#Hawaiian

Topping our 20 things to do on Maui this week is the three-day Gathering of the Voyagers event in Wailea that celebrates Polynesian culture through story, music, voyaging and dance. Find our comprehensive listing HERE.

Recent US Census data reveals that the continental US now houses more Native Hawaiians than the state of Hawaiʻi, confirming prior demographic predictions.

Hawaiian Airlines today announced it will continue to provide ‘Ohana by Hawaiian passenger flights between Honolulu and both Moloka‘i and Lāna‘i through at least mid-January 2021. Earlier this month Hawaiian announced the need to suspend both routes on Nov. 1.

Hawaiʻi’s indigenous language, ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, went from less than 30 speakers under the age of 18, in 1984 to a thriving language with 25,000+ speakers today. 

The 2019 International Year was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in order to draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous languages…

Kamehameha Schools has unveiled a list of Summer Programs for 2018 including its popular Explorations program and Hālau ‘O Kapikohānaiāmālama on Maui.

Hawaiian Airlines welcomed a record 11,050,911 passengers in 2016. That’s a 3.5% increase over the previous year.

Organizers are looking for interested individuals to model Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Hawaiian and other ethnic group attire.

Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawaii, a film by Anne Keala Kelly comes to Maui on Thursday, November 5, 2009 beginning at 6 p.m. at Maui Community College, Ka Lama room 103. The documentary is a contemporary look at Hawaiian people, politics, and resistance in the face of laws, economy militarism, and real estate […]

A handful of Hawaiian women will voice their vision of Hawaii’s future using poetry at a special Maui event.  “Remembering Roots & Envisioning Future” features five poets including, Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, who is the winner of the international poetry slam competition and recited her poetry at the White House in May. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY7fWlmE-0g[/youtube] (Video Courtesy: youtube.com […]

Homestead lessees for 66 lots in the Hawaiian Homes Keokea subdivision selected their new homestead lots over the weekend. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands fulfills a commitment made more than 23 years ago to provide basic infrastructure for roads, potable water, electrical and telecommunications service. The subdivision was recently reconfigured for the Upcountry farm […]