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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is a self-governing corporate body of the State of Hawaii created by the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention. [2] [3] It is often described as the fourth branch of government in Hawaiʻi. [4] [5] OHA's mandate is to advance the education, health, housing and economics (Kānaka Maoli) Native
Molokai (/ ˌ m oʊ l oʊ ˈ k aɪ / [2]) (Hawaiian: Molokaʻi pronounced [ˈmoloˈkɐi, ˈmoloˈkɐʔi] [3]) is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Apr. 16—The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is forging ahead with its pledge to develop 30 acres of underutilized and largely waterfront land in Kakaako despite head winds in the community, the state ...
Maui, Lanai, and Molokai Last recorded on Molokai in 1904, with unconfirmed reports lasting until 1915. A bird thought to be this species was observed on Maui in 1981. It declined due to habitat destruction for agriculture and grazing feral mammals, before being wiped out by introduced black rats and diseases carried by mosquitos. [25] Kauaʻi ...
Map showing the location of Nihoa in the Hawaiian island chain. Nihoa (/ n iː ˈ h oʊ. ə /; Hawaiian: Nīhoa [niːˈhowə] or Hawaiian: Nihoa), also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI).
In 2024, he was elected as a trustee to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, with fellow board members electing him as chair. [1] Kahele is a member of the Democratic Party [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the son of the late Hawaii Senate member Gil Kahele .
All nine members of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees are elected in nonpartisan statewide contests. Trustees are elected to a four-year term by general election of Hawaii registered voters. The islands of Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and Hawai‘i each have one representative trustee; the rest serve in an at-large capacity.
The Aliʻi nui were high chiefs of the four main Hawaiian Islands.The rulers of Molokaʻi, like those of the other Hawaiian islands, claimed descent from god Wākea.. The traditional history of Molokaʻi is fragmentary.