Mākaha resident Dalani Tanahy is one of several practitioners creating kapa. She will showcase her artistry next month at the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, the largest celebration of Indigenous Pacific Islanders.
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Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke is leading the Ready Keiki initiative to provide more preschools across the islands to help struggling families. Speaking to The Conversation, she shared the news that Ready Keiki will expand with additional preschool sites this fall.
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Last month, The Conversation featured a new master's degree in construction management at Hawai’i Pacific University. The General Contractors Association of Hawaii just stepped up to support the program in a big way, to the tune of $250,000.
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A 1,200-foot-long ti leaf lei made by the Kohala community on Hawaiʻi Island was draped across Pololū Valley over the weekend. As HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports, the lei ritual is a reminder of a growing community of residents opposed to increased development in the area.
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Agricultural declaration forms for passengers flying to Hawaiʻi could go digital due to a measure passed in this year's legislative session. State Sen. Glenn Wakai, who introduced the measure, said the paper forms don't really protect the state from invasive species. The state has been using paper forms since 1950. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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The Conversation spoke to Miemie Wynn Bird with the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and Jue Jue Min Thu, president of the Myanmar Association of Hawaiʻi, about Myanmar's long-running civil war — and humanitarian efforts to help refugees caught in the crossfire.
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Postal workers will be picking up donated food while delivering mail at residences across the state and nation.
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One of the year’s biggest military exercises in the Indo-Pacific is coming to a close. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.
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