OHA TO SPEND SIX FIGURES FOR NEW TRUSTEES SWEARING IN?
News Release from Free Hawai`i TV, Nov 10, 2026
HONOLULU, HAWAI`I - This week‘s Free Hawai`i TV first airing tomorrow, Wednesday, November 11th, 2026 online at FreeHawaiiTV.com asks if the rumors are true that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is planning to spend six figures for their upcoming new trustees investiture ceremony.
“‘In the past the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has come under heavy criticism for irresponsible spending of Hawaiian beneficiary money and it looks like they could be still at it. Reliable sources have told Free Hawai`i TV that OHA is planning to spend a whopping one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) at their upcoming investiture ceremony to be held next month at `Iolani Palace for their incoming new trustees,” states Free Hawai`i TV host `Ehu Kekahu Cardwell.
“What‘s OHA doing? Coronating a king or queen or swearing in new trustees? How about forgetting all the fancy stuff and have the swearing in ceremony at OHA headquarters? Set up a table with some food, drinks and snacks and spend maybe a few hundred bucks. What‘s wrong with that? The thought of spending six figures is both ridiculous and obscene.”
“We hope that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will realize how immoral something like this would be and that it is Hawaiian beneficiaries who need OHA funds spent on them and their ohana rather than a celebration for new OHA trustees. It would be sad to think that OHA is still up to it‘s old tricks,” remarked Cardwell.
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