History

The Conversation takes a trip back to past broadcasts on the world of travel and transportation.

The recent exhibition titled “Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans” at the British Museum in London has sparked complex emotions among Kānaka Maoli about the right and wrong ways for museums to display Hawaiian objects.

Board members of Hui Hānai, a nonprofit dedicated to Queen Liliʻuokalani, discuss their new book publishing the family letters Hawaiʻi’s last monarch

Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wearing lei from Hawaiʻi during the Selma-to-Montgomery marches are now on display in Honolulu.

Father's Day is approaching, and what do dads who are chefs want for their ideal Father's Day meal? Well, many say it's more about family than food. Roy Yamaguchi is founder of Hawaiʻi-style Roy's Restaurants. He prefers a family-style meal like shabu shabu. He wants everyone to gather and contribute, and would love some help with prep. And nobody should feel pressure to impress the chef. For these chefs, it's all about being together.

Recent allegations against César Chavez have sparked a renewed focus on Filipino contributions to the U.S. farmworker movement. Lawyers in Hawaiʻi are highlighting Pablo Manlapit, Hawaiʻi's first Filipino lawyer, who organized plantation workers for equal pay and an eight-hour workday.

The Conversation looks back on a groundbreaking exhibit organized by the British Museum called “Hawaiʻi: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans.”

For the first time in 20 years, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will visit Japan. Polynesians are not known for sailing to Japan, but King David Kalākaua sailed to the island country in 1881.

A historic ship called the Kaimiloa carrying six scientists from the Bishop Museum set sail more than 100 years ago on an ambitious voyage from San Francisco to Tahiti.

HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote reports on the state’s decision to cut tax credits for renewable energy; muralist Todd “Estria” Johnson shares more about his murals help enrich keiki and the community.