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Producers' Wrap
August 21
Hawaii
marks five decades of statehood today. While some celebrate, others
argue the anniversary highlights unresolved issues for many of
Hawaii’s people. In the final segment of our series, Hawaii: the
50th State of Mind HPR’s Kayla Rosenfeld and Beth Ann Kozlovich
recap several emerging themes
Contemporary Hawaiian Music
August 7
In the 50 years since statehood, Hawaiian music has undergone as
many changes as the islands themselves. In this latest
installment of our series Hawaii: the 50th State of Mind HPR's Derrick Malama features a few of the people who are keeping
the music alive.
Military
July 24
It was, in large part, Hawaii’s value as a military outpost that
helped propel the islands to Statehood. Pearl Harbor, the valor of
the 4-4-2, and personal sacrifices on the home front during World
War II all helped to validate Hawaii as an important part of
America. In this installment of our series Hawaii: the 50th
State of Mind HPR’s Ben Markus reports that 50 years later Hawaii is
as important as ever to peace in the Pacific.
Hawaiian Voices
July 3
As US citizens this weekend celebrate the birth of our nation, some
are contemplating Hawaii’s approaching 50th anniversary of
statehood. At first glance, the story looks like a triumph of will
– the culmination of decades of efforts to admit the territory of
Hawaii into the Union. In our continuing series, Hawaii: The 50th
State Of Mind, HPR’s Beth-Ann Kozlovich reports not everyone
was, or is, happy with the outcome.
NOTE:
This feature was post-produced
from the
May 21, 2009
and
May 28, 2009
Town
Square programs that
featured Native Hawaiians discussing statehood.
Land Use
June 26
The history of land and water use in Hawaii is peppered with
controversies. Not over simple issues like land boundaries, but
over who owns the water that feeds the land and consequently the
economy. Prior to statehood in 1959 plantation owners ruled over
Hawaii’s land and water. But with statehood came federal dollars
and came
federal dollars and attached mandates, land use planning, and water
permitting. In this installment of our
statehood series Hawaii: The 50th State of Mind, HPR’s
Kayla Rosenfeld highlights some key events over the past 5 decades
that changed land and water use practices.
Governor George Ariyoshi
June 12
In
today’s installment of our Statehood Series Hawaii: 50th
State of Mind, HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka talks with Former Governor
George Ariyoshi about the events and principles that guided him
throughout his political career. Governor Ariyoshi was the third
and longest serving chief executive in Hawaii history from 1974 to
1986.
Advertising & Marketing May 29
Call it kismet or call it luck. Hawaii’s statehood arrived just as
TV was entering its golden age -- rock and roll was filling the
airwaves and new products and services – including commercial air
travel -were becoming accessible to the average person. It was a
confluence of events that added up to an advertising and marketing
gold rush. In our series, Hawaii the 50th State of
Mind HPR’s Beth Ann Kozlovich reports, for those who had vision,
Hawaii was ripe for the making.
NOTE:
This feature was post-produced from a
May 14, 2009 Town Square program entitled: How Commercial
Media Changed Hawaii
Food May 15
Hawaii's food culture is a lively mix of influences from Native
Hawaiian, American, European and Asian cuisines. "Local food"
the product of Hawaii's fascinating history, is quite different from
today's Pacific Rim Cuisine. Local food, its origins and
evolution over the last 50 years is the subject of today's
installment in our series Hawaii: the 50th State of Mind.
HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports.
Hawaiian Music Retrospective
May 1
May Day is a beautiful day of pageantry, color and Hawaiian music.
When a radio program originating from Hawaii began broadcasting in
the mid-1930s, the songs of the islands were soon heard around the
world. In our series Hawaii: The 50th State of Mind
HPR’s Derrick Malama explores how two creative music producers
helped popularize Hawaii’s unique sound and find an audience on the
international stage.
Newspapers
April 17
Between the time Hawaii was annexed to the United States and the
lead-up to statehood, newspapers were by far the major information
medium in the islands. Former journalist and professor Helen Chapin
wrote a book about the role of newspapers through Hawaii’s history.
