history

It’s been 115 years since James Dole moved his pineapple canning operations to Honolulu — and more than 30 years since it closed. But you can still hear the stories of those who worked there, thanks to the Center for Oral History at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Before tourism, sugar and pineapple dominated Hawaiʻi’s economy, employing more than 19,000 workers. As part of a project with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Ethnic Studies Center for Oral History, HPR is bringing you voices of Hawaiʻi's past — sharing life stories of resilience.

Nearly 14,000 sugar workers went on strike for 128 days. But the strike was nonviolent, and there was a sense that management and the union had become partners to survive the industry. As part of a continuing partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi at Manōa Center for Oral History, HPR brings you the voice of a union worker remembering that strike.

A bill to stand-up the commission passed out of the City Council’s Housing and the Economy committee on Tuesday following discussion with the city Department of Planning and Permitting.

Amber Khan worked as a producer on The Conversation for several years. She left to get her Masters of Fine Arts in London. We talked with her this morning about the mood of the city during this time of great change.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the team from the JACL Honolulu — all in their 20s and 30s and mostly volunteers — worked to get redress for 3,000 to 4,000 Japanese in Hawaiʻi who were unlawfully evacuated and incarcerated. HPR’s Jayna Omaye spoke with them about their reunion and their experiences as young leaders.

With only four days' notice in 1975, then-Hawaiʻi First Lady Jean Ariyoshi hosted the monarch on one of the queen's trips to the islands. The Conversation sat down with Ariyoshi at her Nuʻuanu Valley home, tucked up in the tree line ridge, to recall those memories from long ago.

The role of firm renewable generation in the future of our power grid; Nominees for the new Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority; Former Hawaiʻi first lady recalls hosting Queen Elizabeth II — with only four days' notice

The role of firm renewable generation in the future of our power grid; Nominees for the new Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority; Former Hawaiʻi first lady recalls hosting Queen Elizabeth II — with only four days' notice

On that day, three commercial fishermen were returning from a successful fishing trip off Ni’ihau when their 60-foot boat was caught in the hurricane. Two of the men were lost at sea, but the third man, 50-year-old Bob Ward, survived.