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Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands this week elected a former foreign minister to become prime minister. It’s a development that suggests the South Pacific nation will keep its close ties with China. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.
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On Friday, the largest regional command in the United States will get a new leader in Hawaiʻi. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is already in Hawaiʻi for that ceremony and some unusual meetings. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
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Poeko means “fluent.” There are not many people who are truly poeko in the Hawaiian language, but the number is increasing. You don't have to be Hawaiian to be poeko in Hawaiian and you don't have to be a native speaker. Many who are poeko have learned Hawaiian as a second language.
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Our Hawaiian word for today is lawa, enough. You might hear it from a hula dancer who wants to end the song right then and there, and who tells the singer, “Lawa, enough already.” Or “aʻohe lawa ka manawa” – “there is not enough time.”
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Investigations are continuing into the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore — and that includes an international connection to Asia.
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Pololei means correct. Pololei ʻoe means “you are correct.”
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Every year, global motor shows have an increasing focus on electric vehicles. That's true this week in Thailand, as HPR's Bill Dorman explains in today's Asia Minute.
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Iwakālua, meaning twenty, is our Hawaiian word for today, and a good one to learn since it is a little different from all the other numbers in our counting.
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Pulelehua is the Hawaiian word for butterfly. There are so many beautiful butterflies in Hawaiʻi, it's good to know what to call them.
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Peʻa means a cross, or to cross. That's just one meaning, and there are many. But think of it when you make an “x” on the paper in a game of tic-tac-toe — that's a peʻa.
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One of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies is facing a sudden change in political leadership. The move adds uncertainty to a country that’s been attracting a great deal of foreign investment. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.
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Our Hawaiian word for today is kāpae, meaning to throw out, discard. Before you kāpae your old clothing, think about others who might be able to use them. Perhaps you could give them to someone, or to the Salvation Army or Goodwill industries.