University of Hawai‘i

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, co-leader of the Māori Party in Aotearoa, or New Zealand, was suspended last year after participating in a haka on the Parliament floor in protest of the Treaty Principles Bill.

A recent report from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa takes a hard look at the challenges faced by SNAP recipients and administrators on Oʻahu.

New cases of ROD are confirmed in a U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service lab in Hilo. For the duration of the shutdown, the lab is not processing new samples.

The Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) laboratory director David Karl spoke to The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about the groundbreaking research he’s been involved in at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus.

Camille Nelson, the dean at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law, said she was surprised when she received the award letter back in August.

Researchers Megan Porter and Becky Chong received a grant from the National Science Foundation in 2022 to study biodiversity in Hawaiʻi Island's lava tubes. "We're still finding new species all the time," Porter said.

UH has been able to pay them with internal funds, but it costs more than $20 million a pay period — every two weeks — for the system to match their salaries.

Ben Jones, director of ocean science and technology for the UH Applied Research Laboratory, spoke to The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about the delayed reef and energy project moving to an area near Kalaeloa, Oʻahu.

The report found that 60% of the surveyed students suffer from one type of severe food insecurity, meaning they were concerned about running out of food before they got the money to buy more.

Alphie Garcia and Kawena Komeiji of the University of Hawaiʻi library system spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about the Kaʻohipōhaku project.