ʻOiai ka Pūʻali Koa e ʻimi nei i ala e hōʻano hou ai i nā palapala hoʻolimalima ma kekahi mau ʻāina Hawaiʻi, he hanahana mau nō ka hukihuki ʻana no ke ʻano o kona mau lā nehinei me kona mau lā ʻāpōpō.

Ua holomua pono ka polokalamu o ke Kulanui Kaiāulu ʻo Koʻolau ma muli o nā Kānaka Maoli e ʻimi ana i ka pilina i ko lākou kulāiwi. 

No Waiʻanae me ʻEwa ka nui loa o nā maʻi ʻana i ke COVID-19 ma Oʻahu nei i loko o nā pule iho nei i hala.

Ma kekahi hoʻokolokolo e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻāhewa ʻia ko Katherine Kealoha kaikunāne ʻo Rudolph Puana i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i kekahi lina lāʻau kuhikuhi ma kona kikowaena lāʻau hoʻēmi ʻeha ma ka Moku o Keawe. 

ʻŌlelo mai ke kenekoa no Hawaiʻi, he manawa kūikawā ko nā Demokalaka e hoʻoponopono ai i nā kenekulia i piha i ka hoʻokae ʻili, ʻo kekahi ʻano e kō ai, aia nō ma ka hoʻolako waiwai ʻana i nā kaiāulu ʻŌiwi.

Manaʻo ke kamaʻāina no Waiʻanae i ka hiki ʻana o ke kiawe ke hulihia i ko Oʻahu ʻōnaehana meaʻai a kōkua i kēia hanauna aʻe e aloha aku i ko lākou ʻāina noho. 

ʻO nā papahana e kūlia nui nei i ke kūkulu ʻia mai o kauhale a hana lawelawe paha no ka poʻe ʻuʻuku o ke kālā, ke kūʻē ʻia nei e nā kaiāulu e makemake ʻole e komo mai ia ʻano poʻe ma ko lākou mau kaiahome.

Ua hala ua kanaka nei he haku mele, he mea kākau, he mea noiʻi, a he kumu ma Honolulu i ka piha ʻana o ka makahiki he 71 iā ia.

ʻO nā ʻeka he kanawalu e lilo ana iā Hawaiian Homes Land Trust, he kūpono nō paha ia no nā hale noho loa ma lalo o ke kānāwai a ka ʻĀhaʻōlelo Lāhui i ʻāpono aku ai ma ka makahiki 1995. 

The requirement to transfer leased agricultural and pasture lands to the Department of Agriculture has been in place for decades. The state needs to finally do just that.