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Nā Loea: The Great Heart of Waiokāne

Nā Loea: The Great Heart of Waiokāne

Fulfilling a soldier’s duty to preserve life, Edward Wendt personifies servant leadership with a tenacious resolve to fight for what is right. A Vietnam War veteran and a strong advocate for native Hawaiian rights, he used ancestral knowledge to survive in both...

Nā Loea: Mālama Moʻomomi

Nā Loea: Mālama Moʻomomi

Mālama Moʻomomi features “Mac” Poepoe, a native Hawaiian fisherman and community leader on Molokaʻi, who has dedicated his life to sharing his knowledge of traditional resource management with the hope of ensuring that this ocean “ice box” will be well-stocked for...

Impact of Names

Impact of Names

The editors of a new book on Aboriginal languages say more than a million Indigenous place names are in danger of being lost forever. Are our indigenous names getting the recognition they deserve and what is achieved by re-naming places by their indigenous name. And...

Indigenous Peopleʻs Day

Indigenous Peopleʻs Day

The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of the World's Indigenous People is observed on August 9 each year to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. This event also recognizes the achievements and contributions that indigenous people...

Indigenous Insight – Natural Disasters

Indigenous Insight – Natural Disasters

An international indigenous news and current affairs programme with stories sourced from members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network.(SERIES PREMIERE) In this episode we look at the effect of natural disasters on culture and heritage.

Indigenous Insight – Conservation

Indigenous Insight – Conservation

In this episode we look at how indigenous cultures around the world are being affected by the destruction of their land and how important conservation has become in protecting cultures.

Wahi Koʻikoʻi – Waiʻau – English

Wahi Koʻikoʻi – Waiʻau – English

Maunakea, a sacred place of Hawaiian deities, is also a good example of a wahi pana. We use this place to explain the idea of pana in telling the pana of Waiʻau.

Mauna Kea

Mauna Kea

A look at the ongoing efforts to care for the natural, cultural, and scientific resources of Mauna Kea.   20090608

TMT

TMT

The Thirty-Meter Telescope Project held seven state-wide meetings collecting comments from the public on their draft Environmental Impact Statement. 20090706

UH Mānoa Mural Protest

UH Mānoa Mural Protest

Hundreds gathered this morning in front of Ka Leo's office at UH Mānoa in protest for a student's mural that was partially censored by the school. The mural was made as part of the Ka Leo Arts Festival and brought attention to the controversial telescope construction...

Mauna Kea: Aloha ʻĀina Warriors

Mauna Kea: Aloha ʻĀina Warriors

Ke mau nei nō ka hana kū kiaʻi mauna a nā koa aloha ʻāina i meae hoʻokū ʻia ai ke kūkulu ʻia o ka ʻohe nānā 30 mika ma Mauna Kea. Ma ka nui ʻana aʻe o nā kānaka e alu like ana, pēia pū ka ʻume ʻia ai o nā hoa kākoʻo hou aku me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻia. Aloha ʻĀina Warriors...

Kapu Aloha

Kapu Aloha

Aloha ‘Āina Protectors, grounded in aloha and respect, are resolved to suceed. Organizers are appealing to everyone to approach this process with a deep sense of aloha, respect, thoughtfulness and purpose by declaring a “kapu aloha,” or a mandate for aloha in their...

NASA/Keck Outrigger Telescopes Project

NASA/Keck Outrigger Telescopes Project

In a series of four community meetings on Hawai'i island in October of 2001, representatives from NASA and the W. M. Keck Observatory presented their plan to add six new telescopes to their array atop Mauna Kea, including proposed plans for restoring disturbed habitat...

Hula Kiaʻi Mauna

Hula Kiaʻi Mauna

Komo like nō nā ʻano kānaka hana noʻeau mai ʻō a ʻō i ke kalewa a kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau hana nani a launa ʻole ma ka pule Mele Manaka. No Manaola, he mea hou aku kāna e kaʻana aku ai i pili iā Mauna Kea. Merrie Monarch week brings artists from all over Hawaiʻi to...

Aloha ʻĀina Merrie Monarch Parade

Aloha ʻĀina Merrie Monarch Parade

People gathered in celebration of culture, and aloha ʻāina at this years Merrie Monarch Parade. Ma ka paikau Mele Manaka i hui like ai nā kānaka no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i nā hana kuʻuna, keu hoʻi ʻo ke aloha ʻāina.

Kū Kiaʻi Mauna Rally at ʻIolani Palace

Kū Kiaʻi Mauna Rally at ʻIolani Palace

Over 3,000 attended the Kū Kiaʻi Rally on the grounds of ʻIolani Palace on Sunday, April 12, 2015. For long-time Aloha ʻĀina Activist Walter Ritte, who was celebrating his 70th birthday, there was no other place he wanted to be than with this next generation taking...

OHA to Capitol March: Full Version

OHA to Capitol March: Full Version

Hundreds attended the Kū Kia‘i Mauna March from OHA offices to the State Capital in Honolulu on April 21, 2015. Thousands more tuned in on our live stream. This is a rebroadcast of the stream and the event as it unfolded.

E Hoʻomākaukau Haupia

E Hoʻomākaukau Haupia

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   Larry Kimura visits Helen Haleola Lee Hong at the Keliʻihoʻomalu family residence in Kaimu on Hawaiʻi island, to learn how to prepare haupia (coconut pudding).

