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Sen. Michelle N. Kidani released a statement on Wednesday regarding a media inquiry on her ability to serve.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees elected Trustee Kaialiʻi Kahele as board chair on Wednesday. Kahele succeeds Trustee Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey of Maui who has served as chair for the past four years. The board and administration recognized and thanked Lindsey for her service as board chair.

During a three-day site visit, members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee were met by state officials and community members who delivered presentations on their plans for a range of both Governor’s and Senate priorities, including: economic and workforce development, investments in infrastructure, and the coalescing of a food innovation network. The group also discussed the future of Kahoʻolawe and Kalaupapa.

Lahela Park, the first champion of the Hulu Lindsay Leo Haʻihaʻi contest held at the Celebration of the Arts at the Ritz Carlton, will perform a farewell concert at the Westin Maui Resort and Spa, at the exclusive Lanai venue this Friday night, April 7, from 9-11 p.m. She will be previewing new music for an upcoming single release, during the concert.

The Carmen Hulu Lindsey Leo Ha’iha’i Falsetto Contest returns to The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua’s Celebration of the Arts, Saturday, April 8, 2023 with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees unanimously re-elected Maui Island Trustee Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey as its board chair, a position she has held since December of 2020.

Maui Island Trustee Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey said participating in a working group to address issues surrounding OHA’s share of the Public Land Trust revenue and the development of OHA’s lands at Kakaʻako Makai – recently renamed Hakuone – will be key areas of focus for the agency in the coming year. 

Flavors of Italy, a Native Hawaiian, woman-owned business, has been issued a $250,000 Hua Kanu loan through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Mālama Loans program.  

A Hawaiian delegation from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs went to Scotland to repatriate iwi kupuna collected in the 1800s, most likely illegally, by groundbreaking anatomist Sir John Struthers.

Former Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Mililani Trask of Hilo was selected by the OHA Board of Trustees to serve as the new OHA Trustee for Hawaiʻi Island. She fills the vacancy created by the resignation of former trustee Keola Lindsey on Feb. 1, 2022.

“We extend our deepest condolences to the ‘ohana of Oswald ‘Oz’ Stender on the loss of their beloved patriarch. He served with distinction as a Trustee for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for 14 years from 2000 to 2014. He will be remembered as a kanaka that led with courage and was guided by deep aloha for our people,” said Lindsey.

This week, a delegation representing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will repatriate 58 ancestral remains from four institutions in Germany and one in Austria.

This week’s two meetings of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs scheduled to be in person in Kahului on Aug. 11 and 12 now will be hosted virtually for safety reasons due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Hawaiʻi.

“Not only would this benefit existing homesteaders and others who depend on DHHLʻs water system, but would also significantly advance the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act‘s mission to return Hawaiians to the land, by providing sufficient water to establish 171 new homestead service connections and up to 210 new service connections for subdivided homestead lots,” said Lindsey.

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair, Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey issued a statement today on House Bill 499, relating to lease extensions on public land. The measure would authorize the Board of Land and Natural Resources to extend certain leases of public lands for commercial, industrial, resort, mixed-use or government use upon approval of a proposed development […]

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey of Maui testified this morning at the first hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs chaired by US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), urging senators to help address the needs of Native Hawaiians.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has dedicated $250,000 to its new Homestead Community Grant targeted specifically to aid Native Hawaiian families living on Hawaiian Homestead lands.

OHA is awarding a total of around $340,000 for programs and applicants intending to empower, benefit and protect Hawaiian communities – including the respectful protection of burial sites of Hawaiian ancestors. Applications are available online.

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Maui Trustee, Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey, was appointed chair of the OHA Board of Trustees today.  The vote was taken during the first OHA board meeting since the November elections.

Home cooks and professional chefs were challenged to create a dish featuring kalo for Nā Kini Hānai Kalo Cooking contest, which was part of Hui o Nā Wai ʻEhāʻs Kaulana Nā Wai ʻEhā festival on Saturday, June 23 at Maui Tropical Plantation.