Jayna Omaye

Mark Paikuli-Stride feels a deep familial connection to Luluku. His hanai family — the Sanchez ohana — was one of the many prosperous farmers in the Luluku area, once a thriving agricultural ecosystem in Kaneohe. But when the H-3 Freeway barreled through the area in the 1980s and 1990s, many farmers…

As a Hokule‘a crew member, Chris Blake said words cannot describe the way it feels to be on the iconic vessel. He first sailed on the double-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoe in 2012 with a group of educators from Kamehameha Schools and then as part of the historic Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage in 2016.

When Larry Ordonez heard the news that television station KIKU’s popular Japanese and Filipino programs would be restored, he said he was both surprised and excited. Ordonez, president of Ethnic Education Hawaii, which works to ensure local programming is broadcast in various languages, said many im…

Kaleialoha Kaniaupio- Crozier and her Hawaiian immersion students see Haleakala every day from their classroom at Pa‘ia Elementary School. But she said she hasn’t had the resources to bring her third graders to visit Haleakala National Park because the programs and field trips are in English.

Adrienne Kaeppler, a leading expert in Pacific Islander culture, music, dance, poetry and visual arts, died March 5 in Washington, D.C. She was 86.

A Native Hawaiian homestead nonprofit recently purchased an affordable rental property on Kauai, advancing a first-of-its-kind project. The nonprofit’s leaders say the initiative is an effort to keep more rentals at affordable rates, particularly during the economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 …

During her sophomore year at Punahou School in 2021, Marissa Halagao said, she wondered why her Asian studies class didn’t include more Filipino education and history. A second- generation Filipino American, Halagao began creating a unit about Filipino history and culture that she hoped would help h…

When Rick Barboza was studying zoology at the University of Hawaii, he took an ornithology class as an elective. There, he said he learned about all of the “super beautiful and extremely rare” Hawaiian birds, as well as the native plants that helped them flourish many years ago. He decided then that…

Hideo Nimori served in the revered 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

The University of Hawaii at Hilo is launching an academy that seeks to train students and professionals about climate change solutions and sustainability, with a focus on incorporating Indigenous values and knowledge, officials announced in March.