JUNE FREE HAWAII NEWS - IS STRIVING FOR SOVEREIGNTY SELFISH?
Then How Molokai Residents Are Taking Their Land Back. Also Is The US Trying To White-Wash Hawaiian History By Combining Them With Asian Americans? Plus Why Diplomacy Is The Secret Ingredient For A Free Hawaii & A New Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o Asks Does Being Hawaiian Give You Hawaiian Knowledge?
The June 2026 “Free Hawaii News” debuting tonight Friday, June 5th airs at 7 PM on `Olelo Television Channel 53 on O`ahu, on all neighbor islands and also at FreeHawaiiNews.com
“Does the word aloha mean just to give & give? How do we achieve alignment today with our cultural values with intentional balance? And how do we live inside a system that penalizes us for practicing those very cultural values? And is striving for sovereignty selfish? These are some of the questions we ask Dr. Michelle Manu, PhD, a Hawaiian elite athlete, a master of Lua and other martial arts and an educator. We promise a fascinating and eye-opening conversation with her.”
“Also on the June Free Hawaii News, we visit with Zhantell Dudoit Lindo of the Molokai Heritage Trust about their goal of buying back fifty-five thousand acres of Hawaiian lands from a foreign corporation which had planned to built luxury homes. What we discovered is an exciting community led and highly driven land back mission the likes of which we have never seen before,” reports Free Hawaii News co-host Leon Siu.
“We also interview Hawaiian historian and writer Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp about how Asian-Americans, native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders came to be lumped together over time by many historians, yet each group has such a distinct culture and history of how they arrived in Hawaii. Adam shares his amazing answers and insights,” states Free Hawaii News co-host Hinaleimoana Wong.
Finally, a new Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o asks if being Hawaiian automatically gives one Hawaiian knowledge.
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.
“Does the word aloha mean just to give & give? How do we achieve alignment today with our cultural values with intentional balance? And how do we live inside a system that penalizes us for practicing those very cultural values? And is striving for sovereignty selfish? These are some of the questions we ask Dr. Michelle Manu, PhD, a Hawaiian elite athlete, a master of Lua and other martial arts and an educator. We promise a fascinating and eye-opening conversation with her.”
“Also on the June Free Hawaii News, we visit with Zhantell Dudoit Lindo of the Molokai Heritage Trust about their goal of buying back fifty-five thousand acres of Hawaiian lands from a foreign corporation which had planned to built luxury homes. What we discovered is an exciting community led and highly driven land back mission the likes of which we have never seen before,” reports Free Hawaii News co-host Leon Siu.
“We also interview Hawaiian historian and writer Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp about how Asian-Americans, native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders came to be lumped together over time by many historians, yet each group has such a distinct culture and history of how they arrived in Hawaii. Adam shares his amazing answers and insights,” states Free Hawaii News co-host Hinaleimoana Wong.
Finally, a new Kumu Hinaʻs Mana`o asks if being Hawaiian automatically gives one Hawaiian knowledge.
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.
