6, 2016) – Chairperson Robert K. Lindsey Jr. has returned to the top post on the OHA Board of Trustees after taking a three-month medical leave of absence. In his first board meeting back on June 30th, he mentioned looking “forward…
More The 2016 Salary Commission for the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) completed its review and has submitted its proposed salary recommendation for OHA Trustees effective July 1, 2015 until June 30, 2019. The commission voted…
More HONOLULU – The 2016 Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Salary Commission is seeking public comment on appropriate salaries for the OHA Board of Trustees over the next four years. The public is invited to submit comments via email (ohasalarycommission2016@oha.org). The…
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Statement from OHA Chairperson Robert K. Lindsey Jr. on the passing of Sen. Gil Kahele: “Senator Kahele will be remembered as a favorite ‘Son of Miloli‘i.’ He was an active member of our Hawai‘i Island Caucus. I will always remember…
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MAUNA 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…
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KAUA‘I – Native Hawaiians on Kaua‘i will get an opportunity to voice concerns or support to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) at a community forum as well as a regular meeting scheduled by the Board of Trustees. The forum…
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is seeking responses to an anonymous 5-question survey to provide its Board of Trustees helpful information for the Board’s Thursday (4/30) meeting on the planned Mauna Kea thirty-meter telescope. The survey asks participants about how…
More HONOLULU – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has continued to urge Governor Ige and University of Hawaiʻi President Lassner to address the outstanding legal issues involved in the planned Mauna Kea thirty-meter telescope before the moratorium on construction is lifted….
More The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees met on April 9 during which the matter of Mauna Kea and the planned thirty-meter telescope (TMT) was discussed. The Board plans to gain greater clarity on the pending legal cases relating…
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