The new Hilo Story Maps on the Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation website intertwines stories, archival pictures, history and topographical information to deepen our aloha for Hilo town. Lokelani Brandt is a senior archeologist with ASM Affiliates based in Hilo. She shared more about the project.
Affordable housing, angst over tourism, safeguarding resources, disputes with the military Hawaiʻi faces many of the same issues today that it faced about a generation ago, during the Hawaiian Renaissance. HPR's Noe Tanigawa begins a look back at the issues and music of that time in the 1970s, with this perspective from former Gov. John Waiheʻe.
Along with the rest of Hawaiʻi, Waikīkī has seen domestic tourism bounce back faster than many expected. This summer, Hawaiʻi Public Radio brings you a closer look at all things Waikīkī, but not just the tourism numbers.
The coronavirus pandemic forced everyone to evaluate how to stay safe in an uncertain environment. For Kumu Hula, or master teachers of Hula, it was no different. They originally convened to find a cultural response to the pandemic. Then, the conversations deepened.
About 200 Kumu Hula, or Hula teachers, have now signed on to a statement declaring what hula is, and how to protect its future. The Huamakahikina Declaration on the Integrity, Stewardship and Protection of Hula was drafted at a congress of hula practitioners this past September. Two of them joined The Aloha Friday Conversation to walk us through some of the major ideas.