OHA seeks continued TMT moratorium

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…

OHA Trustee Apoliona honored as living treasure

HONOLULU — Hoʻomaikaʻi to OHA Trustee Haunani Apoliona who was honored as a Living Treasure of Hawaiʻi by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaiʻi earlier this month. For the last forty years, the Living Treasures of Hawaiʻi program has recognized…

OHA trustees vote on key board positions

HONOLULU (Dec. 9, 2014) – Hawai‘i Island Trustee Robert K. Lindsey Jr. has been named the new chairman of the policy-making board for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Lindsey succeeds Colette Machado, the trustee for Native Hawaiians on Moloka‘i and…

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Nation Building: Trustees extend key timeline

HONOLULU (July 24, 2014) – Trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced today that they have extended the timetable for the nation-building process they previously committed to facilitate. The six-month extension is expected to allow OHA more time to…

OHA’s comments support rulemaking

HONOLULU (July 15, 2014) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs submitted comments to the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice strongly supporting federal rulemaking that would reestablish a government-to-government relationship with a Native Hawaiian government …