• Monthly Columns

• The 98th Annual Holokū Ball
• New Report Exposes the True Costs of the U.S. Military in Hawaiʻi
• He Alo a He Alo
• Crossing Into Pō
• Of Families and Cousins and Lineal Descendants and Ancestral Ties
• Kauluhāweo: Wraparound Services for Haumāna
• The Numerous Insights in Historic Newspapers
• He Kini a Mano ka ʻIke i nā Kiʻi Nūpepa Kahiko
• Register Now for Our Fall 2026 Programs!
• A Home for Hope in Challenging Times
• What Does This Look Like on My Plate?
• Retracing the Footsteps of Our Aliʻi

• Cover Features

• Giving Kūpeke Back to Itself

• Featured

• 2026 Primary Election Updates
• An Ancestor Under Fire: The Cultural and Environmental Impact of RIMPAC
• Mural Depicts the Kumulipo and the Origin of Creation
• Budgeting Erasure: Defending Our Ea and Political Status
• Molokaʻi is Ready for Another Option
• Design Tips: Nail Art From Molokaʻi

• News

• Public Notice | July 2026
• News Briefs | July 2026

• Community

• Family Reunions: July 2026
• Mākeke | The Marketplace | July 2026
• Haliʻa Aloha | July 2026

• OHA

• Key Provisions in the 2027 NDAA Support Negotiated Solutions
• Chinn Named OHA Director of Human Resources
• Why OHA Should Consider Owning KITV and KIKU
• Professionalism, Respect, and Our Responsibility to the Lāhui
• Two Worlds, One Foundation: Hawaiian and American Ideals of Freedom
• I Mua Kākou

• Moʻomeheu | Culture

• A Letter to the Lāhui
• Mural Depicts the Kumulipo and the Origin of Creation

• Economic Stability

• Molokaʻi is Ready for Another Option
• Design Tips: Nail Art From Molokaʻi

• Educational Pathways

• A Letter to the Lāhui

• Governance

• 2026 Primary Election Updates
• Budgeting Erasure: Defending Our Ea and Political Status

• Ha‘i Mana‘o | Opinion

• Don’t Let Kalaupapa Become a Tourism Destination
• Seeking Kōkua for Kaimana
• Pursuing 7 Billion in 2027 to Stop the Genocide

• ‘Āina | Land & Water

• New Report Exposes the True Costs of the U.S. Military in Hawaiʻi
• An Ancestor Under Fire: The Cultural and Environmental Impact of RIMPAC
• Mural Depicts the Kumulipo and the Origin of Creation

• On the Continent

• Seattle Artist Reclaims Culture Through Kapa Making
• Nā Holomoana: We Are Voyagers Still

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• Monthly Columns

• New Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Planning
• From ʻŌpū to Mood: The Gut-Brain Connection
• The Moʻolelo of Waikīkī
• I Mua Kamehameha
• Navigating the Halls of Congress: The Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Fellows Program
• Nā Mea Makamae Hawaiʻi ma Lākana 3
• Nā Kiele o Hawaiʻi: Nānū (Nāʻū), Kiele, Tiare mā
• Precious Hawaiian Treasures in London 3
• Kuʻu Ola Huakaʻi: My life journey through Pōhakuloa Training Area
• LT Announces New President and CEO
• i Hōlani ke Kuʻina i Hōlanikū
• Keeping Kūpuna Safe
• Legislative Outcomes Underscore the Need for Continued Advocacy

• Cover Features

• Below the Surface: A Burden Washed Ashore

• Featured

• Imperfect High Seas Treaty is Still a Victory for the Ocean
• By Restoring Our Reefs We Restore Ourselves
• There is No “Away” in Hawaiʻi: Counties face growing landfill challenges
• Commercial Fishing is Not a Cultural Practice
• OHA Takes Native Hawaiian Voice to Washington, D.C.
• Hōkūleʻa: Reconnecting Oceania

