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Ānuenue means “rainbow.” It is a name given to the Kula Kaiapuni in Pālolo, the first DOE school devoted entirely to the immersion teaching of children in the Hawaiian language. -
Entry restrictions have been put into place quickly in many countries after the emergence of the latest variant of COVID-19. They are targeted at travelers from a number of African countries — but a new study out from the United Nations shows many locations across the Asia Pacific still have tight rules on visitors from any country. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more.
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Gov. David Ige says Hawaiʻi is seeing domestic visitor arrivals return to their pre-pandemic levels, while international visitors are returning more slowly. When it comes to Hawaiʻi residents traveling elsewhere in the Pacific, it’s still a mixed picture. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more. -
Our Hawaiian word for today is a famous Kaua‘i place name, Waiʻaleʻale. It means “rippling, or overflowing water.” Waiʻaleʻale is the highest mountain on Kauaʻi, and boasts an annual rainfall of more than 475 inches a year.
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The price of gasoline has continued to spike across the country. That’s led the Biden administration to announce Tuesday that it will tap the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve — and whether the Biden administration will tap into the emergency stockpile. And it’s also raising some questions in the Asia-Pacific. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more.
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Often we hear Hawaiians speak of their ʻaumakua, their family or personal god – deified ancestors who might assume the shape of sharks, owls, hawks, mud hens, octopuses, eels, mice, rats, even clouds or plants.
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Here’s a bird everyone will likely be familiar with — it’s the myna! Myna birds are everywhere. (Really, we wish we were kidding.) They’ve been declared one of the world’s worst invasive species. We’ve got their song for you today, thanks to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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Local hotels and others dependent on tourism are keeping a close eye on visitor arrivals to the islands as the holiday season approaches. Another warm-weather beach destination has had a slow start as it re-opens — and is now rolling out plans for 2022. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more.
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Our Hawaiian word for today is naupaka, a native species of shrubs found in both the mountains and on the coasts. And who hasn't heard the stories about why the shrub flowers that look like half flowers?
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This has been a devastating couple of weeks for air pollution in the capital of India. New Delhi suffers from seasonal smog — but this month the air quality has been even worse than usual. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more.
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Our Hawaiian Word of the Day is wailele or waterfall. Literally, wailele means leaping water. And although it is a generic term, it is also is used in many place names and songs. Such as the popular Wailele ʻO ʻAkaka.
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President Biden spent several hours earlier this week in a video meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. There are a series of other U.S. government talks underway this week in the region—although none of them involve China. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more.
