Earlier this month, Chief of War premiered on Apple TV+ and completely blew me away. The historical drama focuses on the unification of the Hawaiian islands, mainly from the point of view of Kaʻiana ...

TULALIP, Wash. (HawaiiNewsNow) - Big crowds are coming to the Tulalip Casino resort in Washington for this year’s Native Hawaiian Convention. It’s a chance for Native Hawaiians across the country to ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In early 2025, new executive orders from Washington, D.C. put Native Hawaiian programs under a shadow of fear. What looked like a wave of federal changes against diversity, equity ...

Artist Lehuauakea holding a traditional Hawaiian kite made of kapa (all photos courtesy Lehuauakea) Lehuauakea, a Kanaka Maoli artist and practitioner of kapa, or Native Hawaiian bark clothmaking, ...

Sara Kehaulani Goo's family, who have owned land in Hana, Maui for nearly 200 years, almost lost it due to a property tax hike. The tax increase was triggered by satellite imagery revealing the land ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In an exciting development for Native Hawaiian representation in medicine, Dr. Keawe Kaholokula, a prominent health professor and chair of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health ...

Hundreds gathered at ‘Iolani Palace on Tuesday wearing blue and waving Hawaiian flags in support of Kamehameha Schools, following a new lawsuit challenging its admissions policy favoring Native ...

To help empower Native Hawaiians with the skills and knowledge required to tell authentic cultural stories for TV, film and social media, the Maui-based Native Hawaiian Philanthropy organization is ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement says a program to help Hawaiian families with energy costs has been eliminated. It’s the latest sign that Native Hawaiian ...

“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 ...

KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers ...