Feb. 6—A recently introduced bill in the Legislature would make Native Hawaiian language classes a required course in Hawaii public schools for grades elementary through high school, just as English ...

The Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association is holding free, online training sessions this fall to help travel advisors and others deepen their knowledge of the Aloha State. Available on Sept. 28, a ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – As technology advances, so do the opportunities we have to also advance. As Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or Hawaiian Language Month, progresses, a free online application known as ...

One of the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association's core missions is to educate the tourism industry workforce on Hawaii's culture. It offers many training sessions, and though it has been on a break ...

KE'EAU, Hawai'i — Portraits in the school's library are not of U.S. presidents but Hawaiian royalty, from King Kamehameha to Princess Ka'iulani. Near the classroom door rubber slippers are tidily ...

KANEOHE (KHON2) — State lawmakers are trying to pass bills that would require Hawaii’s public high schools to have Hawaiian language classes as a graduation requirement. Get Hawaii’s latest morning ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - When student government leader Raiyan Rafid helped organize free Hawaiian language classes on the UH-Manoa campus, he wasn’t sure if anyone would show up. But on ...

Columbus Day is recognized by many people as Indigenous Peoples' Day. A foreign language app with more than 300 million users is marking Columbus Day, which is alternatively recognized as Indigenous ...

Hawaiian immersion students at Kalama Intermediate chant in Hawaiian during the dedication of a new mural on the school’s campus. The Maui News / Matthew Thayer archive photo Once banned in public ...

“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 ...

Rep. Diamond Garcia with his grandmother Frances, who inspired him to propose HB 157. The pair is seen at the state Capitol on the Legislature’s opening day. Garcia also hopes that making these ...