WAHIAWĀ (December 13, 2019) – OHA staff planted 1,000 native trees today near the Kūkaniloko Birthing Stones site, a first step to return portions of the agency’s Wahiawā lands to the robust native forest that once existed there more than…
MoreHONOLULU (December 6, 2019) – OHA is now accepting applications from non-profit organizations for its $250,000 Kūlia Grants Program, which offers one-year grant awards for projects that benefit the Native Hawaiian community and align with the agency’s broad strategic priority…
MoreDecember 4, 2019 Statement of OHA Chair Colette Machado and Trustee Dan Ahuna, Chair of the OHA Board Committee on Resource Management, On the OHA & LLCS Contract and Disbursement Review Report Four decades ago, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) was…
MoreHONOLULU (Nov. 22, 2019) – OHA announced today the selection of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) to administer a $1.66-million grant to provide emergency financial assistance to low-income Native Hawaiians statewide. “We are proud to partner with CNHA…
MoreHONOLULU (November 21, 2019) – The OHA Board of Trustees today unanimously appointed Sylvia Hussey, Ed.D., as the agency’s new Ka Pouhana/Chief Executive Officer, who is the Board’s sole employee, responsible for implementing Board policies and directives and leading the…
MoreKAHULUI (Novermber 6, 2019) – OHA will host a free event tomorrow evening at the University of Hawaiʻi’s Maui College featuring a movie premiere and panel discussion, both focused on highlighting the East Maui community’s decades-long efforts to protect its stream water resources. The community event,…
MoreHONOLULU (Nov. 1, 2019) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today announced the selection of 20 community events that will receive a total of $103,000 from OHA’s ʻAhahui Grants Program. “OHA is proud to support these organizations hosting events that…
MoreKAILUA (October 23, 2019) – OHA will host a free family movie screening at Kailua Beach Park this Saturday, October 26, featuring the film Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe, which documents the historic worldwide voyage of Hōkūleʻa. The movie screening is part of OHA’s new E…
MoreHONOLULU (October 17, 2019) – The OHA Board of Trustees today approved $3 million in grant funding over the next two fiscal years to support 17 Hawaiian-focused charter schools. “We are proud to continue our longstanding commitment to the Hawaiian-focused…
MoreHONOLULU (October 16, 2019) – In early-September, Dr. Camilo Mora first approached OHA, requesting that we partner with his Carbon Neutrality Challenge, the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) and another organization on a project to plant 10,000 native trees in a…
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