HONOLULU — Hoʻomaikaʻi to OHA Trustee Haunani Apoliona who was honored as a Living Treasure of Hawaiʻi by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaiʻi earlier this month. For the last forty years, the Living Treasures of Hawaiʻi program has recognized…
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Today, the State Commission on Water Resource Management (Water Commission) will re-engage a case that’s been languishing for years.
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HONOLULU (Feb. 19, 2015) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs commends the U.S. Department of Education for granting a one-year waiver to the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, allowing students in grades 3 and 4 of the State’s Ka Papahana…
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HONOLULU (Feb. 18, 2015) – Hawaiians have always been innovative. When we lived in the valleys near streams, we built ‘auwai and lo‘i to feed our ‘ohana abundantly. When we decided to build a palace, we built the first royal…
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HONOLULU (Jan. 29, 2015) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will host community meetings throughout Hawai‘i, February 17 – March 3, seeking input from community stakeholders as it charts a conceptual master plan for its properties in Kaka‘ako Makai. OHA…
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today announced it has selected a design team to develop a conceptual master plan that sets out a vision for 30 acres in Kakaʻako Makai.
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HONOLULU (Dec. 9, 2014) – Hawai‘i Island Trustee Robert K. Lindsey Jr. has been named the new chairman of the policy-making board for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Lindsey succeeds Colette Machado, the trustee for Native Hawaiians on Moloka‘i and…
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Let’s go on a field trip! Come along on a huakaʻi to Paepae o Heʻeia with Cindy Macfarlane-Flores, owner and operator of Field Trip Friends. Find out how this Native Hawaiian business-owner used a Mālama Loan from OHA to expand…
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced today that it will be providing evacuation aid to Native Hawaiians who live in the path of a lava flow edging closer to their homes in the Puna area.
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HONOLULU (Oct. 17, 2014) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has named Miles Nishijima as its new director of land and property, effective Monday, Oct. 20. As the newest addition to the agency’s seven-member executive team, he will oversee a…
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