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Friday, June 27, 2025 |
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UH to tear down 3rd Perfectly Good Maunakea Telescope
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 782 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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... "Right up to the end, UKIRT remained highly productive and will leave a lasting scientific legacy.” ....
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Thursday, June 26, 2025 |
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OHA Withdraws Maunakea Litigation
By News Release @ 10:42 PM :: 590 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Higher Education, OHA
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... Klein Quit as OHA’s Maunakea Lawyer Six Months Ago ....
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Friday, March 14, 2025 |
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'We Were Scammed:' NZ Lawsuits Expose fraudulent Hawaii Geothermal Developer
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 6816 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics, OHA
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... Maori Trust insolvent, placed in receivership, after being looted by IDG Hawaii Geothermal schemers ....
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Sunday, March 9, 2025 |
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The Unity House Scandal Never Really Ended — decades later, it might bankrupt Hawaiian Electric
By Andrew Walden @ 1:39 AM :: 7370 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Higher Education, OHA, Cost of Living
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... a leftover Unity House scheme could be costing Hawaiian Electric as much as $476M per year ....
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025 |
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Kewalo: Gather to celebrate the death of bill SB 534
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 1287 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA
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... OHA introduced three failed bills SB534, HB605, and SB211 this legislative session ....
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Thursday, January 30, 2025 |
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Save Kakaako Makai: Friends of Kewalo Invites the Public to its Information Gathering Potluck BBQ
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 1467 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA
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... learn more about Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ plan to change the law that will allow residential development up to 400 ft tall in Kaka’ako Makai ....
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Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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2024 Check Register: OHA Spending up 9.6%
By Andrew Walden @ 9:37 PM :: 1911 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... OHA’s payroll totals $15.9M. This is 40.7% of OHA spending ....
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Friday, January 24, 2025 |
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How to use Control of Water to Block Lahaina Rebuild
By UHERO @ 7:17 PM :: 1449 Views :: DHHL, Maui County, Development, OHA
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... In June 2022, the State Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) designated the Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area as both a ground and surface water management area ....
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Friday, January 17, 2025 |
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OHA Trustees Never Approved $705K Hush Money Payment
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 AM :: 2999 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... OHA Trustee Hulu Lindsey, who was at the time Chair of the Board of Trustees (BoT), tells Hawai’i Free Press she was not aware of this $705K Laeha case settlement and that the BoT was never asked to approve the payment ....
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 |
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Interior Department Strengthens Native Hawaiian Consultation Policies and Procedures, Affirms Federal Trust Responsibility to Native Hawaiian Community
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 1135 Views :: DHHL, OHA
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"...government-to-sovereign consultations between the Department and the Native Hawaiian Community, to include Native Hawaiian Organizations...."
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 |
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OHA Legislative Agenda: Kakaako 400 Foot Towers (again)
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 1278 Views :: Development, Land Use, OHA
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... This bill would also raise the residential height limit along Ala Moana Boulevard to 400 feet ....
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Saturday, January 11, 2025 |
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OHA Trustees Swear to Uphold Two Constitutions
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:00 AM :: 914 Views :: Hawaii History, OHA
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... trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) were sworn in by Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins ....
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Thursday, January 9, 2025 |
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Busted in Ibiza: Bumpy Kanahele's Fake 'Diplomat'
By Selected News Articles @ 12:54 AM :: 2479 Views :: OHA, Drugs
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... The adventures of a false diplomat in Ibiza exposed: luxury vehicles, private clubs, cryptocurrency bank and other fantasies ....
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Friday, December 27, 2024 |
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Telescope: Report Moves NSF Closer to Choosing Chile over Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 1463 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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... assess the readiness of the Giant Magellan Telescope (Chile) and Thirty Meter Telescope (Hawaii) to move into the major facility Final Design Phase ....
