This Is Our Hawaiʻi has explored the legacy of large landownership and how that has affected the lives of residents in communities across the islands. Previous episodes discussed what it meant to be local, and also the fight for sovereignty.
But on Aug. 8, everything changed. The legacy of large landownership meant the difference between life and death on Maui.
Episode 5 builds off of previous reporting on the Maui fires. Why do these rumors persist? Host Russell Subiono and producer Savannah Harriman-Pote take a look at how Hawaiʻi’s history of land grabs makes these concerns valid.
Listen and read the full story here.
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This Is Our Hawaiʻi is produced by Hawaiʻi Public Radio, a member of the NPR Podcast Network, with support from PRX and is made possible in part by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
This podcast is hosted by Russell Subiono and produced by Savannah Harriman-Pote, with assistance from HPR staff: Ananddev Banerjee, Bill Dorman, Sylvia Flores, Casey Harlow, Sophia McCullough, Liberty Peralta, Krista Rados and Jason Ubay.
Mahalo to Maddie Bender for her production assistance and to PRX's Mike Russo for his continued support. Logo design by Kristin Lipman.
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