AUGUST FREE HAWAII NEWS - HOW DID THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM HANDLE ITS IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS?
Whatʻs It Like To Bring Stolen Ancestral Bones Back To Hawaii? Also, Is Hawaii & Its People Ready For The US To Deoccupy Hawaii? Then, Why Hawaii Is Part Of Oceania & Not America. Who Really Owns The Land In Hawaii? And Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o Says If You Thought You Knew What Hānai Means, Think Again.
The August 2025 “Free Hawaii News” debuting tonight Friday, August 1st airs at 7 PM on `Olelo Television Channel 53 on O`ahu, on all neighbor islands and also at http://FreeHawaiiNews.com
“The Hawaiian Kingdom had its own problems with immigration but handled them very differently than the US under the Trump administration is doing today. We interview Hawaiian historian Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp for our August Free Hawaii News and what he told us is both eye-opening and amazing. Adam shares with us some little known facts about immigrants to Hawaii in the late 1800ʻs and we think our viewers will be quite surprised at what he discovered,” states Free Hawaii News co-host Hinaleimoana Wong.
“We also talk with Mana Kaleilani Caceres, who recently travelled to Belfast, Northern Ireland with others to repatriate iwi kupuna or Hawaiian ancestral bones, taken by a grave robber almost 200 years ago, back home. Mana shares with us the emotional and lasting impact of this experience.”
Also on the August Free Hawaii News co-host Leon Siu interviews long time sovereignty activist Pōkā Laenui about whether Hawaii and its people are ready for a coming deoccupation of the Hawaiian Islands by the US. “We ask Pōkā what plans are already in place to effect a smooth transition from foreign US rule to self-rule and how it all will work,” reports Leon.
We also feature a segment on who really owns the land in Hawaii and why Hawaii is part of Oceania and not North America.
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, Substack, 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 in the past 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.
