OHA

...Hawaii will be set back for years with the loss of the Thirty Meter Telescope....

... OHA Trustees were to discuss reforms of OHA’s troubled LLCs ....

...Joint statement by DHHL and OHA on 1993 water use permit....

...The permit application process in the Canary Islands, in La Palma, continues. The environmental impact assessment of the project has been submitted to the competent authorities and, once the document is accepted, construction permits and other authorizations will be requested....

...Is It Past Time For An OHA “Intervention?”....

...On Wednesday April 11, Trustees appear set to take the next step—ordering the LLCs to cease operations and transfer their remaining assets back to OHA....

... Can you say 'ankle shackles?' ....

...Why Do OHAʻs CEO & The “Old Guard” Trustees Keep Going Down The Same Road?....

...EnVision Maunakea, a report reflecting the beliefs, views and opinions of about 100 Hawaiʻi Island residents about the future of Maunakea, is now available to the public....

...Findings made by the State Auditor regarding financial impropriety at OHA echo findings made in the investigation of Bishop Estate....

...This obvious stall is an indication of mismanagement....

...Watch This To See What To Do & How To Report Wrongdoing By OHA....

... the Hawaii Supreme Court is being asked to resolve two fundamental questions in the latest case involving the Thirty Meter Telescope ....

...the trustees are going to "suspend" OHA CEO Kamana`o Crabbe so he has to stay out of the office but still gets full pay and benefits....

...six years of  'public corruption, misappropriation' allegations at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

...Sharon Moriwaki is the founding president of Kakaako United, a nonprofit volunteer organization that fights for a better life for area residents and businesses through smart development and accountability....

...OHA Testifies in support of SB3090....

...Rowena Akana has never been silent about her passion to reform the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Unafraid to stand out, she has called for the removal of the current CEO....

... at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees meeting set for 10am Thursday March 22, 2018 ....

...OHA is an ongoing criminal enterprise like the Mafia....

...There is much more that needs to be examined, and that will be the purpose of the upcoming independent audit....

...Three of them were secretly created by two former Trustees and the former Administrator without Board approval....

...one month ago, OHA Trustees voted to order managers of OHA's six LLCs to hand over financial records....

...Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton traveled to the summit of Maunakea in early January 2018....

...In this conversation with Dr. Keli'i Akina, attorney Sam King discusses the recent audit of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, of which he is a beneficiary....

...‘No.  I think in this case the beneficiary may be right and you guys may be just a bunch of auditors.’ ....

...OHA’s Old Guard Trustees Giving Cash To Their Friends....

With this information out in the open, what is left for Crabbe to blackmail Trustees with?

...This Time She's Promising To Clean Up OHA After The State Audit Results....

"...As fiduciaries, Trustees must act immediately...."

“...Our identity has been erased, beaten, battered and thrown to the side....”

...Some were approved by the OHA Administration without Board of Trustee vote or even knowledge....

...Although OHA has been the subject of a recent State audit, the independent audit will cover additional territory as it examines OHA's LLCs for potential fraud, waste and abuse....

....What Are They So Mad About At The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs?....

...Ige Admin testimony shows that OHA rent-seeking is driving up hospital bills, public housing rents, and University of Hawaii tuition for everybody—including native Hawaiians.... 

"...OHA is extremely disappointed with the unauthorized release of the draft audit...."

...Trustee Keli‘i Akina urges LLCs not to obstruct audit....

...via his Company DTL, which is a self-described "a Hawaiian strategic multidisciplinary studio that helps business, governments, organizations and communities navigate change."....

...Waimea Valley and all of the LLCs are still 100% owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs--but the LLCs' lawyer says otherwise.... 

"...Judiciary Announces Hawaiian Language Interpreter Policy...."

...Freddy Called Himself Hawaiian & Had Reasons For Suing To Vote In OHA Elections That Were Unlike What You May Have Heard....

...the largest capital improvement project in the history of Hawai‘i’s commercial harbor system....

...The main thing is that we all ‘E Hana Kākou,’ that is, work together to build a bright future for Hawaiians and all people.”....

...This stereotype is clearly not the true picture....

...Hawaii Island rancher Freddy Rice passed away on Jan. 5, 2018....

...HR 3744 would remove both the Executive Branch and by extension the US Department of Interior's authority to recognize and therefore create a Native Hawaiian Tribe....

...OHA will be submitting four bills for consideration this session, as well as testifying on hundreds of other measures that impact our beneficiaries....

...is spending five years of staff time on it to publish a book more important than the life of our people or their homeless plight? ...the public could easily see it as self-serving and done on the backs of our beneficiaries....

...OHA must be seen as a valuable partner, not an opponent, to the broader community....

...I committed myself to doing three things for the sake of the Hawaiian people:  First, ensure a full and independent audit of OHA.  Secondly, guide OHA towards financial sustainability as well as growth.  Third, watch to make sure OHA funds are not misspent but rather used to meet the real needs of Hawaiian people....