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KUMU HINAʻS MANA`O
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Sunday, May 24, 2026
IF THE OCEAN DIES, WE DIE ON “VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`IʻS FUTURE"
“We Are The Ocean - A Visit With Dr. Brittany Kamai, PhD"
On a beautiful late afternoon we met with Brittany Kamai, a Hawaiian astrophysicist, for a walk along the beach. She shocked us right away by telling us that if the ocean dies, we die. She also reminded us that our oceans replenish half of the worldʻs oxygen and they are now calling for our help to stop deep sea mining which would disturb the oceanʻs ability to supply that oxygen. Filmed along the shore of O`ahuʻs westside, join us in our fascinating visit with Brittany who not only impressed us with her amazing knowledge, but inspired us to answer the oceanʻs call - 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.
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Friday, May 22, 2026
Thursday, May 21, 2026
HE SAID WHAT ABOUT CAPTAIN COOK????
ADAM KEAWE MANALO-CAMP REPORTING FROM LONDON WITH THIS HILARIOUS POST
Convo with the money changer (MC) in London:
*Looks at my passport*
MC: You're from Hawaii?
Me: Yes, I was born and raised there.
MC: Lovely. Are you here for that British Museum exhibit?
Me: Yes that and to visit.
MC: Isn't Hawaii where Captain Cook died?
Me: Yes.
MC: It was probably for the best.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
FREE HAWAI`I TV
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“CAN THIS HABIT MAKE YOU MORE HAWAIIAN?”
Hereʻs A Simple Little Habit You Can Do Anytime & Anywhere.
It Will Change Your Point Of View About Who You Are & Where You Are.
Will It Make You More Hawaiian?
Watch This & Find Out.
Sunday, May 17, 2026
DEEP SEA MINING DANGERS ON “VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`IʻS FUTURE"
“We Are The Ocean - A Visit With Dr. Brittany Kamai, PhD"
On a beautiful late afternoon we met with Brittany Kamai, a Hawaiian astrophysicist, for a walk along the beach. She shocked us right away by telling us that if the ocean dies, we die. She also reminded us that our oceans replenish half of the worldʻs oxygen and they are now calling for our help to stop deep sea mining which would disturb the oceanʻs ability to supply that oxygen. Filmed along the shore of O`ahuʻs westside, join us in our fascinating visit with Brittany who not only impressed us with her amazing knowledge, but inspired us to answer the oceanʻs call - 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, May 15, 2026
FREE HAWAII NEWS SHORT
WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COLLAPSE THE HAWAIIAN CULTURE?
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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“WHAT IMPORTANT GROUP IS LEAVING HAWAI`I?”
Theyʻre Leaving So Fast Thereʻs Almost None Remaining.
Yet Theyʻre Critical To Hawai`iʻs Future.
Who Is This Key Group Of Hawai`iʻs Residents?
Watch This To See Who They Are & Why Hawai`iʻs Future Is At Risk Without Them.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
KE AUPUNI UPDATE - MAY 2026
We Live in the Hawaiian Kingdom!
In my 26 years serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hawaiian Kingdom, I have often talked about thinking like a Hawaiian instead of an American. That is important because it helps to reorder our minds, so we can better understand our situation and adjust our actions accordingly.
But because it took years of indoctrination and training to acquire the habits of an American mindset, you can’t just tell yourself to change to a Hawaiian mindset. You have to consciously and purposefully retrain your mind. Some things are not that hard. Others, take more work.
There are simple things we can do like, instead of using the word “mainland” when referring to the United States, use “the US” or ‘the states” or “the continent” or “America”. After a few times of consciously catching yourself, your mind will reset and you’ll find yourself not saying mainland anymore.
Some phrases like, the “State” when referring to the Hawaiian Islands take a little more work. But again, if you catch yourself as you’re saying it, after a while, you’ll find yourself doing it less. The good thing is that it changes not just the words you use, it changes your mindset as well.
For some reason, it gets harder to change the concept of where we live — the State of Hawaii or the Hawaiian Kingdom? That one takes more effort.
To get my mind to grasp and express that I live in the Hawaiian Kingdom took more effort because of being daily faced with the ubiquitous reality of the operations and institutions of the State of Hawaii all around us.
Everywhere we look, everything we read, watch, travel on, interact with, services we receive, regulation of our activities, etc., tells us — no, they scream at us — This is the State of Hawaii! And yet the truth is, we are in the Hawaiian Kingdom.