In it, she says that the Honolulu Star Bulletin’s high pressure push
for statehood provides a perfect example of the power of newspaper
ownership, coupled to a political agenda. The Farrington family
owned the Star Bulletin through the fifty years prior to statehood.
Patriarch Wallace Rider Farrington served as the territory’s
appointed governor in the 1920s. Son Joe took over the paper when
he died, and later served as Hawai`i’s delegate to Congress. . . all
the while the Farringtons used their time in Washington to lobby for
statehood. In our series we’re calling Hawaii: The 50th
State of Mind HPRs Jim Manke picks up the story about how the
Bulletin – and the Advertiser – approached the statehood issue.
Sports April 3
World-class surfer and swimmer Duke Kahanamoku
was the first Hawaii athlete to draw national attention to the
islands. The excitement of that exposure encouraged local educators
to make competitive sports like baseball, volleyball, football and
track and field part of the middle and high school curricula. For
our series we’re calling Hawaii: the 50th State of Mind
HPR’s Ray Cruz spoke with a couple of legendary sports reporters who
followed high school and college athletics for more than 5 decades.
Education
March 27
American-style education in the Territory of Hawaii began in the
late 1800s with the missionaries. In the early 1920s educators
introduced English Standard Schools based on English fluency.
Pidgin speakers attended district schools. In our continuing
series Hawaii: the 50th State of Mind, HPR's Kayla Rosenfeld
reports that by the time we
reached statehood, classrooms were filled with children from a
variety of cultures.
Prisons
March 13
Recent reports say 1 in 32 people in
Hawaii are incarcerated—the highest in the state’s history. That’s
not to say there weren’t problems in the past. In our series
Hawaii: The 50th State of Mind HPR’s Ben Markus takes
a look at some key tuning points for Hawaii’s prisoners.
Governor John Burns
February 27
The man synonymous with Statehood is John Anthony Burns, a
Montana-born haole who grew up in Kalihi. In this first installment
of HPR’s series, Hawaii: 50th State of Mind HPR’s
political reporter, Wayne Yoshioka, looks back at Governor Burns and
Hawaii’s journey to Statehood.
HPR's Wayne Yoshioka reports
Producers' Introduction
February 20
Theme Song: Koi by Willie K.
Mahalo to Mountain Apple Company
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MARCH
March 5, 1970;
March 6, 1979;
March 11, 1970;
March 25, 1966;
March 26, 1996;
March 27, 1996;
March
31, 1993
APRIL
April 2, 1973;
April
9, 1995;
April 11, 1968;
April 29, 1993
MAY
May 7, 1999;
May 12, 1970;
May 14, 1984;
May 15, 1997;
May 19,
1986;
May 20, 1986;
May 22, 1973;
May 30, 1984
JUNE
June 2, 1991;
June 3, 1978;
June 5,
1960;
June 5, 1977;
June 12, 1967;
June 12, 1974;
June 15, 1999;
June
18, 1964;
June 21, 1977;
June 21, 1994;
June 22, 1999;
June 23,
1972;
June 23, 1983;
June 24, 1977;
June 26, 1997;
June 29, 1994
JULY
July1, 1961;
July 1, 1996;
July 3, 1968;
July 6, 1979;
July 8, 1997;
July 9, 1998;
July 11, 1997;
July 17, 1977;
July 22, 1998;
July 23, 1960
AUGUST
Aug. 3, 1966;
Aug. 3 1995;
Aug. 8 1986;
Aug. 9, 1997;
Aug. 10, 1988;
Aug. 12, 1970, 1994 & 1998;
Aug. 15, 1978;
Aug. 21, 1997
Sources:
Hawaii's Forgotten History: the Good, the Bad, the Embarrassing
by Rich Budnick
Hawaii 1959-1989, with photos from the
Honolulu Advertiser by Gavan Daws
Musical Theme: Vanishing Treasure Hawaiian Style Band. Mahalo to
Mountain Apple Company
Lau Yee Chai Restaurant
Now located in Ambassador Hotel
Courtesy of Sally Hill
Waikiki Theater
Opened 1936; Demolished 2005
Designed in a unique Tropical Modern style, many
regarded it Hawaii’s most beautiful theatre.
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