JANUARY FREE HAWAII NEWS - HAS LAHAINA FOUND A WAY TO PROTECT ITS `AINA?
Also, Kaua`i Descendants Jump Into Action To Protect Ancestral Graves. Then A Tiny Country In Oceania Scores A Big Win At The UN For Climate Change & Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o Has Some Choice Words For One Settlerʻs Claim That Hawaiian Is A Dead Language.l
The January 2025 “Free Hawaii News” airing tonight Friday, January 3rd starts at a new time, 7 PM on `Olelo Television Channel 53 on O`ahu.
“Free Hawaii News is pleased to announce our new prime time 7 PM slot for 2025 on `Olelo Television, cable channel 53 on O`ahu the first Friday of each month. We mahalo our viewers for our tremendous growth over the last year,” remarked Free Hawaii News host Leon Siu.
“Our goal is to bring our viewers news and information in 2025 from a kanaka maoli perspective. We go to Lahaina for a report on how residents there are successfully protecting their `aina or land from disaster capitalists who are the opposite of ʻAloha `Ainaʻ or love for our land.”
“Also in our January show we have a follow up report from one of the iwi kupuna kia`i, or Hawaiian ancestral burials protectors in Naue on Kaua`i in their quest to stop their ancestorʻs bodies being dug up and destroyed for vacation homes and a yoga retreat,” states Free Hawaii News co-host Hinaleimoana Wong, a former member of the O`ahu Island Burial Council.
The January Free Hawaii News also features reports on how a tiny country in Oceania scored a huge win at the United Nations in combating climate change, and Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o has some choices words for the claim that Hawaiian is a dead language.
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.
