OHA

Whether it's activists on Mauna Kea, the Akaka Bill or the Native Hawaiian roll, questions of law abound....

King Kalākaua was an early and ardent supporter of astronomical observation in Hawaii....

Since 2000, Maunakea has been under stewardship of the Office of Maunakea Management....

A&B has been diverting water from East Maui streams for more than 100 years via "complex system of ditches, tunnels and flumes" to irrigate the HC&S sugar plantation in Central Maui....

Former Attorney General Michael Lilly has requested DCCA and DAGS review the expenditure of over $800,000 on two vendors by the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission without public bid....

OHA leaders have emphasized the need for all parties to address the unresolved legal matter$ while the TMT construction moratorium remains in place....

...this type of rent-seeking activity is at the root of Hawaii’s high cost of living and lack of economic diversity....

The prior two years we had protests of A’ole GMO and now it’s moved onto the TMT....

How a Roll Commissioner funneled over $600K to a company headed by his girlfriend....

... from January 27, 2011, through and including January 27, 2014, Oki perpetrated four separate and distinct fraudulent reimbursement schemes against PKF Pacific Hawaii ....

"...Obviously, OHA can no longer afford to keep spending generously with no accountability...."

...Mauna Kea: OHA Demands $50M Payoff for Mountain....

The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Gave The Native Hawaiian Roll $4 Million....

Na'i Aupuni won't be told what to do by OHA.  And the contractors won't be told what to do by Na'i Aupuni....

Trustees have been drawing down the OHA Trust fund by amounts ranging from $5M to $30M per year every year since 2005....

Kawika Burgess, who has been OHA’s chief operating officer since October 2013, is stepping down effective April 30th....

Spending Records For The Native Hawaiian Roll Were Just Released & A Select Group Of Insiders Made A Whole Lot Of Money....

"...From agencies like the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to organizations like HART that are entrusted with significant state funds, there is a need for greater accountability...."

...Kanaiolowalu's spending of OHA's rapidly depleting Trust is in excess of $4M.  But now, thanks to Grassroot Institute's open records request, we can discover where the money went....

Contracts with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) reveal hundreds of thousands of dollars in Kanaiolowalu “consulting” fees paid in 2012 and 2013 to Dwyer and Wong....

"...the very discussion we are having now is illegal...." -- OHA Trustee Peter Apo January 14, 2015

"...my goal is to elevate our status as a Board of Trustees...."

Watchdog Group Files Information Request Regarding Chairman's Claim that 99% of Native Hawaiians Added from Other Lists Asked to Remain on Roll....

...Upset by their Board of Directors' January 17, 2015 decision to join in the push for creation of a fake Indian Tribe, Hawaiian Civic Club members February 20, 2015 filed an internal complaint....

They Had Everything Planned So Carefully....

If approved, Hawaii taxpayers could find themselves providing $44M in loan guarantees to an Indian company's jet fuel deal in England....

...Judicial Watch and former Hawaii Attorney General Michael Lilly are filing suit to compel the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission to release the list to the public....

...If HCR33 gets a hearing, it will first be in the House of Representatives Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs committee chaired by Rep. Kaniela Ing....

...Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement will soon be requesting funding from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

...And They're Working Overtime To Make This A Reality....

...Expenses, including the $1.25M loan to IDG, would not be recovered....

"Efforts are moving forward with the intent that elections and the ‘Aha be held this year."

...Chinese threats to back several groups of Hawaiian independence activists....

HB1252 Will Rescind The Native Hawaiian Roll & Fire The Roll Commissioners....

Will the trio of English, Keith-Agaran, and Shimabukuro be able to carry OHA's ball now that it has been dropped by Galuteria, Hee, and Solomon?

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will host community meetings throughout Hawai‘i, February 17 – March 3....

In total, Crabbe's memo budgets $2,598,546 for "Consortium" and another $407,332 for the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission.  None of this is mentioned in HB209....

Video from FreeHawaii.blogspot.com.... 

“Why would the AHCC BOD so blatantly disregard the voice of Hawaiian Civic Club members?"

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees has approved the following bills and resolutions to be put forward as OHA’s 2015 state legislative package....

...current admin budgeting format and procedures create an open checkbook under various program areas....

The collaborative is a partnership among four Hawaiian firms: Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation; DTL; PBR Hawai‘i; and WCIT Architecture....

The Native Hawaiian Roll Is Filled With Fraud - All Those Names Of People Lifted From Other Lists....

Saturday, January 31, 2015 @ Kewalo Basin Park- check in 6:30 am- start @ 7:00 am....

OHA's promised 'neutrality' regarding any choice between State recognition, Federal recognition or International recognition is gone....

An Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Now Calls Kana`iolowalu A Colossal Waste Of Money....

OHA has wasted many millions of Hawaiian beneficiary dollars on both the US federal Akaka bill and its state of Hawai`i version successor, Kana`iolowalu....