From the true significance of a lūʻau to what "aloha" actually asks of you, a native Hawaiian tells you what locals wish ...

Native Hawaiians will need to comply with new work requirements to qualify for Medicaid after being excluded from exemptions carved out for other Indigenous groups, an omission that clinicians fear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hawaii will receive $20 million in federal funds that will go to 17 Native Hawaiian organizations in efforts to restore native ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - An extremely poor Native Hawaiian will be a caretaker for some vacant land in West Oahu through a pilot project approved by the Hawaiian Homes Commission. De Mont Kalai ...

Native plants could soon become more prevalent in landscaping throughout Hawaii County under a proposed bill aimed at perpetuating and protecting the island’s unique ecosystems. Introduced by County ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — It has been one year since Kīlauea erupted, and for many Native Hawaiians the moment was not about fear or fascination but about how people show respect, care and aloha. On Dec. 23, ...

The art of playing in harmony with the ocean is something Native Hawaiians have done for centuries. It’s called surfing nowadays, but the ancient Hawaiians said he’e nalu, or “wave sliding.” It was ...

Red mangroves introduced to Hawaii in 1902 to control erosion have become invasive, clogging waterways, altering wetlands and ...

Kapono Chong-Hanssen says new Medicaid work requirements will erode the trust healthcare providers worked hard to build among ...

Challenging a 50-year-old narrative about Hawaiʻi's native birds, a new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa found no scientific evidence that Indigenous People hunted waterbird species to ...

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