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OHA: Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Agreement Strengthens Cultural, Economic and Environmental Ties Between Hawaiʻi & French Polynesia

Leaders from Kamehameha Schools, Office of Hawaiian Affairs sign goodwill agreement with Raʻiātea On January 29, 2025,  representatives from Kamehameha Schools, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the mayors of Taputapuātea, Tumaraʻa and Uturoa from the island of Raʻiātea in…

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Ensure that OHA Receives its Fair Share of Public Land Trust Revenues

The House will hear HB1358, a bill that will appropriate funds to audit and inventory the public land trust, this Tuesday, February 4, at 9:00 a.m. Submit Testimony by Monday, February 3 at 9:00 a.m. Testimony received after the deadline…

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Support OHA’s 2025 Budget Bill at its First House Hearing!

Submit Testimony by Tomorrow, January 30 at 2:00 p.m. Testimony received after the deadline will be accepted, but considered late. Those who wish to testify via videoconference, must also submit written testimony. See the Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Hearing Notice and Submit…

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URGENT: Testimony needed for SB268 and SB269 by Tomorrow, Jan. 27!

The Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs will be hearing two bills from OHA’s 2025 Legislative Package on Tuesday, January 28 at 1:00 p.m: SB 268, Relating to Island Burial Councils SB269, Relating to the Budget of the Office of Hawaiian…

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URGENT: Testify in support of SB534 by Tuesday, Jan. 28!

SB534 is scheduled for joint public hearing before the Senate Committees on (1) Water and Land (WAL); (2) Hawaiian Affairs (HWN); and (3) Housing (HOU) on Wednesday, January 29 at 1:00 p.m. Submit Testimony by Tuesday, January 28 at 1:00 p.m. Testimony…

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Office of Hawaiian Affairs submits bills for consideration

(HONOLULU) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today submitted its legislative package to the Native Hawaiian Caucus of the Hawai’i State Legislature for consideration in the upcoming 2025 legislative session.  “The OHA package contains four bills that will help address…

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Four trustees inducted at OHA investiture ceremony

HONOLULU (Jan. 9, 2025) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees elected in 2024 were inducted into their terms of office at an investiture ceremony held today at Central Union Church in Honolulu. The event honored the election of trustee…

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Statement from Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chairperson Kaiali’i Kahele on tragic crash of Kamaka Air Cargo Plane

“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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Bill Brennan named Director Of Communications at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has selected veteran communicator Bill Brennan as its new Director of Communications.

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Community celebrates as Department of Health issues stop work order for IWS system that uncovered multiple burials

In a major victory for community members, descendants, and Native Hawaiian advocates, the Hawaiʻi Department of Health has issued a Stop Work Order for the Individual Wastewater System (IWS) project at 4400 Oneone Road, which resulted in the disturbance of multiple human burials.

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