• News

• News Briefs | June 2026
• Public Notice | June 2026

• Community

• Mākeke | The Marketplace | June 2026
• Family Reunions: June 2026

• OHA

• Ka Wai Ola: The Waters That Carry and Sustain Us
• 20 Years of Pono Management in Papahānaumokuākea
• Commercial Aquarium Fish Extraction Puts Hawaiʻi’s Reefs and Community Practices at Risk
• Burial Laws Disregarded
• Legislature Releases $55M Owed to OHA
• Kauaʻi, PMRF, and the Road Ahead
• PART III: Serving the Lāhui – Investing in Our Future
• OHA Takes Native Hawaiian Voice to Washington, D.C.

• Moʻomeheu | Culture

• Hōkūleʻa: Reconnecting Oceania

• Governance

• Legislature Releases $55M Owed to OHA

• Ha‘i Mana‘o | Opinion

• Wai Is Life, Trust Is Broken: Hawaiʻi’s Call to Mālama ʻĀina
• Where Personal Kuleana Meets Institutional Constraint
• Ahupuaʻa Stewardship Builds Climate Resilience
• Alternate Ways for Kānaka to Come Home

• Health Outcomes

• Burial Laws Disregarded

• ‘Āina | Land & Water

• Imperfect High Seas Treaty is Still a Victory for the Ocean
• 20 Years of Pono Management in Papahānaumokuākea
• By Restoring Our Reefs We Restore Ourselves
• There is No “Away” in Hawaiʻi: Counties face growing landfill challenges
• Commercial Fishing is Not a Cultural Practice
• ʻAʻole AQ: ʻŌiwi communities fight to end commercial aquarium collection

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• Monthly Columns

• Hawaiian Treasures in London 2
• Maunakea, Pōhakuloa, and the Word They Keep Using
• Another ʻĀhinahina
• Kū i ke ʻAki
• Register Now for LT’s Summer 2026 Programs!
• May Day is Lei Day on Our Homesteads
• Nā Mea Makamae Hawaiʻi ma Lākana 2
• WESPAC Pursues Commercial Fishing in Papahānaumokuākea
• Kī: Medicine in a Familiar Plant
• Affordable Housing Advocacy Ongoing at the Legislature
• Hoʻi i ka Piko
• What is the difference between co-management and co-stewardship?
• Uncounted, Unheard
• The 49th Annual ʻŌʻō Awards
: Kūkulu i ka Hoʻoilina o Hawaiʻi
• Kōlea: A Symbol of Resilience
• Tobacco Prevention Toolkit Focused on Future Generations

• Cover Features

• We Have Awakened: Kiaʻi Vow to Protect the Wao Akua of Haleakalā

• Featured

• Why is Haleakalā a Sacred Place?
• The Kuleana to Maintain Kūʻīlioloa Heiau
• A Week of Celebration at the 2026 Merrie Monarch Festival
• Waipā: From Resistance to Regeneration
• Stopping Resort Development at Historic Wailuanui
• Mālama ʻĀina and Food Sovereignty in Maui Nui

• News

• News Briefs | May 2026
• Public Notice | May 2026

• Community

• Mākeke | The Marketplace | May 2026
• Family Reunions: May 2026

• OHA

• Native Politics, Native Prosperity
• HEPA Still Matters at Haleakalā
• Apply Now to OHA’s Mahiʻai Micro Fund Program
• He Wahine, He Mana: Kuleana Across Generations
• Divided There’s Nothing We Can Do; United Nothing Can Stop Us
• Part II: Serving the Lāhui – a Deep Kuleana

• Moʻomeheu | Culture

• Why is Haleakalā a Sacred Place?
• The Kuleana to Maintain Kūʻīlioloa Heiau
• A Famous Chant Belonging to the Chiefs
• A Week of Celebration at the 2026 Merrie Monarch Festival
• He Mele Oli Kaulana no nā Aliʻi

