The Conversation: Tax credit cuts, Keiki-created murals

By Catherine Cruz,

Maddie Bender, Kevin Allen

Published May 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM HST

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A mural painted at Waikōloa Elementary School as part of Todd "Estria" Johnson's Mele Murals project. (March 2024)

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Author and Historian Cesar Becerra discusses his ongoing research into the Kaimiloa, a historic seafaring vessel
Muralist Todd “Estria” Johnson shares more about his cultural and community-centered “Mele Murals" project
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