NOT LIKE US
Sunday, March 23, 2025
THEY SAID "NO!" TO FEDERAL RECOGNITION ON “VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`IʻS FUTURE"
"How Hawaiians Saved Their Nation - A Visit With Kale Kanaeholo"
As a history student at UH, Kale Kanaeholo came across an event he had no recollection of even though it had happened only ten years before. The US Department of Interior had held meetings throughout Hawai`i in 2014 to see if Hawaiians wanted to become a US federally recognized tribe. Thousands of Hawaiians attended the meetings to say no, they wanted independence for Hawai`i instead. Kale was fascinated because it tied right back into a similar event from 1897. So he decided to write his graduate thesis about it. Join us in our visit with Kale as he tells us the amazing story of how Hawaiians saved their nation not once, but twice - Watch It Here
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Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.
Voices Of Truth airs throughout Hawai`i on all islands and reaches over 24 million households across the US and throughout the world. Check your local cable TV listings.
For news and issues that affect you, watch Free Hawai`i TV.
And for news from a kanaka point of view, watch Free Hawaii News.
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Friday, March 21, 2025
FREE HAWAI`I NEWS SHORT
WHY DO THE RICH PAY LESS FOR WATER ON MAUI?
WATCH IT HERE -
Want More? Watch The Full Episode Here - FreeHawaiiNews.com
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
FREE HAWAI`I TV
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
"HOW TARIFFS HELPED OVERTHROW THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM"
Tariffs Were Key To Overthrowing The Hawaiian Kingdom Government.
Today The US Is Using Tariffs Once Again.
To Destabilize & Take Over Foreign Countries.
Watch This For A Chilling Real-Time Reminder Of How Itʻs Done.
Monday, March 17, 2025
Sunday, March 16, 2025
HOW HAWAIIANS SAVED THEIR NATION ON “VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`IʻS FUTURE"
"How Hawaiians Saved Their Nation - A Visit With Kale Kanaeholo"
As a history student at UH, Kale Kanaeholo came across an event he had no recollection of even though it had happened only ten years before. The US Department of Interior had held meetings throughout Hawai`i in 2014 to see if Hawaiians wanted to become a US federally recognized tribe. Thousands of Hawaiians attended the meetings to say no, they wanted independence for Hawai`i instead. Kale was fascinated because it tied right back into a similar event from 1897. So he decided to write his graduate thesis about it. Join us in our visit with Kale as he tells us the amazing story of how Hawaiians saved their nation not once, but twice - Watch It Here
Now you can become a fan of Voices Of Truth on Facebook by clicking Here and see behind the scenes photos of our shows and a whole lot more.
Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.
Voices Of Truth airs throughout Hawai`i on all islands and reaches over 24 million households across the US and throughout the world. Check your local cable TV listings.
For news and issues that affect you, watch Free Hawai`i TV.
And for news from a kanaka point of view, watch Free Hawaii News.
All a part of the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network.
Please share our Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network videos with friends and colleagues. That's how we grow. Mahalo.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
KE AUPUNI UPDATE - MARCH 2025
Tariffs and the Overthrow…
U.S. President Trump’s recent announcements on raising tariffs is sending shockwaves through the international trade community. Tariffs not only have a profound effect on commerce and economics, but it can greatly affect the political health and status of nations.
What we are seeing today is a chilling, real-time reminder of the scenario that led to the “overthrow” of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893…
Here’s what happened. The huge influx of people triggered by the 1849 California Gold Rush created a huge demand for sugar in California. Ideally situated to meet that demand, the fledgling Hawaii sugar companies rapidly expanded putting thousands of acres into production and bringing in thousands of laborers from China. Then, ten years later, the American Civil War broke out. The Southern sugar-producing states seceded from the Union cutting off the Northern sugar consuming states from their supply of the sweet stuff. The Hawaii sugar planters stepped up to fill the need and the Hawaii sugar business exploded exponentially.
But after the Civil War as the Southern sugar returned to market, and tariffs on imports from foreign countries like the Hawaiian Kingdom began to be levied to protect American sugar production, the Hawaiian government and Hawaii’s sugar planters had to constantly negotiate with the US to keep tariff down to maintain higher market prices. Sometimes they succeeded, sometimes they did not.