• Ha‘i Mana‘o | Opinion

• I ka ʻŌlelo nō ke Ola, I ka ʻŌlelo nō ka Make
• Questioning the Application of NAGPRA
• Carrying Kuleana in Astronomy Spaces
• Another Attack on Hawaiians
• The Illusion of Strength: Why more military spending may be making America less secure

• ‘Āina | Land & Water

• Why is Haleakalā a Sacred Place?
• Kūlana Kahuʻāina: A living ethical code of conduct for wahi kūpuna stewardship
• Waipā: From Resistance to Regeneration
• Stopping Resort Development at Historic Wailuanui
• Mālama ʻĀina and Food Sovereignty in Maui Nui

• Letters to the Editor

• Better Support Needed for Veterans’ Survivors in Hawaiʻi

• On the Continent

• Trading Miami for Hilo

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• Monthly Columns

• Chronic Stress and Disease Prevention
• He Huakaʻi i Landana
• Kamalei Support and Healing Programs at LT
• ʻAʻohe Hana Nui ke Alu ʻia – No task is too big when done together by all
• Merrie Monarch Returns to Hilo
• Kānaka ma nā Mauna Pōhaku: Hawaiians in the Rocky Mountain Region
• Expiring Military Leases: The Law is on Our Side
• Nā Mea Makamae Hawaiʻi ma Lākana
• NHO = Native Hawaiian Opportunity

• Why Weight Loss Isn’t Just About Willpower
• March was Disaster Resilience Awareness Month: how can I be “legally” prepared for a disaster?
• Sweet Lei Mokihana, ʻAuhea ʻOe?
• Legislative Housing Support for Hawaiʻi
• The Hawaiian Treasures in London
• Kaulana e ka Holo
: Voyaging journal archive, Hikianalia 2015
• A Trip to London
• 2026 Legislative Landscape Raises Concerns

• Cover Features

• Hawaiʻi Can Do Better: Rejecting A Militarist Future

• Featured

• Nā Pualei o Likolehua – “ʻO ke Aloha hoʻi e Hoʻomau ʻia ana”
• Kaʻūpūlehu: Stewardship in Motion
• Kalā DeSoto: Watching, Learning, and Committing
• OHA Activates Nearly $4 Million in Disaster Aid
• Hoʻōpūloa: Village Beneath the Flow
• A Kingdom Crossing Oceans

• News

• Public Notice | April 2026
• News Briefs | April 2026

• Community

• Family Reunions: April 2026
• Mākeke | The Marketplace | April 2026

• OHA

• From Ho‘ōpūloa to Miloliʻi: Carrying the Legacy of Our Kūpuna Forward
• Ka ʻImi Pono: Charting Our Way Forward Together
• Part 1: Mahalo e nā Kūpuna
• Demonstrating Mālama ʻĀina Through Pilina
• OHA Activates Nearly $4 Million in Disaster Aid
• When Healthcare Feels Like an Ocean Away
• Feasibility Study Underway for Kakaʻako Makai Cultural Center
• OHA Briefed on Proposed HMSA–HPH Merger
• 2026 Legislative Landscape Raises Concerns
• Blessed to Call Hawaiʻi Home

• Moʻomeheu | Culture

• Nā Pualei o Likolehua – “ʻO ke Aloha hoʻi e Hoʻomau ʻia ana”
• Kalā DeSoto: Watching, Learning, and Committing
• A Hawaiian Language Journey to Aotearoa With Hawaiian Airlines
• Sailing the Wake of the Past; Charting the Next Voyage
• Hoʻōpūloa: Village Beneath the Flow
• A Kingdom Crossing Oceans
• He Huakaʻi ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi i Aotearoa

• Educational Pathways

• E Ola Mau ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi!
• From Speaker to Teacher: Sustaining Hawaiian-Medium Education
• A Hawaiian Language Journey to Aotearoa With Hawaiian Airlines
• He Huakaʻi ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi i Aotearoa

