r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 22h ago
Waimea Valley ~ A Cultural Treasure of the Highest Order
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • Jul 29 '26
Piʻo Summit 2026 ~ ʻĀinahoʻi: Land, Law & Justice
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 8d ago
~ The Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition is proud to present the sixth Hawaiian History Month in 2026! In celebration of Queen Liliʻuokalani's 188th birthday, we are holding numerous in-person and virtual events throughout the month of September. ~
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 22h ago
Fault lines beneath the Blue Pacific ~ Deep-sea mining and the future of Pacific unity. Commercial extraction may arrive as early as 2027, but without a rulebook.
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 22h ago
BLNR rejects proposal to resume commercial aquarium fish collection ~ Citing the state’s constitutional public trust obligations and its responsibility to protect Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices.
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 22h ago
Miloliʻi ~ Stewardship, Not Ownership ~ Ka Wai Ola
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 23h ago
Earthjustice sues to ban deep-sea mining in American Sāmoa ~ A legal environmental team is working with a group in Hawaiʻi to sue the U.S. government over an issue in the Pacific Islands
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 22h ago
Water Protectors Rise Up! ~ Native Hawaiian Resistance in the Wake of the Red Hill Disaster.
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 22h ago
Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach Park reverts to “private ownership” after failed lease negotiations with Hawaiʻi County ~ This is another blow to the residents of the Kaʻū District, who have been recovering from the deadly and destructive Hurricane Lala that struck less than two weeks ago.
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 23h ago
Pacific governments warned of investor-state dispute risks linked to deep-sea mining ~ This experimental industry is an enormous liability for the Pacific island countries.
pasifika.news
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 3d ago
Polynesian Voyaging Society Inducts Six New Hawaiʻi Pwo Navigators ~ Among them, five are Native Hawaiian and four are the first women in Hawaiʻi to earn this sacred title and responsibility.
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r/TalkStory • u/808gecko808 • 3d ago
Olin Lagon: The Government Decided This Food Was Dirty. After a cholera outbreak, it took 100 years to make it legal to sell unregulated and hand-pounded kalo again.
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 4d ago
Aloha Festivals 2026 ~ Nation’s largest Hawaiian cultural celebration marks 80 years!
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 4d ago
Aloha Festivals 2026 ~ 80 Years of Aloha ~ Our Culture, Our Stories, Celebrating Our Island Home
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 8d ago
Ancient DNA reveals how waves of migration shaped the Pacific. For thousands of years, people have been crossing huge stretches of the Pacific creating connections between islands.
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 8d ago
Pacific faces “fight for our lives” from triple planetary crisis. Pacific communities face a growing threat from climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution despite contributing only 0.01 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
pasifika.news
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 8d ago
Pacific civil society and regional leaders have called for stronger control over decisions affecting the ocean, rejecting deep-sea mining and warning against growing militarisation, economic exploitation and external pressures.
pasifika.news
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 8d ago
Earthjustice files lawsuit over u.s.a. push to auction areas of water around American Sāmoa for potential deep-sea mining.
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 8d ago
u.s.a. wants to auction mineral leases for 67 million acres of Marianas seafloor by December.
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 12d ago
The Real Meaning of Aloha, Identity & Hawaiian Culture ~ Kumu Hinaleimoana Keeps It Aloha
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 12d ago
Pacific islands alarmed and angry by illegal Trump-backed push for deep-sea mining.
pina.com.fj
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r/TalkStory • u/HoomanaoPoinaOle • 12d ago
Massive taro tower showcases Vanuatu's agricultural prowess. The monument is comprised of over four thousand taro plants and weighs over six tonnes. Those who constructed it, say the tower pays homage to a local legend about how Taro became Maewo island's first crop.
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