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The state probate court is in the final stages of selecting a new trustee to oversee the $15.1 billion Kamehameha Schools trust established by Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. The most recent addition to the trustee board shares her insights on how KS has evolved over the past 140 years. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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Krystal Ka’ai, a graduate of Kamehameha Schools, is the first Native Hawaiian to ever lead the program. HPR sat down with her to talk about anti-Asian hate, the lack of racial break-up in data collection, and more.
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Hilarie Alomar has worked at Kamehameha Schools for nearly 20 years. Alomar joins two other planning and development directors, who are responsible for different areas in the state.
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Pa'akai is the Hawaiian word for salt. Pa’a means solid and kai means ocean. This week, The Conversation is exploring salt stories. We turn our attention to what used to be in Honolulu — and what is happening now in Kakaʻako.
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The serendipitous discovery of a rare, endangered plant out in the wild on the Big Island has conservationists jumping for joy — and working to save the species. Propagation technician Kallie Barnes and Kamehameha Schools' Amber Nāmaka Whitehead spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about finding Delissea argutidentata — a plant not seen in the area since the 1970s.
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Kamehameha Schools has announced a new director of planning and development. Melanie Pualani Hao will lead projects for Kamehameha’s commercial properties and master-planned communities.
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Windward Community College’s Family Child Essentials Program began last year to address the critical shortage in child care, but its completion rate has been low. That’s why Kamehameha Schools is partnering with the program.
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Twenty years ago, Disney released “Lilo & Stitch," the first feature-length animated movie set in Hawaiʻi. It tells the story of a 6-year-old Hawaiian girl who invites an extraterrestrial creature named Stitch into her ʻohana. The Conversation's Russell Subiono sat down with Chris Sanders, who not only co-wrote and co-directed the film, but also voiced the blue alien.
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U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chair Brian Schatz held a hearing Wednesday on the next steps following the U.S. Interior Department’s report on Indian boarding schools. The report confirmed that forced assimilation of Indigenous children was U.S. policy at over 400 known federal schools dating back to 1819.
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Kamehameha Schools opened the doors to its new Kikiwelawela Preschool in Heʻeia on Oʻahu this spring. After just three months, rising demand for early childhood education is prompting the school to expand — doubling its capacity for keiki this fall. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.