• Governance

• Kalima Lawsuit Update: Probate Process
• A Call to Return ʻĀina to Community Stewardship – The 2026 Piʻo Summit

• Ha‘i Mana‘o | Opinion

• Protecting Land, Water, and Health – A Shared Responsibility for Hawaiʻi’s Future

• Health Outcomes

• OHA Briefed on Proposed HMSA–HPH Merger

• ‘Āina | Land & Water

• Kaʻūpūlehu: Stewardship in Motion
• A Call to Return ʻĀina to Community Stewardship – The 2026 Piʻo Summit

• On the Continent

• Combining Career and Kuleana on the Continent

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• Monthly Columns

• The Affixes, Part 2
• “E Ao i ka Naauao, a Malama hoi i ka Pono” – Kauikeaouli, 1824
• Ma ke Ala o Papahānaumokuākea: Becoming the Dreams of Our Ancestors
• Nui ka ʻAi, Piha ka Naʻau: Plentiful is the Food, the Soul is Full
• Carrying Kuleana: Native Hawaiian Women Rising
• He Leo mai ka Nāhelehele
• Nā Hua Kāpili, Mahele 2
• Ola ka Inoa – The Name Lives
• ʻŌhai: Peaches or Nectarines, Anyone?
• Prince Kūhiō and Me (A Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Beneficiary)
• Celebrating One Year of Kīhene Lehua
• A Voice from the Wild
• What Our Ancestors’ Teeth Can Teach Us
• Who Gets Seen in Hawaiʻi’s Economy Matters

• Cover Features

• Designed to Divide: Understanding Blood Quantum

• Featured

• A Quiet Pillar of the Polynesian Voyaging Renaissance
• The First Coconut Grove Planted on Maui in Over 100 Years
• Threats to Greenland Recall the Annexation of Hawaiʻi
• Kaʻūpūlehu: Where Lāhui is Practiced, Not Just Spoken
• Youth Advocacy to Transform Hawaiʻi’s Justice System
• Always Inspiring and Always Demanding Excellence

• News

• News Briefs | March 2026
• Public Notice | March 2026

• Community

• A Fierce and Passionate Advocate
• A Quiet Pillar of the Polynesian Voyaging Renaissance
• Family Reunions: March 2026
• Haliʻa Aloha | March 2026
• Mākeke | The Marketplace | March 2026
• Always Inspiring and Always Demanding Excellence

• OHA

• Nā ʻŌpio Waiwai: Shaping Policies That Will Define Their Generation
• Prince Kūhiō’s Enduring Legacy: ʻĀina Hoʻopulapula
• Honoring Our Kūpuna
• Mission Driven Investments
• Being Willing to Sit with Complexity
• OHA’s New Home Repair Grant Will Soon be Available
• New Hope for Hawaiian Homelands – My Conversation with Kali Watson
• Support Legislation to Increase OHA’s PLT Share

• Moʻomeheu | Culture

• AOHCC Celebrates Kūhiō Day with its Annual Parade
• A Living Legacy: Theatrical Performance Honors Prince Kūhiō

• Educational Pathways

• Understanding Alzheimer’s Through Animation
• Ka Maopopo ʻana i ka Maʻi Poina ma o ka ʻOnina Kiʻi

• Governance

• Threats to Greenland Recall the Annexation of Hawaiʻi
• Youth Advocacy to Transform Hawaiʻi’s Justice System

• Ha‘i Mana‘o | Opinion

• Kudos to Hawaiian Council
• OHA Needs to Take an Active Role in Repatriation
• Echoes of Diaspora
• Diabetes: A Policy Failure We Can Still Fix

• Health Outcomes

• Understanding Alzheimer’s Through Animation
• Ka Maopopo ʻana i ka Maʻi Poina ma o ka ʻOnina Kiʻi

• Island Music Scene

• Bridging Hawaiian Music Past and Present
• Ka Hoʻopili ʻAna i ke Mele Hawaiʻi o Mua me ko ke Au Nei

