OHA

... 10am Saturday, March 7, 2020 ....

"...The government of Japan reduced its budget allocation for the TMT project in Japanese FY2020 (April, 2020 to March, 2021) due to the stalemate of the construction in Hawaii...."

... OHA Needs a Watchdog to Fight for Hawaiians and Hawai‘i ....

...a perception that the organization and its management "are ineffective, poorly managed, or corrupt" and "do not help or represent the Hawaiian people effectively."....

...The Hawaii County Ethics Board is planning an investigation into non-enforcement of the law at the Mauna Kea Access Road....

...The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Submillimeter Observatory and the UH Hilo Hōkū Ke‘a teaching telescope were previously set to be demolished by 2021....

...House cuts funding for TMT enforcement from state budget—Ige Wanted $65M to Not Enforce Law on Mauna Kea....

...Diamond Garcia's own journey from hardship to hope is reflective of the challenges many face in his hometown of Nanakuli....

...Kia’i protestors Wong and Perez were quoted as saying in the Tribune-Herald that, “dirty tactics” were being used. Well now that’s rich coming from the protestors....

...“If OHA has nothing to hide, it should be willing to open its records to the state auditor”. -- Trustee Keli'i Akina ....

...HHFDC to decide how many units go to OHA and/or DHHL.... 

... ask the Governor to appoint Malia Martin and Samuel Wilder King II to the panel ....

...Claiming that lawlessness is in fact "civil disobedience" is in the eye of the beholder, making this law almost impossible to enforce....

...The Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs is set to hear SB42 SD1 today at 1:19pm....

...asking the Governor to form a blue ribbon commission to examine and establish a reconciliation process relating to past, present and future issues of importance to Native Hawaiians and the State of Hawaiʻi....

...The way OHA has responded to recent events has affected its credibility in the eyes of Hawai’i’s lawmakers and OHA’s own Hawaiian beneficiaries....

...here's what happens when the police are allowed to enforce the law....

...This deserves an answer....

...Representatives from member countries are expected to convene in Los Angeles in February to decide on project modalities....

...TMT Protest Site on Maunakea Left Covered in Trash....

“...It is now time to utilize these rules to address the issues with excessive traffic that have been raised, as well as to issue new permits for commercial tour operations....”

...from Tyler Trent, Native Hawaiian physics student....

...The New Year's Barely Started & There's Already A Cover-Up at OHA....

...We at Hawai’i Free Press only needed 30 minutes to write this point-by-point rebuttal.  Yes.  It is that easy....

...Former OHA CEO Kamana’o Crabbe is gone and OHA claims Crabbe’s departure shows the agency is cleaning up.  But the Board lawyer who signed off on everything is still in place....

...January 5 and 6, 2020 in Waikiki and Jan 11 Panel Discussion in Nanakuli....

...ensuring that four members of both the Land Use Commission and the Board of Land and Natural Resources are selected from lists submitted to the Governor by OHA....

...DLNR-DOFAW and The Trust for Public Land (TPL) have completed the purchase of 3,716 acres – the upper Waimea watershed – from Dole....

...OHA Trustees Machado, Lee Admit Refusing to Provide Unredacted Minutes to Auditor....

...thirteen years of jumping through hoops....

...Watch This For A Quick Run-Down & Where You Can See It For Yourself....

...There are serious questions which must now be answered....

...Yes.  There is more at stake than OHA's money grab....

...This 'agreement' helps everybody EXCEPT the telescope....

...Hawaii lost its elected county sheriffs as a result of the Massie case....

...NPS, which administers federal funds to SHPD, designated SHPD a high-risk recipient in 2009....

...OHA approved today the selection of the UH Mānoa Native Hawaiian Science & Engineering Mentorship Program to administer a $1.1 million grant for higher education scholarships for Native Hawaiian students....

...Now that the Telescope is off the table. "The police are going to come heavy handed Dec 26 with enforcement and they going to clear all the tents from the highway."  The police will only be allowed to do this because it does not settle the telescope issue .... 

...For us, this dates all the way back to our groundbreaking in October 2014 and subsequent attempts to begin construction in April and June 2015 and in July 2019....

...on the access road about 30 protesters chanted and danced....

"...He's the only one that got the forensic audit done...."

...Dec 21, 2019 2-4PM at the Grand Naniloa Hotel, Hilo....

...OIP deconstructs OHA insiders’ latest gambit in their flagging attempt to silence dissident Trustee Keli’i Akina....

• Navigator/Captain/Educator Kaelpa Baybayan
• Attorney/Educator/Cultural Practitioner Kimo Stone
• Former Trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Peter Apo

...after more than a decade of working with the community and a multimillion dollar investment into Hawaii's economy, TMT must now reassess the viability of building a telescope in Hawaii.... 

"...to reflect on how we have responded as a community to challenging and sometimes polarizing issues, including but not limited to TMT...."

...Are there other items fraudulently deleted from the check registers?....

...Responding to questions about OHA Trustee Chair Colette Machado’s imaginary “OIP Opinion”....

...one-year grant awards for projects that benefit the Native Hawaiian community and align with the agency’s broad strategic priority areas....