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The Conversation

The Conversation: Lahaina's banyan; Domestic Violence Action Center

By Catherine Cruz,
DW Gibson, Maddie Bender
Published August 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM HST
The remains of the Old Lahaina Courthouse are seen behind the 150-year-old banyan tree damaged by the August wildfire in burn zone 11A, Dec. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaiʻi. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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FILE - The remains of the Old Lahaina Courthouse are seen behind the 150-year-old banyan tree damaged by the August wildfire in burn zone 11A, Dec. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaiʻi. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Audio will be added after the show. The Conversation airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on HPR-1.

  • Theo Morrison with the Lahaina Restoration Foundation shares plans for a park under Lahaina's historical banyan tree
  • David Tumilowicz, president of the board of directors for the Domestic Violence Action Center, discusses federal funding cuts and staff departures
  • HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on an initiative that offers funeral assistance to Micronesians on Oʻahu who have been excluded from a similar federal program
  • Researcher Eva Fischer investigates what makes coquí frogs so successful in Hawaiʻi | Read the study
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