• ‘Āina | Land & Water

• The First Coconut Grove Planted on Maui in Over 100 Years
• Kaʻūpūlehu: Where Lāhui is Practiced, Not Just Spoken

• On the Continent

• Building Pilina on the Continent
• Success in Seattle Shaped by a Childhood in Kalihi

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• Monthly Columns

• The Affixes
• ʻO au nō ʻo Palila (English)
• Kaʻahele Mau ai
• Remember Their Hawaiian Names
• Ka Mana Hoʻōla o ke Kai
• He Mau Palapala Waiwai Nui
• The Healing Power of the Ocean
• ʻO au nō ʻo Palila
• Health is Her Priority
• Nā Hua Kāpili
• ʻO ke Olakino ka Mea Nui Iā Ia
• Holomua ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
• Kānāwai Hoʻomalu Kaiaulu: An Effort to Authorize Community Co-Management Agreements (English)
• Fulfill the Promises of the HHCA
• Aloha Travels with Us
• E Hoʻokō i nā ʻŌlelo Paʻa o ka HHCA
• He Aloha ʻŌlelo e ʻĪ Mai Ana (English)
• Kānāwai Hoʻomalu Kaiaulu: An Effort to Authorize Community Co-Management Agreements
• Hoʻokupu
• Hoʻokupu (English)
• He Aloha ʻŌlelo e ʻĪ Mai Ana
• Very Valuable Documents
• E Hoʻomanaʻo i nā Inoa Hawaiʻi
• ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi in Motion

• Cover Features

• Reviving Hawaiʻi’s Extreme Sport: Heʻe Hōlua
• Ka Hoʻōla ʻana i ko Hawaiʻi Mea Pāʻani Wiwoʻole: Ka Heʻe Hōlua

• Featured

• Ke Ola o ka Hula ma Kenetuke
• ʻO Kalanikauleleiaiwi: Ke Aliʻi Wahine Kapu
• Ka Mālama ʻAna i nā Manu Kai ʻŌiwi
• ʻImi ke Kaiāulu i ka Mālama Pualu iā Keaukaha Beach Park
• Nānā i ke Kumu: He Hoʻoilina Hawaiʻi
• ʻAʻole e Kūʻē ka Hana Siwila i ka Lāhui

• News

• News Briefs | February 2026 Events
• Public Notice | February 2026

• Community

• Haliʻa Aloha | February 2026
• Family Reunions: February 2026
• Mākeke | The Marketplace | February 2026

• OHA

• An Inheritance Still Unfolding
• ʻĀina Stewardship is Our Collective Kuleana
• The Hōlua at Āhole
• E Ola Mau ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
• Native Hawaiians Feel Hawaiʻi’s Housing Shortage First
• Affordable Housing Must Remain a Priority
• Developing Political Muscularity

• Moʻomeheu | Culture

• ʻO Kalanikauleleiaiwi: Ke Aliʻi Wahine Kapu
• The Tī Leaf Returning Waters
• Ka Wai Hoʻihoʻi Lāʻī
• The Most Sacred High Chiefess

• Educational Pathways

• The Language of Our People Flourishes
• Awaiaulu: Ke Noke Nei i ka Hana
• Carrying on the work
• Kahi Kula Hou i Paʻa Mai ma Honouliuli
• A New School Has Taken Root in Honouliuli
• Lupalupa ka ʻŌlelo a Kānaka
• Kūkulu ʻo UH STEM i nā Kao Lele me nā Keiki o Pūʻōhala
• UH STEM Builds Rockets with Pūʻōhala Keiki
• Ka ʻŌlelo Kulanui
• College Hawaiian
• Look to the Source: A Hawaiian Legacy
• Nānā i ke Kumu: He Hoʻoilina Hawaiʻi
• Kū-A-Kanaka: He ʻOihana Kaiapili ʻŌiwi
• A Native Hawaiian Social Enterprise

