OHA

... this is the same political model being used by OHA to extract rent money from astronomy on Mauna Kea .... 

... OHA’s Board of Trustees will have 60 days to appoint a new trustee for Hawaiʻi Island, who will serve in the position until the next Hawaiʻi state general election in November 2022 ....

... No telescopes = No rent money ....

... The plan’s strategies include broadening Native Hawaiian and community participation in planning and programming ....

... Board of Regents (BOR) will consider adopting the draft Master Plan for UH-managed lands on Maunakea at the BOR January 20, 2022 meeting  ....

... The first meeting is scheduled for 5:30-8:30 PM, Friday, January 14 ....

... “Hawaiʻi is the ʻmost hostile health environment to practice in," physician says ....

... the Board of Trustees (1) approved the drafting and submission of a Public Land Trust focused bill to the 2022 legislature; and (2) approved the measure entitled Building Back Pono: Addressing Socioeconomic Disparities in the Post-COVID Era ....

... without telescopes, who will be left to pay OHA rent? ....

... The Master Plan serves as a framework for aligning land-use decisions ....

... the new WHIAANHPI is housed within HHS, returning this initiative to the Department where it was first launched under the Clinton Administration in 1999 ....

... OHA is seeking a new ‘Auditor’ willing to generate a report that will condemn the CLA Audit as “inflammatory statements” and “lies” ....

... Zip codes with a high concentration of Native Hawaiian residents became “hot zones” ....

... “Who speaks for Native Hawaiians?” and how disagreements are resolved when Native Hawaiians disagree ....

... The story you are about to read is true.  The names have not been changed to protect the innocent .... 

... BLNR will rule on a petition for declaratory orders from parties from the 2016-17 Thirty-Meter Telescope permit contested case ....

... six counts of wire fraud and seven counts of money laundering ....

... About 55 questions were submitted and answered during the two hour livestream hosted by Marisa Yamane ....

... OHA announces commercial acquisition of two properties next to Nā Lama Kukui ....

... MidWeek profiles Keli'i Akina ....

... This is the second fiscal year after the departure of former OHA CEO Kamana’o Crabbe.  Is the cash still flowing to insiders?  See for yourself ....

... the draft is going to the UH Board of Regents for review and possibly further changes before final approval, which is expected in early 2022 ....

... How effective were our reform efforts? Well, I am pleased to say that one of the first report cards has just arrived ....

... Summer Lee Haunani Sylva and Keone Nakoa ....

... a judge of the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands has revoked the concession of public forest land to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) ....

... During most of this pandemic, the infection rate in the Native Hawaiian community was below the curve. That has changed with the more aggressive Delta variant ....

"We found the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has implemented 10 and partially implemented 1 of the 11 recommendations made in our report...."

... the vaccination rate among the Native Hawaiian community may be as low as 35% ....

... MKWG is to present recommendations for a new governance and management structure for Mauna Kea to the Legislature by December 31, 2021 ....

... I do not believe OHA Administration’s implementation plan satisfies the directive given to OHA via Act 29 ....

"... Opponents of my appointment, particularly members of the Bar, were courageous...through this process our legislators have indicated their unwavering support for social justice...."

... rent for the property was $100,000 while subleases of the same property brought in $300,000 ....

... the water rights for this aquifer had been litigated for thirty years ....

... 29 years after Iniki, will Kauai finally get a youth drug treatment center? ....

... such as in Alaska where Alaskan Native people individually own shares of their corporation’s stock ....

... Hawaii Non-Profit Executive Sentenced to 46 Months of Imprisonment for Embezzling Over $500,000 from AmeriCorps and for Agreeing to Receive a Bribe for Approving $845,000 in CARES Act Grants ....

... A total of 15 Hawaiʻi nonprofit organizations on five islands will receive a total of $1.77 million ....

... This new allotment of funds was made possible through the American Rescue Plan of 2021 and is part of the DHHL COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program ....

... New guidance document to integrate Native Hawaiian culture into management of Papahānaumokuākea ....

... The funds target preservation of Native Hawaiian history, heritage and culture programs ....

... OHA is hosting three public Zoom meetings to provide the public with an overview of the proposed biennium budget on Thursday, June 10 at 6 p.m., Saturday, June 12 at 9 a.m., and Monday, June 14 at 4 p.m. ....

... Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, one of five Maunakea telescopes that the University of Hawaiʻi says will be removed from the summit ....

... The median price of a home on Oʻahu has just reached $950,000 ....

... All of the following measures were supported by OHA unless otherwise indicated ....

... UH notified the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) on April 28, 2021, that work/construction on the TMT project was initiated in 2019 based on project activities in June and July of that year ....

... The selected individual or firm is expected to have an initial focus on select parcels located at Kakaʻako Makai and an eventual focus on parcels at OHA’s Nā Lama Kukui Lifestyle & Design Center in Iwilei ....

... The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today announced grant awards totaling $1.25 million ....

... new requirement to be the imposition of racist, neo-colonial requirements on our society ....

... Did you know that each county is in the middle of its budgeting process? ....

.... Saiki selected Representative Mark M. Nakashima, Chair of the Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee (District 1 – Hamakua, North Hilo, South Hilo) to serve as Chair of the working group ....