OHA

...the Resource Management Committee opted to instead give the grant funds directly to the charter schools, instead of to the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement....

...Hawaiian Beneficiary Funds Continue To Fly Out The Door At OHA....

..."Ms Sweeney is an incredibly qualified nominee," said Robin Puanani Danner....

...Michael Lilly , Former Hawaii Attorney General, joins Hawaii Together with Keli'i Akina for a discussion on the history and current state of Racial Harmony in Hawaii.... 

...Hawai’i Free Press has obtained a copy of the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Office of Hawaiian Affairs check register in response to an open records request....

...the state Auditor has already informed OHA of its preliminary findings....

...Wednesday, October 11th At 10 AM....

... UH to Trade 10,000 Acres for Telescope Approval, Lease Extension? ....

...The more technical progress, the less attractive cultural nationalism becomes....

...the Board adopted today the recommendation of retired judge Riki May Amano to approve the application for a Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) to build the Thirty-Meter Telescope....

...the Harbors Division isn’t satisfied with three years of triple-digit increases....

...CNHA's cut will be $450K....

...Enviros win 90% in Hawaii Supreme Court....

...Please Attend The Next Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Board Meeting On Thursday, September 21st At 10 AM At OHA Headquarters....

...This is not a public hearing and members of the public will not be allowed to testify, argue, or otherwise present to the BLNR....

...He Didnʻt Do It Because Of His Respect For Mauna Kea, But Rather For Something Else....

...This was my first back to school experience at the Kualapu‘u Public Conversion Charter School on the island of Moloka‘i....

...The rule changes cover a spectrum of boating and ocean recreation uses, such as: commercial use and parking permits and fees; commercial marine operations and tours....

... How stupid does Peter Apo think we are? ....

...Apo violated the State Ethics Code by using OHA resources, and his position with OHA, to advance his private business interests....

...findings and recommendations on national monuments that were under review as a result of the April 26, 2017 executive order....

...expedite the return of the 10,000 acres to the State of Hawaiʻi and pursue a new lease or land tenure for the reduced acreage that will support the continued viability of astronomical research....

...Panos Prevedouros joins Jay Fidell on Community Matters to discuss developments in the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) plans on Mauna Kea....

...OHA Tricksters Are Hard At Work....

...Telescope: For OHA, it’s all About the Rent Money....

... See how it works when the police are allowed to do their job? ....

...“a criminal probe is now underway on a lucrative, non-bid contract issued by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs”....

...struggling to navigate an unfriendly sea of public opinion, a divided beneficiary community, low ratings from important state legislators, and a cautiously uneasy relationship with the state administration....

...BLNR Chair Suzanne Case set Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 to hear oral arguments in the Contested Case Hearing for the Thirty Meter Telescope....

...Explore the development of compatible agricultural uses and other programmatic initiatives....

...We found that UH and DLNR have partially implemented four of the recommendations. Three recommendations remain open, and one is inapplicable at this time....

Click BREG to see who's getting what....

...Nainoa Thompson: University of Hawai‘i is the most important navigator....

“Crucial Recommendations for Achieving Fiscal Sustainability”

...One Labels Calls For Truth & Transparency A Witch Hunt. -- The Other Trustee Asks Beneficiaries To Participate & Speak Out Even More....

If it were not for the brave souls who decided to collect information from the wind, stars, weather, and ocean currents, what we know as Native Hawaiians may have not arrived here in Hawaii....

Beneficiaries are calling for higher levels of transparency and accountability....

...The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Independent Audit Hasn't Even Started Yet & Already Someone Has Been Caught....

...Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Men, a 45-page report on the well-being of Hawaiian kāne....

Guess who owns Makaweli poi mill now?

Plaintiff Mililani Trask, a former OHA trustee, does not have the legal standing to sue Apo, First Circuit Court Judge Dean Ochiai ruled....

The State Attorney General Steps In and ....

...provides supplemental awards “to school districts that agree to adopt weighted student funding combined with open enrollment systems that allow Federal, State, and local funds to follow students to the public school of their choice...."

My testimony today focuses on what I perceive to be OHA’s misuse of wholly owned LLC subsidiaries to avoid laws applicable to OHA and OHA trustees.....

...more opportunities for local high school students to use Maunakea Observatories for their innovative research projects....

...the SOQ will allow OHA to engage an auditor or auditing firm to conduct an examination of not only OHA but its subsidiary LLCs, for a period reaching back five years....

...Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Trustees Are Afraid Of You....

RM #17-06 is both the authorization to retain an auditor to perform the independent audit of OHA, and is the final approval for funding of the audit itself....

Thursday at 6 p.m. at Windward Community College in Kāneʻohe....

...Hawaiiʻs Attorney General Had No Choice But To Start A Criminal Probe....