November 12, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Virtual meeting via Zoom / viewable at www.oha.org/livestream or listen by phone: (213) 338-8477, Webinar ID: 827 7357 8718 Meeting Documents below: Agenda Meeting Folder Minutes How to submit testimony Persons wishing to provide oral testimony…
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Board of Trustees will consider three options Thursday when it meets in Hilo to decide on a relief program to distribute more than $6.1 million in emergency funding to Native Hawaiian beneficiaries impacted by…
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“As a pilot, the loss of these two local boys hits particularly close to home. Our ‘ohana is heartbroken for their families and loved ones. These men were extraordinary young Hawaiian leaders who dedicated themselves to serving our rural communities….
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Coordinated Donation Management Center for Maui fire victims opens in Hakuone
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Today the Public Land Trust (PLT) bill cleared both the House and Senate floor votes unanimously and now moves on to Gov. Ige for his signature and final approval. The PLT bill would raise annual revenue payments to the Office…
More June 25, 2021 STATEMENT FROM OHA CHAIR CARMEN “HULU” LINDSEY ON HB499 I am extremely disappointed by the Governor’s recent decision to not consider HB499 for a veto. This decision by the Governor ensures that this controversial bill, which OHA…
More HONOLULU (Sept. 30, 2020) – The OHA Board of Trustees will dedicate five meetings in September and October to hearing from community members located on the neighbor islands. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the OHA Board of…
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Story by Lindsey Kesel appears in the Jan. 2017 Ka Wai Ola The hopeful spirit of the Investiture Ceremony, as well as the overarching mission of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, was beautifully captured in this year’s theme: “Inā ua…
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HONOLULU (Dec. 8, 2016) – At-Large Trustee Rowena Akana was elected as the new chairwoman of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees today. Chair Akana succeeds Hawaiʻi Island Trustee Robert K. Lindsey Jr., who led the OHA Board…
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