• Governance

• E Nui aʻe ka Leo Lāhui
• Civic Engagement Does Not Negate Nationhood
• Amplifying the Voice of the Lāhui
• ʻAʻole e Kūʻē ka Hana Siwila i ka Lāhui

• ‘Āina | Land & Water

• Community Seeks Co-Management of Keaukaha Beach Park
• Ka Mālama ʻAna i nā Manu Kai ʻŌiwi
• A Glimpse of Hawaiʻi Before Humans
• ʻImi ke Kaiāulu i ka Mālama Pualu iā Keaukaha Beach Park
• Ua ʻIke ʻĀweʻaweʻa i ke Au i Hala
• Keeping Our Native Seabirds Safe

• On the Continent

• Ke Ola o ka Hula ma Kenetuke
• Bringing Hula to Kentucky

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• Monthly Columns

• What to Know About Cooking With Seed Oils
• Meheu Kalaima a nā Kipi
• Enroll Now for Spring Programs
• Honors, Awards and Accolades
• Crime Trail of the Rebels
• Growing the Lāhui in the Diaspora
• Summary of OHA’s 2026 Legislative Package
• Hawaiʻi’s Economic Health: An NHCC Snapshot
• Time for a Review
• Hawaiians Well-Represented at WIPCE
• A Vision to Restore Wailuanuiahoʻano
• Nā Pūpū o Nihoa
• 175 Years of Kuleana at HFD
• Wā Noho o nā Manu Kahakai

• Cover Features

• La‘a, Ma‘a, Pa‘a: Sanctify, Sustain, Solidify

• Featured

• The Arrival
• Sharing Kahoʻolawe’s Story With a New Generation of Readers
• Keiki to Kūpuna Learn at ʻĀina University
• What is Driving the Military Expansion in Hawaiʻi?
• Loyal to the Crown
• Caring for Koholā-Kanaloa as Living Ancestors

• News

• News Briefs | January 2026
• Public Notice | January 2026

• Community

• Mākeke | The Marketplace | January 2026
• Family Reunions: January 2026
• Haliʻa Aloha | January 2026
• A Brilliant and Fearless Hawaiian Leader
• “A Worthy Opponent and a Good Friend”

• OHA

• ʻĀina is the Classroom, Kāwika is the Teacher
• Christmas in Hawaiʻi 60 Years Ago
• OHA Launches New CIP Grant Program
• Noʻonoʻo a Naue i Mua: Reflect and Move Forward
• Recognitions, Awards and an ʻOHAna Holiday Celebration
• Planting Leadership, Harvesting Legacy: 2026 and Beyond
• Steady Action for a Stronger Lāhui
• Kahoʻolawe: A Sacred Island’s Journey
• Fixing Hawaiʻi’s Affordability Problem

• Moʻomeheu | Culture

• Remembering Kalaupapa
• The Arrival
• A Retelling of the Battle of Kuamoʻo
• Loyal to the Crown

• Educational Pathways

• Sharing Kahoʻolawe’s Story With a New Generation of Readers
• Keiki to Kūpuna Learn at ʻĀina University

• Governance

• Kalima Lawsuit Update: Probate Process

• Ha‘i Mana‘o | Opinion

• Pilina Mālama Kaiāulu
• Our Kuleana: Restoring Democracy
• Our Kuleana to Buy Local
• Three Practical Fixes to Jumpstart Honolulu’s Housing Supply

• ‘Āina | Land & Water

• What is Driving the Military Expansion in Hawaiʻi?
• Caring for Koholā-Kanaloa as Living Ancestors

• On the Continent

• Faces of the Diaspora: Finding Her Niche in Repatriation

The post Ka Wai Ola | Vol. 43 No. 1 | January 2026 appeared first on Ka Wai Ola.

