“Waikiki” debuted at the Urban World Film Festival in 2020. In his debut feature film, Christopher Kahunahana intertwines modern Hawaiian culture with the historical generational ills of native people ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- "Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people," says Desiree Elder, a Hula instructor with the Polynesian dance revue, Island Spice. "Many ...

Kumu Hula Leina’ala Pavao-Jardin was among the most shocking news for the hula world. As the leader of Kauai’s award-winning ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Prince Kuhio Day celebrates the royal heir turned statesman who is remembered by his long-lived ambitions to keep Native Hawaiians in Hawaiian soil. Prince Jonah Kuhio ...

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Mehana Hind stands in the center of a hotel conference room with a wide, welcoming grin. "Aloha," she says to members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, newly arrived from the ...

Hawaiian immersion students at Kalama Intermediate chant in Hawaiian during the dedication of a new mural on the school’s campus. The Maui News / Matthew Thayer archive photo Once banned in public ...

Visitor counts to Hawaii haven't bounced back to pre-pandemic levels, but their spending has reached heights unseen. In the first half of 2025, visitor spending totaled $10.95 billion, an increase ...

Akiemi Glenn, founder and director of The Popolo Project, began laying the foundation for the organization about 15 years ago in an effort to help Black people in Hawaii become more connected to their ...

Hawaii Is Reviving a Risky Play to Get Hawaiians Into Homes Betty Ann Hurdle spent 54 years on the Hawaiian homelands waitlist before finally receiving an award in March for property in Kapolei. Hours ...

MAUI, Hawai'i (Island News) -- Some are worried for West Maui waters after Hinano Rodrigues was appointed to the Commission on Water Resource Management. "Hinano being part of the water commission, 'a ...