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A newspaper that has long served Japanese-American communities across the islands is coming to an end. The Hawaiʻi Herald's last edition this month is a farewell from the newspaper's staff, with the headline, "A Hui Hou!" Editor Kristen Nemoto Jay told HPR's Cassie Ordonio that she feels like she's losing a loved one.
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Guam native Craig Santos Perez is the first Pacific Islander to win the prestigious National Book Award for Poetry — and the first Pacific Islander to win in any category. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz talked to the author about what that win meant not just to him as a Chamorro, but to a culture often overlooked.
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Families opting out of vaccines against common childhood illnesses; Civil Rights Commission outreach to the deaf community; National Book Award for Craig Santos Perez; Holiday memories with Shaka Santa
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At a recent book launch, author Innocenta Sound-Kikku was joined by several children singing in Chuukese as she read the book dedicated to Micronesian children. The book is part of a project that aims to fill a literary void for Micronesian children struggling to find reliable books, while also teaching them English. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.
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Protest to end bombing in Gaza; Red Cross volunteer on Maui wildfires; SAG-AFTRA strike settlement and local productions; Author Innocenta Sound-Kikku on her Chuukese children's book and poetry collection illustrated by Lissette Yamase
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Gina Cole is a science fiction writer of Fijian descent from New Zealand. She's currently in residence at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as a Fulbright creative writing scholar. Speaking to The Conversation, Cole shared how science fiction rooted in the Pacific cultures can play a part in our future.
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High school student studying in Israel returns home to Hawaiʻi; Maui art gallery recovers bronze sculptures after wildfires; "Hidden Brain" tackles healing in a new podcast; New Zealand author Gina Cole shares her passion for science fiction
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For 43 years, The Hawaiʻi Herald publication has served the local community, calling itself "Hawaiʻi's Japanese American Journal." The company just announced it will publish its last issue in December due to dwindling revenue. Speaking to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz, the newspaper editor put out a call for a buyer in the eleventh hour.
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A Moloka’i nonprofit is working to digitize the island’s historical and cultural archives, including a new project that will convert old VHS tapes to digital format. The leader of the nonprofit said this is the first island-specific online repository in Hawaiʻi. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports from Molokaʻi.
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Scholastic faced backlash for putting books dealing with race, gender and sexuality in their own optional category for middle school book fairs. It's now apologizing and working to reverse course.