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Thursday, December 26, 2024 |
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OHA Trustees’ Illegal 2025 Rush to Upzone Kakaako Makai (again)
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 1870 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA
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... OHA Trustees are hoping 2025 will be the year legislators stop laughing at their Kaka’ako Makai upzone bills ....
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Friday, November 1, 2024 |
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4-3 Vote: OHA Trustees Decide not to seek Exemption from Sunshine Law
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:50 AM :: 2413 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... The Board of Trustees voted not to pursue the exemption ....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024 |
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Green Appoints Water Commissioner, Salary Commissioners
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 1620 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Development, OHA
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... appointment of V.R. Hinano Rodrigues to the Commission on Water Resource Management -- enviros call for Senate to reject nomination ....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
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OHA to Take Control of Kahana Valley Living Park?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:08 PM :: 2045 Views :: Ethics, Land Use, OHA, Tourism
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... Will OHA transfer control of Kahana Valley to one of its LLCs? ....
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Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
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OHA Seeks Candidates for Burial Council Vacancies
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 1834 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, OHA
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... There are five island burial councils ....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024 |
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$20M Payoff -- Climate Slush Fund for Native Hawaiian Organizations
By News Release @ 12:51 AM :: 1438 Views :: Environment, OHA
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... Funding will be implemented through the Department's Office of Native Hawaiian Relations’ (ONHR) ....
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Sunday, July 21, 2024 |
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Crooks and Cronies on the Move in Primary Races
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 10156 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, OHA, Republican Party
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... Keli’i Akina, OHA’s only honest Trustee, is being challenged by three has-beens in an obviously coordinated effort ....
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024 |
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Second observatory removed from Maunakea summit
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 1984 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... All site work for the decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) was completed in June 2024 ....
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Saturday, June 29, 2024 |
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Criminal Alleges Ariel Sellers Buried at Bumpy Kanahele’s Waimanalo Compound
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 AM :: 5876 Views :: Akaka Bill, Honolulu County, Family, OHA
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“HPD is taking this seriously and attempting to determine whether Branco may have indeed been able to contact Kalua while in jail.”
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Monday, June 24, 2024 |
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Hawaiian 'Intellectual Property' Group Convenes
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1387 Views :: First Amendment, Greenmail, OHA
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"The group's primary objectives are to draft and propose substantive legislation and policies that can be enacted in the upcoming legislative session."
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024 |
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OHA has a New COO
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 1719 Views :: Honolulu County, OHA
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... Mayor announces the departure of Kēhaulani Pu‘u from the Department of Parks and Recreation ....
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a slush fund—Where is the money going?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:54 PM :: 4882 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Ironically, OHA is repeating the error of Hawaiian Kingdom royals who exploited their own people and relied on an alliance with businessmen ....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
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OHA Above the Law? One Trustee Says 'No'
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:56 PM :: 2602 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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“I am concerned that the amicus brief will be perceived as an attempt by OHA to evade accountability to state ethics laws and oversight. Courts have ruled that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a state agency whose leadership and employees are subject to the standards of conduct and behavior expected of all state personnel.” --- OHA Trustee Keli'i Akina
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 |
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OHA Trustee Keli'i Akina Files for Re-election
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:23 PM :: 2003 Views :: OHA
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... All registered voters in Hawaii are eligible to vote for OHA Trustees ....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Naming Names: Airports Division Ran Late-Night Parties Where Hawaii Politicians Raked In Money
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 PM :: 9162 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA, COVID-19
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... late-night parties in a cramped second-floor office where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts lined up to drop cash and checks into a metal lockbox ....
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Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
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Trask: UH Regents Shakeup May Profit OHA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:46 PM :: 3086 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... must pay fair market value for their leases ....
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Monday, April 1, 2024 |
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How OHA Affects All People
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:00 PM :: 2176 Views :: OHA
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"Our decisions impact virtually every area of life on the islands."
