HONOLULU (March 15, 2023) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) today announced it is making available more than $9 million in grant solicitations to help Native Hawaiians. Solicitations include community grants to strengthen ʻohana (family), moʻomeheu (culture) and ʻāina (land) connections, and grants to support education, health, housing, economic stability, homestead communities, and…
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HONOLULU (March 14, 2023) – Today, almost 20 months since the July 2021 initiation, the State Auditor finally issued its statutory performance audit report focusing on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA) Land Division from calendar year 2019 to 2021…
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We want to thank the Senate committees on Water and Land and Hawaiian Affairs — and chairs Sen. Lorraine Inouye and Sen. Maile Shimabukuro — for the opportunity today to provide more context and facts relating to OHA’s plans for Kakaʻako Makai and its…
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HONOLULU (December 12, 2022) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees today unanimously selected Maui Island Trustee Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey as its board chair, a position she has held since December of 2020. The board also selected the…
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HONOLULU (Dec. 8, 2022) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ trustees elected in 2022 were inducted into their terms of office at an investiture ceremony held this morning at Kawaiahaʻo Church in Honolulu. Newly elected At-Large Trustees Brickwood Galuteria and…
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HONOLULU (November 30, 2022) – This morning, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs was honored to participate in the 2022 Annual Meeting of the National Caucus of Native American State Legislators being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Nov. 29 to Dec….
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HONOLULU (Nov 11, 2022) – Today the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) announced that internationally recognized Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner, genealogist, historian and loea hula, Kumu Cy Bridges, has thoughtfully selected a name for OHA’s 30-acre Kakaʻako Makai property. That…
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HONOLULU, OʻAHU, HAWAIʻI (Nov. 17, 2022) – Purple Maiʻa Foundation announced the launch of Mālama Design Studio (MDS) with support from a Community Grant Award for Economic Stability from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) totaling funds of $498,660. The…
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November 15, 2022 Today’s announcement that the Navy is establishing a Defueling Information Sharing Forum which will allow community leaders, elected representatives and other stakeholders an opportunity to provide community feedback and receive regular progress updates as the Red Hill…
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HONOLULU (Nov. 10, 2022) – Three years ago, during a period of critical transition, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) ushered in a new era of leadership by appointing Sylvia Hussey, a certified public accountant with decades of experience in financial…
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