Niʻihau

The race for the Kauaʻi and Niʻihau seat in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is between incumbent Dan Ahuna and relative political newcomer Laura Lindsey. The two will face off at the Nov. 5 general election.

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.

John Clark spoke to The Conversation about what set him on this journey for his fifth book about the stories behind Hawaiʻi's place names.

February has been declared Hawaiian Language Month here in the islands. Its aim is to encourage the use of ??lelo Hawai?i. But which Hawaiian language?One…

Privately owned Ni’ihau Island residents are asking state lawmakers to help curtail fishing along their shorelines because their principle source of food…

The earliest Ni’ihau shell lei on record was collected by James Cook and is now at the British Museum. Queen Kapi’olani wore opera length strands of pearl…