Mauna Kea – Temple Under Siege

Mauna Kea – Temple Under Siege

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   Mauna Kea - Temple Under Siege paints a portrait of a mountain that has become a symbol of the Hawaiian struggle for physical, cultural and political survival. The program explores conflicting forces as they play themselves out in...

Lāhui Maoli – Native Species

Lāhui Maoli – Native Species

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   An island-by-island survey of Hawaiian native species of birds, snails, fish and insects, all identified by their Hawaiian names and described through ʻōlelo noʻeau (wise sayings) in Hawaiian and English. Narrated by Ekela...

PIKO – A Gathering of Indigenous Artists

PIKO – A Gathering of Indigenous Artists

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   Held in June 2007, the PIKO gathering brought together 115 master and emerging indigenous artists from Aotearoa, Australia, Torres Strait Islands, Mauritius and Papua New Guinea, as well as First Nations and Native American...

Ka Wai – Source of Life

Ka Wai – Source of Life

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   Hosted by well-known kupuna, Eddie Kaʻanana, this video focuses on traditional Hawaiian values regarding the precious resource, ka wai, fresh water. The usage and respect for water sources such as streams and springs and the us of...

Islands at Risk – Genetic Engineering in Hawaiʻi

Islands at Risk – Genetic Engineering in Hawaiʻi

Produced by Earthjustice Directed by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   Focusing on local experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMO’s), the program features Hawai’i farmers, teachers, legal and medical experts and community activists who share their perspective on...

Kahoʻolawe Aloha ʻĀina

Kahoʻolawe Aloha ʻĀina

Produced by the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana Directed by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   Kaho'olawe Aloha 'Āina focuses on the cultural, political and military significance of the little-known "target island" of Kaho'olawe in the Hawaiian archipelago. The Hawaiian term aloha...

Stolen Waters

Stolen Waters

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   This video documents the battle over the water in Waiahole Ditch on the island of O'ahu, where taro farmers and long-time residents seek to reclaim the natural stream waters that were taken in the early 1900's by sugar...

Ka Nani Aʻo Kaʻū

Ka Nani Aʻo Kaʻū

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina A talk-story session with beloved kumu hula (hula master) George Na'ope about the composing of Ka Nani A'o Ka'u during a visit to Ka'u. Features scenic areas described in the song such as Kaulana Bay, Wai'ahukini, Palahemo and Ka Lae.

Uncle Harry Mitchell Part 4

Uncle Harry Mitchell Part 4

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina.   Various interviews and other video documentation of the beloved Maui kupuna (elder) of the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, Harry Kunihi Mitchell. Documentation covers the period from 1982 through 1989.

Uncle Harry Mitchell Part 3

Uncle Harry Mitchell Part 3

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina.   Various interviews and other video documentation of the beloved Maui kupuna (elder) of the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, Harry Kunihi Mitchell. Documentation covers the period from 1982 through 1989.

Uncle Harry Mitchell Part 2

Uncle Harry Mitchell Part 2

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   Various interviews and other video documentation of the beloved Maui kupuna (elder) of the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, Harry Kunihi Mitchell. Documentation covers the period from 1982 through 1989.

Uncle Harry Mitchell Part 1

Uncle Harry Mitchell Part 1

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina.   Various interviews and other video documentation of the beloved Maui kupuna (elder) of the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, Harry Kunihi Mitchell. Documentation covers the period from 1982 through 1989.

Nā ‘Ono o ka ‘Āina

Nā ‘Ono o ka ‘Āina

This video is set to a song, Na ‘Ono o ka ‘Aina (“The Delectable Taros of the Land”), inspired by renowned Hawaiian cultural educator Edith Kanaka’ole. Written by Kalani Meinecke and George Kahumoku, Jr. and performed by Kekuhi Kanahele and friends, the song praises...

Ke Kai – The Sea

Ke Kai – The Sea

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   Fisherman Ray Kalili supervises a neighborhood hukilau, or community fishing event, on Oʻahuʻs windward coast. Anthropologist Marion Kelly describes the historic use of fishponds in old Hawaiʻi. Navigator Nainoa Thompson explains...

Today’s Makaʻāinana – The Fisherman & the Farmer

Today’s Makaʻāinana – The Fisherman & the Farmer

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   Fisherman Kaiana Ahmad takes us out on an aku (tuna) boat for a day of deep-sea fishing. He shows how sea birds help fishermen to find the fish and demonstrates the use of fishhooks and lures. Keoki Fukumitsu shares his life as a...

Nā Hulu Kupuna – Katherine Maunakea

Nā Hulu Kupuna – Katherine Maunakea

Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina   In this program, interviewer Ku Kahakalau visits with Katherine Maunakea on the Wai'anae coast. After relating a short history of her early life in Kula, Maui, in the Puna district of the Big Island and in Nanakuli on O'ahu,...

Nā ‘Ono o ka ‘Āina

Nā ‘Ono o ka ‘Āina

This video is set to a song, Na ‘Ono o ka ‘Aina (“The Delectable Taros of the Land”), inspired by renowned Hawaiian cultural educator Edith Kanaka’ole. Written by Kalani Meinecke and George Kahumoku, Jr. and performed by Kekuhi Kanahele and friends, the song praises...