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OHA wins seven National Native Media Awards

HONOLULU (Sept. 30, 2020) - Ka Wai Ola newspaper, the monthly publication of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, recently received seven National Native Media Awards from the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA). Since 1980, Ka Wai Ola has covered the people, issues and events making news in our pae ʻāina, and shared OHA’s work on behalf of our lāhui with a goal of providing high-quality storytelling through an Indigenous lens. Recently, OHA expanded the reach of Ka Wai Ola with kawaiola.news, its new, digital version of the newspaper that includes complementary bonus videos and expanded photo albums. Combined, Ka Wai Ola’s print and digital subscribers number more than 70,000. Yesterday NAJA…

OHA celebrates ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi month

By Treena Shapiro You may have noticed Ka Wai Ola’s cover looks different this month – more like a pre-statehood ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi nūpepa than OHA’s regular monthly offering. It’s OHA’s way of marking ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi month, as February was officially designated in 2012 to celebrate and encourage the use of the Hawaiian language. Included as part of OHA’s bill package, the legislation that gave ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi its own month requires “that all letterheads, documents, symbols and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names and words, including proper Hawaiian spelling and punctuation.” ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi…