The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) will begin a Traveling Beneficiary Services initiative on Hawaiʻi Island.
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HONOLULU (May 5, 2025) – A team representing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and Hui Iwi Kuamoʻo is on its way back to Hawaiʻi after receiving iwi kūpuna (ancestral remains) in formal ceremonies this week from the National Museums…
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House and Senate Resolutions (HCR193HD1 & SCR 161) would create a working group to explore transferring the care, management and protection of iwi kūpuna from the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) to OHA. These resolutions, introduced by the Native Hawaiian Caucus…
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Mahalo to everyone who has supported OHA’s budget bill so far – we are getting close to the end of session! This bill is moving into its final hearing before the Senate Committee on Ways and Means on Monday, March 31,…
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Mahalo to everyone who has supported OHA’s priority iwi kūpuna bill so far this session. Thanks to your support, this bill crossed over to the House last week, and will be heard at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2025,…
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Mahalo to everyone who has supported OHA’s priority iwi kūpuna bill so far this session. Thanks to your support, this bill crossed over to the House last week, and will be heard at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2025,…
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The House will hear OHA’s budget bill this Wednesday, March 5, at 10:00 a.m.
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) today announced the launch of “AHO”- the Access to Home Ownership program, a new mortgage loan program designed to address Hawaiʻi’s affordable housing crisis and assist Native Hawaiians in achieving their dreams of homeownership in Hawaiʻi.
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Mahalo to everyone who submitted testimony for the first hearing of SB 268 on January 29. Thanks to your support, this bill has moved forward to the Senate Committee on Judiciary as SB 268 SD1 and will be heard on…
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is proud to announce the appointment of Summer Lee Haunani Sylva as the Chief of Staff for the OHA Board of Trustees.
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