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Lawmakers Consider Fixes To Hawaiian Homelands Shortcomings Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Lawmakers Consider Fixes To Hawaiian Homelands Shortcomings

State senators may take up some legislative proposals put forward by beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.

Why Some Native Hawaiians End Up Selling Coveted Homesteads Ku驶u Kauanoe/Civil Beat

Why Some Native Hawaiians End Up Selling Coveted Homesteads

So far this year, 16 residential homesteads have been sold on Oahu — allowing buyers to shortcut DHHL’s long waiting list.

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Restoring Hawaiian Cultural Rights At Kawainui Marsh PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Restoring Hawaiian Cultural Rights At Kawainui Marsh

Native Hawaiians, not environmentalists, should be the ones making decisions on how a sacred area like the marsh should be managed.

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Communities Need A Real Voice On Big Projects Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Communities Need A Real Voice On Big Projects

Projects may check all the required boxes and still fall short of addressing community concerns.

27 Arrested In Second Kalaeloa Standoff Over Wind Farm Blaze Lovell/CivilBeat

27 Arrested In Second Kalaeloa Standoff Over Wind Farm

Honolulu police broke up the protest to allow through trucks carrying sections of turbines to a wind farm project in Kahuku.

Wind Farm Protesters Arrested As They Blockade Road For Construction Vehicles Blaze Lovell/Civil Beat/2019

Wind Farm Protesters Arrested As They Blockade Road For Construction Vehicles

UPDATED: After the arrests, four construction trucks carrying sections of turbines left for the wind farm site in Kahuku but were later blocked by a downed power pole that HECO says was intentionally cut down.

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Time To Turn Marching Into Voting Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Time To Turn Marching Into Voting

A strong election turnout would make Hawaiians, some of whom now abstain from voting, a more powerful political force than they have been in decades.

Oahu Nonprofit Uses Backyard Aquaponics To Promote Healthy Eating Phoebe Hwang/ Courtesy of MALAMA Project

Oahu Nonprofit Uses Backyard Aquaponics To Promote Healthy Eating

A new UH study is looking at whether the program has led to an improved diet and reduced risk for cardiovascular disease among Native Hawaiian families.

Mayor Caldwell Hits Pause On Controversial Waimanalo Park Project Kirstin Downey

Mayor Caldwell Hits Pause On Controversial Waimanalo Park Project

Updated: State historic preservation officials are taking another look at what Native Hawaiians say is a historic and sacred site that was torn up to build a ball field.

Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Has Spent $39K To Support Activists On Mauna Kea ronitphoto

Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Has Spent $39K To Support Activists On Mauna Kea

The state Attorney General’s office has subpoenaed the information on OHA’s support for demonstrators against the Thirty Meter Telescope.