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Nui means “big, greatest, grand, important” as in aliʻi nui. Hale nui would be a big house, and mea nui would be an important thing. Used as an adjective, it follows the noun. It can also mean “many or a group.”

We'll find out what's on the 2025 Mana Up Showcase. We'll also hear from a couple of companies that just completed the cohort 10 program and learn what's next for their businesses.

Maʻa mau is two words that mean common, usual, customary. Chinese food is the meaʻai maʻa mau for a lot of people in Hawaiʻi. He mea maʻa mau—a common thing.

Millions of people see it every year, but few know that the bay that extends from Honolulu Harbor to Pearl Harbor is called Māmala.

Staff and volunteers at The Pantry in Kalihi create more food assistance options for furloughed federal workers; Kauaʻi writer Jonathon Medieros shares the intention behind his poem "To the People on the Cruise Ships"

Happy Halloween! On today's broadcast, we're revisiting some of our spookiest interviews. Get ready for graves, ghosts, and creepy-crawlies galore!

Gov. Josh Green shares how the state is responding to the threat to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Debbie Ngarewa Packer, co-leader of the Māori Party in Aotearoa, or New Zealand, talks about her suspension last year after participating in a haka on the Parliament floor

HPR listeners share what SNAP cuts mean for them; HPR's DW Gibson reports on the newly-formed Women's Court on Hawaiʻi Island

Kaʻahumanu, a beautiful Hawaiian name, and it means the bird cloak or the favorite cloak. It is the name of the favorite wife of King Kamehameha the Great.

While you most often hear Palani as the Hawaiian transliteration of the name Frank or Frances, it also means France or French. We don't have a lot of Palani in Hawaiʻi, but there are many in Tahiti.