Hawaiian – University of Hawaiʻi System News

Raising awareness of Hawaiian forest birds through art and music

May 15, 2018
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The Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds is a multidisciplinary effort to educate elementary and secondary students on Oʻahu about Hawaiʻi’s endangered native bird species and the importance of conservation efforts.

Students record memories to preserve Waialua’s past

May 8, 2018
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The UH Mānoa North Shore Field School guided students in the recording of oral history to preserve the experiences of kūpuna in Waialua.

UH campuses to issue diplomas in Hawaiian and English

May 8, 2018
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All UH campuses will issue its graduates two diplomas in English and Hawaiian beginning the 2017–2018 academic year.

Disney’s Moana to make world premiere in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi at Ko Olina’s World Oceans Day

May 1, 2018
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Hawaiʻi’s Auliʻi Cravalho and cast members of the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi-version of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana will walk the blue carpet for its premiere at World Oceans Day on Sunday, June 10, at Ko Olina Resort.

Nicole Scherzinger to reprise role in Hawaiian-language version of Disney’s Moana

April 5, 2018
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Nicole Scherzinger will join the all-Hawaiʻi cast in a reprisal of her role as Sina in the Hawaiian-language version of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana.

Native Hawaiian newspapers of the past reveal destruction of 1871 hurricane

April 4, 2018
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Researchers Steven Businger and Thomas Shroeder partnered with Puakea Nogelmeier and his graduate students to produce the timeline.

New book details Native Hawaiian relationships with Pacific Islanders through travel

April 3, 2018
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UH West Oʻahu assistant professor Kealani Cook’s publishes Return to Kahiki: Native Hawaiians in Oceania.

Panel to discuss 1978 Constitutional Convention and impact on 2018 vote

March 7, 2018
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This is the second in a four-part series of forums organized by the School of Hawaiian Knowledge.

Senate honors UH Hawaiian language leaders

February 26, 2018
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The Hawaiʻi State Senate honored five Hawaiian language kumu for their leadership in reviving and teaching ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi in our schools statewide.

Makahiki celebrated at Kapiʻolani CC

January 30, 2018
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Makahiki is a sacred time for Native Hawaiians, a time of peace and cessation of warfare. It is also a time to appreciate all that has been harvested and to share in the abundance.