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International competition between Native Hawaiian and Māori soccer players wrapped in Hilo last week with the signing of an agreement, securing future competition between the two groups. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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Hawaiʻi's only Hawaiian immersion school in the Niʻihau dialect is on a mission to publish 1,000 books in ʻōlelo Niʻihau. This Kauaʻi charter school has spent the last six years writing and publishing books in Niʻihau's native tongue. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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Kahakai Park in the Hawaiian Beaches Subdivision of Puna on Hawaiʻi Island now goes by a new name — Waiakahiʻula. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports that the name change honors the original place name and the rich cultural history of the area.
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The Lei Pua ʻAla Queer Histories Trail project aims to document and memorialize gender and sexual diversity across Hawaiʻi's multicultural landscape. HPR's Cassie Ordonio explains more about the sites.
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HB 2074 was one of 13 bills recently signed into law by Green, marking his renewed commitment to the Native Hawaiian people.
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Nā ʻAikāne O Maui is one step closer to rebuilding its Native Hawaiian cultural center after it was destroyed in the Lahaina wildfires.
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A long court battle over water in Central Maui has ended with the state Supreme Court calling on the Water Commission to be more proactive in its public trust duties. Justices found the commission failed to take the initiative to restore stream flow in Nā Wai ʻEhā when Hawaiʻi's last sugar plantation closed in 2016. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.
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Twenty years ago, a large pōhaku (stone) named Kānepō was lent by kūpuna from Hawaiʻi Island to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. Now, that pōhaku is scheduled to arrive home in August. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is in the process of establishing a private land trust for affordable housing beginning with 43 acres on the east side of Hawaiʻi Island.
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The banners, which are approximately 20 inches wide and 36 inches tall, were made specifically for King Kalākaua's 50th birthday jubilee in 1886. They were processed by Queen Liliʻuokalani's Educational Society and Queen Kapiʻolani's hula hālau.