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Saturday, March 23, 2024 |
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Fraud: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 3852 Views :: Higher Education, OHA, Taxes
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... the sixth person charged in connection with the investigation into a group tied to Dexter Kiama and David Keanu Sai ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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No Money for Mauna Kea? Science Foundation Funds only one Giant Telescope
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 2995 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... NSF discuss with the Board during the May 2024 meeting its plan to select which of the two candidate telescopes the Agency plans to continue to support ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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There is Room on Mauna Kea for Both Culture and Science
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:11 PM :: 3044 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... what we need is “the collective will to share the Mauna” ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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2nd Maunakea telescope decommissioning to begin
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 2770 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... UH is working with MKSOA to transfer its leases, conservation district use permits, and an easement for lands on Maunakea to the new authority ....
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Saturday, February 17, 2024 |
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Skimming Nuclear Munitions Contract? Lawsuit Alleges Dawson is Fake Hawaiian Company
By Andrew Walden @ 7:54 PM :: 12310 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA
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... "Nuclear Munitions Command and Control" is a $698K per year grift ....
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Let’s Fulfill MLK’s Dream in Hawai‘i
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:19 PM :: 2227 Views :: Hawaii History, OHA
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... On Sept. 17, 1959, King made a historic visit to Honolulu and addressed the first session of the Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives ....
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 |
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Court: Ethics Rules do Apply to OHA Trustees
By News Release @ 1:12 PM :: 2200 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... The Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission is pleased to announce a significant legal victory in Akana v. Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission ....
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024 |
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Money Grab: OHA Sues to Abolish Mauna Kea Authority
By News Release @ 2:14 PM :: 2248 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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... this is all about the master lease negotiations ....
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Saturday, January 6, 2024 |
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OHA Trustees Working Together: From One Year to the Next!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:00 AM :: 1861 Views :: OHA
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... reflecting upon some exciting accomplishments ....
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Sunday, December 3, 2023 |
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A New Day for Hawaiian Homelands: Collaboration Between OHA and DHHL
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:44 AM :: 2206 Views :: DHHL, OHA
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... This partnership between OHA and DHHL is a positive start, but there are other possibilities worth exploring such as ....
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Thursday, November 23, 2023 |
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After FBI Raid, CNHA Demands Hawai'i Free Press 'Cease Operations'
By Andrew Walden @ 8:32 PM :: 9471 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, First Amendment, OHA
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... Song’s complaint was filed just weeks after the FBI raid on the offices of key CNHA financial backer Dawson Companies ....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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Schatz: $20 Million For 'Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience'
By News Release @ 3:20 AM :: 3156 Views :: DHHL, Environment, Congressional Delegation, OHA
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... Schatz-Authored Provision Of Inflation Reduction Act Funds New Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program ....
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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Restoring Lahaina’s Economy: Time is of the Essence
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:53 PM :: 2702 Views :: Maui County, Development, OHA
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“My family is getting very desperate and deciding whether to leave Hawaiʻi.”
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Thursday, November 2, 2023 |
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OHA Trustees Select New CEO
By News Release @ 4:22 PM :: 2351 Views :: OHA
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... Since 2019, Ferreira has served as budget chief of the Hawaiʻi State Senate ....
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Monday, October 2, 2023 |
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Unlocking the Potential of the Public Land Trust
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:12 PM :: 2251 Views :: OHA
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... A Path to Empower Native Hawaiians ....
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Friday, September 22, 2023 |
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Sunday, September 3, 2023 |
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Maui Crisis: A Time to Help!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:02 AM :: 2310 Views :: Maui County, OHA
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... “Nani ka noho mehameha ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale i piha i kanaka! Ua like hoʻi me ka wahine kāne make!” How lonely sits the city that was once full of people! (Lam. 1:1) ....
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Thursday, August 31, 2023 |
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Monday, August 21, 2023 |
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Buried News: What was with that Hawaii water official getting showered with leis from 'supporters'?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:46 AM :: 5839 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, OHA
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... "supporters" gathered around him, showering him with about 15 leis, which went up to his chin as he grinned happily ....
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