• Monthly Columns

• He Mana ko nā Inoa
• No Pihemanu
• Maui Project Lease Milestone
• Oʻahu’s Energy Future at Risk
• Names Have Power
• Past Pelekikena Share Manaʻo for the Next Generation
• Reclaiming Resilience: The future of Native Hawaiians in STEMM
• Can White Rice Work for Us Too?
• To You, Beloved Kumu Leināʻala
• ʻAuhea Wale Ana ʻOe Ka Pua o Kāmakahala?
• Nā Aka o Lono; Signs of Lono
• I am the sole caregiver for my moʻopuna. Does our hānai relationship give me legal rights? What legal process do we need?

• Cover Features

• Living in Exile

• Featured

• Culture and Imagination at Play
• A New Chapter at Hawaiʻinuiākea
• Who Decides What is Historic?
• Restoring Abundance Along our Skyline
• OHA Responds to Efforts to Fast-Track Military Lease Renewals
• Ua Lele nā Manu i Kahiki: Remembering and Honoring Some of Those We Lost This Year

• News

• News Briefs | December 2025
• Public Notice | December 2025

• Community

• Family Reunions: December 2025
• Haliʻa Aloha | December 2025
• Mākeke | The Marketplace | December 2025
• Ua Lele nā Manu i Kahiki: Remembering and Honoring Some of Those We Lost This Year

• OHA

• Keliʻihoʻomalu and Walker Receive Alakaʻi Awards
• OHA and HNC Launch Congressional Fellows Program
• $6.1M Allocated to Offset Federal Shutdown Impacts
• Honoring a Legacy: Mahalo for the Koʻi Award
• Seeking Common Ground on Maunakea
• BOT Meetings Broadcast Live on ʻŌlelo
• OHA Responds to Efforts to Fast-Track Military Lease Renewals
• Transforming OHA, Empowering Hawaiians: A Year of Bold Change
• A New Chapter Begins for Kakaʻako Makai
• We Have Not Abandoned the Path Our Kūpuna Cleared for Us

• Economic Stability

• Restoring Abundance Along our Skyline

• Educational Pathways

• Culture and Imagination at Play
• Books for the Lāhui: Four new, very different publications to inform, inspire and entertain
• A New Chapter at Hawaiʻinuiākea

• Ha‘i Mana‘o | Opinion

• KS Lawsuit is a Lesson for Native Hawaiians
• Kamehameha Schools is Reparative, Not Racist
• Leadership Development Matters
• It’s a Coup

• ‘Āina | Land & Water

• Who Decides What is Historic?
• Restoring Abundance Along our Skyline

• On the Continent

• Uplifting Indigeneity on Turtle Island

The post Ka Wai Ola | Vol. 42 No. 12 | December 2025 appeared first on Ka Wai Ola.

• Ads

• 2025 Kākoʻo ʻOihana ʻŌiwi: Support Native Hawaiian Businesses

• Monthly Columns

• No ka Pono o Papahānaumokuākea!
• The Prophesies Concerning Kamehameha, Part 2
• Nā Makawai: Ka Wai Ola no ka Lāhui
• Nā Moʻolelo Wānana no Kamehameha, Mahele 2
• OHA Hosts Aloha ʻĀina Advocacy Workshop for Youth
• Honoring Our Living Culture: The Power of Word Choice
• Līhuʻe Café Serves Up Aloha
• Breast Cancer and Hawaiian Women: Lifestyle Matters
• The real property taxes for my ʻohana land are so high. How can I get it reduced?
• Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa
• AHCC Conventions Empower
• Kualono i ke Alo o Kēhau

• Cover Features

• Behind the Force: Aloha ʻĀina Entrepreneurs

• Featured

• Innovating for Equity
• Ka Wā o Ka Wai: Protecting the Waters of Kona
• 2025 Kākoʻo ʻOihana ʻŌiwi: Support Native Hawaiian Businesses
• Supporting Entrepreneurship on the Waiʻanae Coast
• Kapa, Ready to Wear
• A Life of Service and Advocacy for Native Hawaiians