To stop the roller-coaster of boom or bust, the sugar planters, the shipping industry, the purveyors of goods, the banks, etc., mostly owned and run by foreigners, came to the conclusion that the best way to keep their profits up, would be to have Hawaii annexed to the United States. If Hawaii was part of the US, there’d be no more tariffs and the rich would get richer and richer.
The problem they had was that the Monarchs, King Kalakaua and later, Queen Liliuokalani, and the Hawaiian people would have nothing to do with such a traitorous scheme — trading the sovereignty of their country so that a few rich and obnoxious haole could get richer and more obnoxious.
In 1887 the annexationists forced King Kalakaua to accept the infamous Bayonet Constitution, named for the manner in which it was obtained. This gave more governing power to the annexationists and reduced the power of the monarchs and the Hawaiian people.
The tipping point was the U.S. Congress’ passage of the Tariff Act of 1890, commonly called the McKinley Tariff… (Yes, that McKinley, who seven years later became the US President, and eight years later carried out the fake annexation of Hawaii). The McKinley Tariff greatly reduced all tariffs of foreign goods to practically zero… except for sugar from the Hawaiian Kingdom. This enraged the Hawaii sugar planters and deepened their resolve to annex the Hawaiian Islands to the United States, which they caried out three years later in collusion with the US military.
The taking of the Hawaiian Kingdom was fueled by sheer greed. More money and power for the sugar/commerce industry in Hawaii and an ideal military operations base for the US in the Pacific.
Aloha ʻĀina —
“Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station.” — Queen Liliʻuokalani
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono.
The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
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For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 7 PM, the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53.
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"Remember, for the latest updates and information about the Hawaiian Kingdom, check out the twice-a-month Ke Aupuni Updates published online on Facebook and other social media."
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Malama Pono,
Leon Siu
Hawaiian National
Friday, March 14, 2025
FREE HAWAI`I NEWS SHORT
PROGRESS IN REBUILDING LAHAINA?
WATCH IT HERE -
Want More? Watch The Full Episode Here - FreeHawaiiNews.com
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
FREE HAWAI`I TV
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
"WHERE DID THE $600 MILLION FOR HAWAIIAN HOMES GO?"
They Were Given $600 Million Dollars To Place Waiting Hawaiians In Homes.
Now Theyʻre Back Asking For More.
ʻWhere Did All That Money Go?ʻ Asks One Sharp Legislator.
Watch This To See Whoʻs About To Get Some Answers.
Monday, March 10, 2025
HAWAI`I SENATORS PUSH BIPARTISAN BILL FOR NEW STATE HOLIDAY
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - March 10, 2025
The list of annual state holidays in Hawai`i could grow by one under legislation that easily passed a milestone last week.
State senators voted 25-0 to approve and send to the House of Representatives a bill that would make Nov. 28 La Ku `oko `a, or Hawaiian Independence Day, as Hawai`i’s 14th official state holiday.
The Legislature in 2023 passed a bill to designate Nov. 28 as La Ku `oko `a to celebrate a historical recognition of the kingdom of Hawai`i’s independence dating to 1843. But that measure, which became Act 11, did not make the day a state holiday.
Now state lawmakers, via Senate Bill 614, are considering elevating La Ku `oko `a to an official holiday.
“We celebrate Fourth of July, American Independence Day, as an official state holiday, ” Sen. Kurt Fevella, a Republican who introduced the bill with two Democratic colleagues, Sens. Stanley Chang and Carol Fukunaga, said in the Senate chamber preceding Tuesday’s vote.
“It’s a day when 13 American colonies separated from Great Britain, ” said Fevella (R, Ewa Beach-Ocean Pointe-Iroquois Point ). “But why haven’t we celebrated when Hawai`i became a sovereign nation as a state holiday ? … Colleagues, let’s stand together for the Independence Day of our Hawai`i nei.”
Sunday, March 09, 2025
LABOR OF LOVE ON “VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`IʻS FUTURE"
"Labor Of Love - A Visit With Lehuakona Isaacs"
Kawai Nui Marsh, with many cultural and natural resources of international importance, is the largest wetlands in Hawai`i that supported a large population in ancient times. So when Lehuakona Isaacs heard it was in danger of being taken over by invasive plants, he knew something had to be done. Thatʻs when he and other volunteers sprang into action ultimately helping to restore Kawai Nui with native plants. Join us in our amazing visit with Lehuakona surrounded by the remarkable beauty of Kawai Nui as he explains why the area was so significant in ancient Hawai`i and why so many have worked so hard to save it today - Watch It Here
Now you can become a fan of Voices Of Truth on Facebook by clicking Here and see behind the scenes photos of our shows and a whole lot more.
Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.
Voices Of Truth airs throughout Hawai`i on all islands and reaches over 24 million households across the US and throughout the world. Check your local cable TV listings.
For news and issues that affect you, watch Free Hawai`i TV.
And for news from a kanaka point of view, watch Free Hawaii News.
All a part of the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network.
Please share our Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network videos with friends and colleagues. That's how we grow. Mahalo.
Friday, March 07, 2025
MARCH FREE HAWAII NEWS - WHOSE 3-MINUTE SPEECH IN THE HAWAII SENATE WENT VIRAL?
Then Lahaina Is Rebuilding Faster Than You Might Realize, Also Why Do The Rich Pay Less For Water On Maui? Plus Are Hawaiians Really That Special? And A Brand New Episode of Our Popular Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o
The March 2025 “Free Hawaii News” debuting tonight Friday night, March 7th
airs at our new time of 7 PM on `Olelo Television Channel 53 on O`ahu and also at FreeHawaiiNews.com
“Itʻs rare that a speech delivered on the floor of the legislature by a Hawaii state senator goes viral on social media but this one sure did,” says Free Hawaii News co-host Leon Siu. “In just three minutes newly elected Hawaii state senator Samantha DeCorte electrified her fellow legislators and then captured the imagination of everyone on social media with her message. We ask her why she said what she did, who she was inspired by as well as the reactions she got. Itʻs definitely one of those ʻWow!ʻ moments.”
“Also in our March show we travel to Lahaina to see if thereʻs any truth to rumors circulating on social media claiming thereʻs hardly any rebuilding happening after the 2023 fires. What we saw amazed us,” remarked Free Hawaii News co-host Hinaleimoana Wong.
“Fire survivor Mikey Burke shows us the progress on the street where she and her family and neighbors have lived. She was joined by Danny Palakiko of the Maui Construction Industry Coalition who told us of the amazing resilience of local residents and their plans for the new Lahaina.”
The March Free Hawaii News also features a report on why wealthy Maui residents pay less for water than everyone else, also the real reason the US ignores demands to de-occupy Hawaii and our popular Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o segment.
Free Hawaii News presents Hawaiian or kanaka maoli perspectives on a broad range of issues and topics affecting the Hawaiian Islands, the Pacific and the world.
Brought to you by the Koani Foundation, Free Hawaii News airs every month on `Ōlelo Television on O`ahu, on all neighbor islands and on stations around the world as well as online on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, X, BlueSky and over thirty different Facebook pages and other online sites.
Hinaleimoana Wong is a kumu hula, filmmaker, cultural activist, Hawaiian language speaker, preservationist and community leader. She has served as a member of the O`ahu Island Burial Council.
Leon Siu has for many years served as Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He is active in that role at the United Nations in both New York City and Geneva, Switzerland. Besides being a diplomat, he is also an award-winning musician, composer and political analyst.
Thursday, March 06, 2025
TOMORROW - FREE HAWAII NEWS DEBUTS AT OUR NEW TIME - 7 PM ON `OLELO TELEVISION -CABLE CHANNEL 53 ON O`AHU
On The March Free Hawaii News -
We Have The 3-Minute Speech In The Hawaii Senate That Went Viral.
Lahaina Is Rebuilding Faster Than You Might Realize.
Why Do The Rich Pay Less For Water On Maui?
Are Hawaiians Really That Special?
And A New Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o.
Join Hosts Hinaleimoana Wong & Leon Siu As They Give The Kanaka Perspective On Issues In Hawaii You Wonʻt Get Anywhere Else.
Wednesday, March 05, 2025
FREE HAWAI`I TV
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
"BEDS FOR SARDINES"
Itʻs The Perfect Recipe For The Return Of Overtourism In Hawai`i.
Pay For A Room In Waikīkī & End Up Sleeping In A Box.
Think Weʻre Kidding?
Watch This & See Why Itʻs Another Ripoff Of Hawai`iʻs `Aina, Culture & People.
Tuesday, March 04, 2025
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