A member of Akakū tested positive for the Coronavirus over the weekend, announced Jay April, President and CEO of Akakū Community Television. Akakū will be closed and sanitized until after the Thanksgiving holiday.

The meetings are being held to seek public input on the utility’s five proposed battery energy storage systems.

Effective immediately, all Akakū Maui Community Media offices and production facilities are closed to the general public, with staff available by appointment only. The temporary closure is in accordance with social distancing measures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Presentation to educate attendees on the risk associated with breath-hold diving.

Starr and Nielsen, and other project stakeholders, will describe the project and the benefits they hope it will bring to the community.

Akakū will be hosting its 6th Maui Walk of Heroes this coming Saturday. 

Akakū Upstairs will host a salon on the redevelopment of Wailuku’s downtown area and civic center on Aug. 15 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m in the Akakū Media Lab.  According to Akakū in a press release, funding has been set aside for improvements to the slowly declining area surrounding the courthouse and county offices.  County... Read more »

AARP Hawai‘i and Akakū Maui Community Media are holding workshops for people who need help using their smart phones.

The FCC is asking for comments on a proposed rule that, if adopted, could mark an end of community television stations like Akakū, station executives warn.

The 2018 Maui County Candidate Forum is now available for public viewing through the following ways: By visiting Akakūʻs website to find out when the videos will be aired on AKAKU. The videos are also available on YouTube. The videos will automatically pop up once you reach the site. The videos can also be viewed on Go Maui Inc.’s... Read more »

Students from the Maui Huliau Foundation will give a public presentation on Thursday, Oct. 4 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Akakū Upstairs. The presentation, How Film Can be a Tool for Social Change, will feature the studentsʻ short films and discuss the different environmental programs the foundation offers. The Maui Huliau Foundation is... Read more »

The Maui Youth Now program offers a one of a kind mentor-guided training experience in a professional studio environment.

Akakū Maui Community Media received $10,000 in grants from the Atherton Family Foundation and Hawaiʻi Electric Industries for its youth education programs.

Akakū: Maui Community Media is the recipient of a $7,500 grant from the Atherton Family Foundation. The funds will be used to secure reliable transportation for Akakū's Youth Broadband Education Awareness Mentoring program.

Because Mayor Arakawa will be on Oahu that day, the show instead will feature Managing Director Keith Regan, Budget Director Sandy Baz and Parks and Recreation Deputy Director Patrick Matsui.