ʻIolani Palace

Paula Akana of the Friends of ʻIolani Palace spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about Hawaiian language speakers at the Kamaʻāina Sunday event at ʻIolani Palace.

Historian with the Friends of ʻIolani Palace Zita Cup Choy and curatorial assistant Chase Benbow spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the history of measles and vaccinations during the Hawaiian Kingdom.

The annual march comes amid military lease negotiations and a legal challenge to Kamehameha Schools’ admission policy which gives preference to Native Hawaiians.

Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl is the playwright behind “Mai Poina: The Overthrow.” Kneubuhl and performers Alaka‘i Cunningham and John Wat spoke to The Conversation's DW Gibson about the play and what their involvement means to them.

Mehanaokalā Hind and her students are one of five hālau that performed the Kumulipo at ʻIolani Palace on Sunday to honor Queen Liliʻuokalani’s legacy. She translated the chant into English while imprisoned after the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

On his birthday Saturday, there will be free visits for kamaʻāina, with entertainment by the Royal Hawaiian Band and a review by the King’s Color Guard. The Conversation talked to historian Ron Williams Jr. about Kalākaua's visit to San Diego before his death in 1891.

The portrait of Hawaiʻi’s last reigning monarch, painted in the 1890s, was on view outside of Hawaiʻi for the first time. In Washington, D.C., it was a centerpiece of an exhibit entitled “1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions." The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has been following the portrait since it left ʻIolani Palace in 2022.

Many have been concerned about the fate of the foundation Abigail Kawānanakoa set up to benefit Hawaiians. Tens of millions will go to about a dozen other people who had claims on her estate, including her wife.

A Hawaiʻi delegation recently traveled to the National Portrait Gallery in our nation's capital to welcome the official portrait of Queen Liliʻuokalani. It's the first time the 130-year-old oil portrait is on view outside of Hawaiʻi.The Conversation's Catherine Cruz traveled to Washington, D.C., and spoke with the delegation about sharing the queen's story and getting the chance to see their ancestors listed in the Kūʻē Petitions.

More than 1,600 people arrived at ʻIolani Palace on Sunday to pay their respects to the late Abigail Kawānanakoa. The Campbell estate heiress was considered by many a princess because of her royal lineage. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.