Feb. 27—A resolution celebrating February as Hawaiian Language Month, or Mahina Olelo Hawaii, was introduced by Hawaii's congressional delegation. A resolution celebrating February as Hawaiian ...

“In one generation, olelo Hawaii was nearly erased,” Kainoa Daines, co-author of “Island Wisdom: Hawaiian Traditions and Practices for a Meaningful Life” and senior director of the Hawaii Visitors and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - More and more, you’re seeing animated messages that promote the Hawaiian language showing up on social media posts and in online chats. They are a distinctly different type ...

(Reuters) - The Punana Leo language-immersion school in Lahaina, the historic former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, stood for decades as a gleaming symbol of the fight to stop Hawaiian language and ...

Jason Momoa drove a vintage pickup along a winding country road in Hawaii, a tattooed arm dangling out the window and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In July, a new law went into effect that requires official state documents using Hawaiian language words and names to be spelled “consistently.” The measure is part of a ...

HONOLULU The Hawaii Conservation Conference this year hosted a panel discussion in the Hawaiian language for the first time. “It really put a message out to the rest of the conservation world that ...

Hawaiian language activist Larry Kimura led the charge in the 1970s in getting Hawaii's Department of Education to sanction Hawaiian-language immersion schools. The state, however, did not offer any ...

HILO, Hawaii (KHON2) — Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke is on a mission to reaffirm that state’s commitment to Hawaiian language learning. Luke visited the Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Iki Laboratory Public ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. HTA Chief Stewardship Officer Kalani Ka‘ana‘ana said he is ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaii is known as the Aloha State and officials are hoping to show their love for the Hawaiian language with a new requirement to include the ʻokina on new license plates. Get news ...

The State Supreme Court of Hawaii held on Tuesday that a constitutional provision regarding Hawaiian education was intended to revive the Hawaiian language (‘ōlelo Hawai‘i) using reasonably accessible ...