OHA

... Maori Trust insolvent, placed in receivership, after being looted by IDG Hawaii Geothermal schemers ....

... a leftover Unity House scheme could be costing Hawaiian Electric as much as $476M per year ....

... OHA introduced three failed bills SB534, HB605, and SB211 this legislative session ....

... 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 ....

... OHA’s payroll totals $15.9M.  This is 40.7% of OHA spending ....

... 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 ....

... 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 ....

"...government-to-sovereign consultations between the Department and the Native Hawaiian Community, to include Native Hawaiian Organizations...."

... This bill would also raise the residential height limit along Ala Moana Boulevard to 400 feet ....

... trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) were sworn in by Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins ....

... The adventures of a false diplomat in Ibiza exposed: luxury vehicles, private clubs, cryptocurrency bank and other fantasies ....

... assess the readiness of the Giant Magellan Telescope (Chile) and Thirty Meter Telescope (Hawaii) to move into the major facility Final Design Phase ....

... OHA Trustees are hoping 2025 will be the year legislators stop laughing at their Kaka’ako Makai upzone bills ....

... The Board of Trustees voted not to pursue the exemption ....

... appointment of V.R. Hinano Rodrigues to the Commission on Water Resource Management -- enviros call for Senate to reject nomination ....

... Will OHA transfer control of Kahana Valley to one of its LLCs? ....

... There are five island burial councils ....

... Funding will be implemented through the Department's Office of Native Hawaiian Relations’ (ONHR) ....

... Keli’i Akina, OHA’s only honest Trustee, is being challenged by three has-beens in an obviously coordinated effort ....

... All site work for the decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) was completed in June 2024  ....

“HPD is taking this seriously and attempting to determine whether Branco may have indeed been able to contact Kalua while in jail.”

"The group's primary objectives are to draft and propose substantive legislation and policies that can be enacted in the upcoming legislative session."

... Mayor announces the departure of Kēhaulani Pu‘u from the Department of Parks and Recreation ....

... Ironically, OHA is repeating the error of Hawaiian Kingdom royals who exploited their own people and relied on an alliance with businessmen ....

“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

... All registered voters in Hawaii are eligible to vote for OHA Trustees ....

... 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 ....

... must pay fair market value for their leases ....

"Our decisions impact virtually every area of life on the islands."

... the sixth person charged in connection with the investigation into a group tied to Dexter Kiama and David Keanu Sai ....

... 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 ....

... what we need is “the collective will to share the Mauna” ....

... UH is working with MKSOA to transfer its leases, conservation district use permits, and an easement for lands on Maunakea to the new authority ....

... "Nuclear Munitions Command and Control" is a $698K per year grift  ....

... On Sept. 17, 1959, King made a historic visit to Honolulu and addressed the first session of the Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives ....

... The Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission is pleased to announce a significant legal victory in Akana v. Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission ....

... this is all about the master lease negotiations ....

... reflecting upon some exciting accomplishments ....

... This partnership between OHA and DHHL is a positive start, but there are other possibilities worth exploring such as ....

... Song’s complaint was filed just weeks after the FBI raid on the offices of key CNHA financial backer Dawson Companies ....

... Schatz-Authored Provision Of Inflation Reduction Act Funds New Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program ....

“My family is getting very desperate and deciding whether to leave Hawaiʻi.”

... Since 2019, Ferreira has served as budget chief of the Hawaiʻi State Senate ....

... A Path to Empower Native Hawaiians ....

... this just had some devastating consequences ....

... “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) ....

... before and after photos ....

... "supporters" gathered around him, showering him with about 15 leis, which went up to his chin as he grinned happily ....

... 'Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner' at DLNR is transferred to new job after allegedly prioritizing taro patch over Lahaina firefighting ....

... 8(a) application submissions temporarily suspended ....