• News

• News Briefs | November 2025
• Public Notice | November 2025

• Community

• Mākeke | The Marketplace | November 2025
• Family Reunions: November 2025
• A Life of Service and Advocacy for Native Hawaiians

• OHA

• Protecting Our Lands and Returning Them to the People
• Aloha ʻOe e Kumu Leināʻala Pavao Jardin
• Restoring ʻĀina, Restoring Ourselves
• E Hoʻoulu Kākou i ka ʻImi Waiwai: Growing Hawaiian Enterprise
• Sylva Appointed OHA Interim Administrator
• Reviving ʻĀina, Identity, and Economy: The Heartbeat of Native Hawaiian Small Business
• ʻŌiwi Entrepreneurs are Modeling New Standards of Leadership
• OHA Representation at the HC Convention

• Economic Stability

• Innovating for Equity
• Supporting Entrepreneurship on the Waiʻanae Coast
• Kapa, Ready to Wear

• Educational Pathways

• The Kamae Archive: Carrying Forward a Hawaiian Legacy

• Ha‘i Mana‘o | Opinion

• Addressing Veterans’ Toxic Exposure Burden
• Ka Molokaʻi Hoe
• ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi in the Brain: Why Representation Matters

• ‘Āina | Land & Water

• Ka Wā o Ka Wai: Protecting the Waters of Kona

• On the Continent

• Faces of the Diaspora: Bringing ‘Ike Kūpuna to Genome Sciences

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• Monthly Columns

• New Federal Cuts Impact UH Students
• Education Updates from Strategy and Implementation
• I Ulu no ka Lālā i ke Kumu: The branches grow because of the trunk
• Nā Moʻolelo Wānana no Kamehameha
• Reflection, Responsibility, and the Path Ahead
• Kuapola Ceremonies Usher in Makahiki
• Building a Resilient Lāhui in the Diaspora
• DHHL Awards 115 Homes in August
• It’s Illegal to Drive on Our Beaches
• ʻŌhā a me Mamo
• What Families Should Know About Autism Risk
• The Moʻolelo Within Us
• The Prophesies Concerning Kamehameha

• Cover Features

• Nā Huakaʻi o ka Pō

• Featured

• Parent Advocacy Results in New Kaiapuni Class at Kapolei
• “We Need to be the Curators of Our Own Stories”
• Deal or No Deal?
• Education as the Hope of a Nation: The founding of Kamehameha Schools was never about laws, treaties, or politics
• The Life and Death of Kaʻiana
• The Princess and the Poet

• News

• News Briefs | October 2025
• Public Notice | October 2025

• Community

• Family Reunions: October 2025
• Haliʻa Aloha | October 2025
• Mākeke | The Marketplace | October 2025

• OHA

• Chak and Hannahs are OHA’s First Alakaʻi Award Recipients
• My Thoughts on Chief of War
• Ohta Named OHA General Counsel
• ʻAi Kanaka: The Tale of the Cannibals Omokaʻa and Okoe
• Engaging With the Lāhui Through Neighborhood Board Participation
• Strengthening Pacific Connections Through Culture and Youth Leadership
• I Mua Kamehameha!

• Moʻomeheu | Culture

• Hill of the Whale
• Hoʻokūʻikahi: ʻO ka Leo Kūpinaʻi
• Hawaiian History Month
• The Life and Death of Kaʻiana
• The Princess and the Poet

• Educational Pathways

• Parent Advocacy Results in New Kaiapuni Class at Kapolei
• A Path of Purpose
• Education as the Hope of a Nation: The founding of Kamehameha Schools was never about laws, treaties, or politics
• Changing the Future One Scholar at a Time

• Entertainment

• “We Need to be the Curators of Our Own Stories”
• A Path of Purpose

• Ha‘i Mana‘o | Opinion

• Bill 9: Choose Our Keiki Over Short-Term Profits

• ‘Āina | Land & Water

• A Path of Purpose
• Deal or No Deal?

• On the Continent

• Faces of the Diaspora: A Kanaka Professor Returns Home

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