Native Hawaiians fear Maui wildfire destruction will lead to their cultural...
By Jackie McKay, CBC News, Aug 17, 2023 Keʻeaumoku Kapu has been handing out water, clothes, and emergency supplies to families in need out of the Walgreens parking lot in Lahaina, Maui. He said it is...
View ArticleHundreds Turn Out To Back Hawaiian Occupiers Of Famed Coco Palms Site
Several hundred supporters joined Coco Palms occupiers in a ceremony Sunday during the hour at which a judge’s order to evict a pair of Native Hawaiian activists from the property took effect. The...
View ArticleActivist: Maui police used excessive force despite peaceful protest
Police make arrests during protest against telescope construction in Hawaii. Photo: Hawaii News Now Hawaii News Now, August 3, 2017 MAKAWAO, MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) – After a handful of activists were...
View ArticleThirty Meter Telescope project dealt legal setback in Hawaii
Artists rendition of the Thirty Meter Telescope. Canadian industry, government heavily involved in project, which some Hawaiians have protested By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press, Dec 3,...
View ArticleHawaii: Eight protesters arrested on Mauna Kea
Some of those arrested on Sept 9, 2015 in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Photo: SF Chronicle. By Gregg Kakesako, Honololu Star Advisertiser, Sept 9, 2015 State conservation officers arrested eight protesters on...
View ArticleHawaii: Police Identify 20 Arrested and Charged For Demonstration Blocking...
Land defenders block transport trucks, July 31, 2015. Photo: Maui Now. by Maui Now, July 31, 2015 Maui police identified the 20 individuals arrested and charged for blocking a convoy of heavy equipment...
View ArticleProtestors Carried Away in Stand Against Development Atop Haleakalā
Police begin arresting protesters. Photo: Maui Now. By Wendy Osher, MauiNow.com, July 31, 2015 In a show of solidarity against further development atop Haleakalā, demonstrators on Maui secured...
View ArticleA July Snowstorm in Hawaii? The Mountain Answers Protectors’ Prayers
“It’s summer in Hawaii and Poliʻahu, the snow goddess, came to grace us in mid-July, the hottest month of the year. This is the power of pule (prayer) and believing in your culture and where you come...
View ArticleHawaii: Giant telescope work crews turn back; 11 arrested
One of eleven people arrested today blockading construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope. West Hawaii Today, June 24, 2015 Workers trying to make their way up Mauna Kea to restart construction of the...
View ArticleHawaii’s Thirty Meter Telescope website taken down in cyberattack
Indigenous Hawaiians protest against construction of the Thirty Metre Telescope, March 2015. By The Associated Press/Global News, April 27, 2015 HONOLULU – An apparent cyberattack Sunday temporarily...
View ArticleHawaii: Governor announces 1 week halt of Mauna Kea telescope construction
Thirty Meter Telescope protesters chant after being arrested from the telescope building site on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Hawaii News Now, April 7, 2015...
View ArticleA day after arrests, Mauna Kea telescope protest grows
By Ben Gutierrez, Hawaii News Now, April 4, 2015 MAUNA KEA, HAWAIi – A small group of activists started a blockade against construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea ten days ago. Now,...
View ArticleHawaii: Protesters arrested blocking road to giant telescope construction site
New Zealand Herald, April 3, 2015 Protesters on Hawaii’s Big Island have been blocking the road to a mountain peak where one of the world’s largest telescopes is being built. Hawaii County police...
View ArticleCaptain Cook Killed by Hawaiian Warriors, Feb 14, 1779
The death of Captain Cook. Captain Cook was an officer in the Royal Navy who carried out reconnaissance and surveying missions for the British government. His expeditions contributed to the...
View ArticleHawaii: Way of the Warrior
By Naomi Sodeta, Hana Hou! magazine Traditional Hawaiian warrior with helmet. As dusk falls over Honolulu, a dozen Hawaiian men and women clad in black T-shirts and shorts gather on wooden benches...
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