#Native Hawaiians

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) yesterday announced the appointment of Operating Officer Richard Pezzulo to interim Chief Executive Officer.

Mayor Arakawa will be the featured speaker at the Holiday Meeting of the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, December 13.

As college financial aid deadlines approach, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is busy reading Native Hawaiians for available aid through a statewide scholarships series.

In recognition of National Native American Heritage Month, the US Small Business Administration is hosting a national web chat on “Small Business Opportunities for Native Americans” on Wednesday, November 23.

The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation has awarded the University of Hawaii Maui College’s Institute of Hawaiian Music (IHM) a grant in the amount of $200,000.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced today that its radio talk show will return weekly to the airwaves, starting Sunday, Nov. 6., featuring former governor John Waihe’e III discussing the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority in partnership with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, is now accepting applications for the Kukulu Ola – Living Hawaiian Culture Program and Natural Resources Program.

In the scramble to make ends meet, increasingly more consumers like Mapuana Hanapi are turning to an often overlooked emergency loan program at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA).

Visitors and residents alike will now be welcomed by a Hawaiian language greeting at the Molokai Airport.

Applicants for one of the five seats open on the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission must submit applications to the Governor’s Office by Friday, August 5.

More than 100 Native Hawaiian residents turned out Wednesday for a community meeting hosted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced that nonprofit organizations across the state have only six chances left to attend mandatory workshops for its grants program.

Native Hawaiians on Moloka‘i will have an opportunity to provide feedback to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) at a community forum as well as attend a meeting of the Board of Trustees on July 20 and July 21.

The Board of Trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs traveled to Kaua‘i for the first in a series of five community meetings with Native Hawaiians on the Neighbor Islands.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is seeking bids from non-profit organizations capable of providing services to improve family income levels, raise educational achievement levels and improve health conditions among Native Hawaiians in the state.

In adding debt-consolidation loans to its offerings, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is hoping to increase the number of eligible Native Hawaiians it can help under its Malama Loan Program.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), along with its partner First Hawaiian Bank, are encouraging the Native Hawaiian community to come out to a unique loan application fair being held March 30 at the MEO Building in Wailuku.

Today, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) announced the naming of Richard Pezzulo as its Chief Operating Officer. Pezzulo had served as Chief Financial Officer at OHA since 2008.

A group of Native Hawaiian Cultural Practitioners gathered at Maalaea Small Boat Harbor under protest this morning to return portions of a whale to the ocean.

Wayne Nishiki, 2010 candidate for South Maui Council, Transcript: Introduction: Aloha, my name is Wayne Nishiki and I’m running for the South Maui council seat. I will continue to focus on jobs for our current residents, and helping our residents get through these dark economic times.  Jobs can be provided not just for high-end luxury homes, but […]