
Noe Tanigawa
Noe Tanigawa covered art, culture, and ideas for Hawaiʻi Public Radio. Noe began working in news at WQXR, the New York Times' classical station in New York City, where she also hosted music programs from 1990-94. Prior to New York, Noe was a music host in jazz, rock, urban contemporary, and contemporary and classic Hawaiian music formats in Honolulu. Since arriving at HPR in 2002, Noe has received awards from the Los Angeles Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists Hawai'i Chapter, and an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for coverage of the budget process at the Hawai'i State Legislature. Noe holds a Master's in Painting from UH Mānoa. She maintains an active painting practice, and completed a 2015 residency with the U.S. Art in Embassies program in Palau. Noe is from Wailupe Valley in East O'ahu.
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Honolulu's Culture and Arts District is getting added horsepower with the addition of a new arts partner on Bethel Street. Honolulu Printmakers is one of the state's key established arts organizations. HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports they are upping their game with a versatile new studio space.
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The Hawaiʻi Workforce Development Council wanted to find out who’s working in the gig economy here, compared with the rest of the U.S. Wayne Liou, an economist in DBEDT’s Research and Economic Analysis Division, wrote that report.
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Picture yourself on Kauaʻi 32 years ago. People really weren’t complaining about traffic. That’s when Fred Dente and his wife arrived to make their home on the Garden Island. Here's Dente’s work-life story, as it evolved with Kauaʻi’s economy, and finally nosedived this year.
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Attorney and lawmaker Dwight Takamine is remembered for his fight to transition jobs and people when sugar ended on the Hamakua coast in the 1980s and '90s. He was Hawaiʻi’s labor director coming out of the last economic recession.
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On this Aloha Friday Conversation, we're looking back at Labor Day and talking about just what it takes to make a living in Hawaiʻi. We'll start with the history behind workers' rights legislation in Hawaiʻi, and then ask if those protections are enough against the unique challenges of the 21st century.
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The last physical remnants of sugar and pineapple plantations may be rusting in the sun, but cultural influences remain. From mixed plate lunches to palaka jams, so much of what's distinctive about Hawaiʻi is connected to our labor heritage. Labor history links the islands, and HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports, the heritage includes a lynching in Honokaʻa.
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The Hawai'i Handweavers Hui is one of the state's oldest craft organizations. It was started by six women on O'ahu in 1953. Weaving, textiles, macrame and related arts had a hey day in the 1970's and 80's. Now, there's new interest in textiles nationwide and Hawai'i's handweavers are upping their game.
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On O'ahu, homeless people appear to be more visible lately and they're showing up in different places. The Delta variant is playing into a complicated drama for people on the street, and that affects people in their homes and businesses.
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It's time for renters in Hawaiʻi to know their rights, according to the state homeless coordinator. HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports renters have more options for staying in their homes, as COVID conditions develop on the street.
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Wing Tek Lum has been researching and writing about the turn of the 20th century in Honolulu’s Chinatown. His grandfather had a store in the old Oʻahu Railway terminal across Aʻala Park.