Join us for a special episode of Midday Mana'o, filmed during the 21st Annual Native Hawaiian Convention. Listen to Pu'uhonua leaders to explore new paradigms in how Hawai'i can address our affordable housing crisis. With Twinkle Borge, James Pakele, Colbert Matsumoto, Xan Avendano, and moderated by Michelle Ka'uhane.

Pu'uhonua O Wai'anae is a village of approximately 250 people living unhoused on the edge of the Wai'anae Boat Harbor on the leeward side of O'ahu. It is home to keiki, kupuna and working families. Two-thirds are Native Hawaiian. The village is led by Twinkle Borge, a longtime village resident affectionately known as, “Mama." The people of Pu'uhonua O Wai'anae have built a remarkable community that, in many ways, is a role model for other communities. We know our neighbors, caring for children is a shared kuleana, rules are created and honored by residents, and community service is expected from everyone. Our village is also a refuge where many heal from financial disaster, trauma, abuse, addiction, injury or illness. In 2020, they completed fundraising to purchase land and bought a 20-acre property in the back of Wai'anae Valley. Village leaders then refined plans and designs for the site and structures, clearing and healing the land. They also built the first pilots for communal structures and homes on the land.  

Today, the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and the Hawaiian Wayfund are focused on raising the funds to support the continued building.  

Your tax-deductible donation will help improve the quality of life for others.  Mahalo! 

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Join us for a special episode of Midday Mana’o coming straight from the 21st Annual Native Hawaiian Convention. Watch and listen to key players of Kapūkakī (Red Hill) discuss the ongoing water crisis and its implications for Honoluluʻs future. 

Nā’alehu Anthony, Native Hawaiian Film Maker and Board of Directors for the Honolulu Board of Water; Wayne Tanaka the Executive Director of Sierra Club Hawai'i; Ernie Lau, Board of Water Supply Manager and Chief Engineer; Kathleen Ho, Deputy Director for Environmental Health from the State of Hawai'i Department of Health; and Rear Admiral Stephen Barnett, Commander, Navy Region Hawai'i.

This week, Manu and Mehana are joined, via zoom, by Rebecca Soon and Dr. Kealoha Fox for a robust discussion about the implications of Dobbs v. Jackson, which recently overruled Roe v. Wade and eliminated the US constitutional right to an abortion. They also weave in the Hawaiian cultural traditions around family planning and women's health as documented in our history and moʻolelo.

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The Fourth of July - the United States' Independence Day - has a complex history in Hawaiʻi. The forces that illegally overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi sought to symbolically bring the islands closer to the U.S. in part by using July 4th as the date for significant political acts. This includes the promulgation of a new constitution that established the Republic of Hawaiʻi (July 4, 1894) and the approval of the Newlands Resolution, which purported to annex Hawaiʻi (July 4, 1898; signed by President McKinley on July 7, 1898). Join Manu and Mehana for a lively discussion about the July 4th holiday, Native Hawaiians’ complicated relationship with the United States and Hawaiian Kingdom national holidays.

On this episode of Midday Mana’o, Manu and Mehana speak on the renaming of Kauaʻi Russian Fort Elizabeth to Pāʻulaʻula and the importance of place names around our pae ʻāina.

Manu and Mehana also sit down and talk story with Dr. Noe Noe Wong-Wilson on the topic of Maunakea. She shares her experience living on the mauna for nine months and discusses the current status of Maunakea with the passing of House Bill 2024.

ABOUT MIDDAY MANAʻO

Hosted by Manu Boyd and Mehanaokala Hind, join us each week for a show full of laughs, throwbacks, and much manaʻo. Our hosts sit down with friends and talk about the latest in Native Hawaiian news and entertainment. Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm... this is the show you don't want to miss.

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In this episode of Midday Manaʻo, Manu and Mehana are joined by CNHA's own Cultural Ambassador Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, known worldwide as Kumu Hina. Come listen and learn about Kumu Hinaʻs journey into becoming her "Kū Haʻaheo self," as well as her recent project involving the Healing Stones of Kapaemahu.

Huliau, hulihia, the time transformative change is on the horizon for Hawaiʻi. In this episode, Manu and Mehana speak to CNHA CEO Kūhiō Lewis about the word Hulihia as the theme for the 21st Annual Native Hawaiian Convention happening on July 19-22, 2022 and they share memories from past convention years as the space to bring people together to have conversations and ignite change for the future.

On this episode of Midday Mana’o, Manu and Mehana speak with Kumu Hula Robert Cazimero and talk about his latest adventures from his latest CD release to his recent return from his Japan tour. Topics of the $600 million heading to DHHL, Oʻahu’s water crisis, and Iwi Kūpuna repatriation efforts taking place in Aotearoa are in this week's hot discussions.

ABOUT MIDDAY MANAʻO

Hosted by Manu Boyd and Mehanaokala Hind, join us each week for a show full of laughs, throwbacks, and much manaʻo. Our hosts sit down with friends and talk about the latest in Native Hawaiian news and entertainment. Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm... this is the show you don't want to miss.

Learn more at hawaiiancouncil.org/podcast

In our inaugural episode, Manu Boyd and Mehanaokala Hind share the purpose of Midday Manaʻo and reflect on recent events and leaders in our Native Hawaiian Community.

Hosted by Manu Boyd and Mehanaokala Hind, join us each week for a show full of laughs, throwbacks, and much manaʻo. Our hosts sit down with friends and talk about the latest in Native Hawaiian news and entertainment.

Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm... this is the show you don't want to miss.