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OHA sponsored symposium gives audiences rare peek at Papahānaumokuākea

HILO -- On August 5th, audiences in Hilo, Hawaiʻi heard directly from researchers, cultural practitioners and community members who have had the rare opportunity to experience the remote Northwestern Hawaiian islands first-hand. At the all-day symposium, sponsored by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Management Board (MMB), presenters talked about Papahānaumokuākea’s rich natural and cultural resources, as well as the work being done to strengthen ancestral ties to the kūpuna islands. “It is our hope that events like this will increase the number of people that have the opportunity to connect with Papahānaumokuākea and increase…