What we have learned over the past 33 years since the US Apology clearly admitted that we the Hawaiian people never relinquished our sovereignty or our lands, means just that: the Hawaiian people never relinquished their sovereignty or their lands! If you don’t relinquish it, it is still yours.
That means all that we see around us that looks like the State of Hawaii is really the Hawaiian Kingdom! That’s the truth!
Yes, we know this intellectually, but we still have to convince ourselves that what our eyes, ears and our minds have told us all these years is not what’s really there. It’s an illusion.
So how do we change our minds about this embedded image? I found what worked for me was to constantly tell myself: “I live in the Hawaiian Kingdom.” I told myself, I woke up in the Hawaiian Kingdom, I brushed my teeth in the Hawaiian Kingdom, I ate my breakfast in the Hawaiian Kingdom… I breathe the air of the Hawaiian Kingdom. I look around me and everything I see is in the Hawaiian Kingdom. The house I’m in is in the Hawaiian Kingdom; all the roads I drive on are in the Hawaiian Kingdom; the places I shop are in the Hawaiian Kingdom. You get the drift?
Yes, I live in the Hawaiian Kingdom. So does everyone else living in these islands whether they believe it or not; whether they consider themselves Hawaiian nationals or not; whether they believe in sovereignty or not; we all live in the Hawaiian Kingdom. What looks like the State of Hawaii is a façade that will disappear in a few years. So, we might as well get used to the fact that those of us who are living in the Hawaiian Islands, are actually living in the Hawaiian Kingdom.
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."
PLEASE KŌKUA…
Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort...
To contribute, go to:
• GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII
• PayPal – log in to PayPal and pay to the account, info@HawaiianKingdom.net
• Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer service, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
Malama Pono,
Leon Siu
Hawaiian National
Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Hawaiian Kingdom (since 2001)
Monday, May 11, 2026
Sunday, May 10, 2026
WE ARE THE OCEAN ON “VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`IʻS FUTURE"
“We Are The Ocean - A Visit With Dr. Brittany Kamai, PhD"
On a beautiful late afternoon we met with Brittany Kamai, a Hawaiian astrophysicist, for a walk along the beach. She shocked us right away by telling us that if the ocean dies, we die. She also reminded us that our oceans replenish half of the worldʻs oxygen and they are now calling for our help to stop deep sea mining which would disturb the oceanʻs ability to supply that oxygen. Filmed along the shore of O`ahuʻs westside, join us in our fascinating visit with Brittany who not only impressed us with her amazing knowledge, but inspired us to answer the oceanʻs call - 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, May 09, 2026
HOT MAKES HISTORY WITH “KAMALEHUA” AT THE CONCERT HALL
Review Of "Kamalehua - The Sheltering Tree" By John Berger
Hawai‘i Opera Theatre General Director & CEO Andrew Morgan, left, and kumu hula Patrick Ke‘anini‘ulaookalani Makuakāne, welcomed the opening night audience to the official world premiere performance of “Kamalehua: The Sheltering Tree,” the world’s first full-length professionally staged and professionally produced Hawaiian-language opera, May 1, in the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Makuakāne is the director and the choreographer — he can also be spotted in several of the crowd scenes.
The opera celebrates the life of Hawaiian diplomat Timoteo Kamalehua Ha‘alilio a long-forgotten hero in Hawaii’s history, whose diplomatic mission to the United States, Great Britain, Belgium, and France, in the early 1840s, resulted in the international recognition of Hawaii as a modern independent and sovereign nation, and also in the British government’s repudiation of the criminal overthrow of the Hawaiian government by a British naval captain in 1843.
Internationally acclaimed Hawaiian baritone Quinn Kamakanalani Kelsey gives a superb performance – many may well say “a career best performance” – as Ha‘alilio. Kelsey commends attention with the power and richness of his voice. Kelsey conveys the turbulent emotions Ha‘alilio experiences with equal skill.
Kelsey has two powerful male co-stars. One is Brandon Boyle as Kauikeaouli, better known 180 years later as Kamehameha III, who selects his life-long friend for secret mission essential to the survival of Hawaii as a free nation, and then steers the kingdom through the time of the greatest peril it would face until 1887. I wish Kauikeaouli could see how Boyle is portraying him 180 years later.
Kelsey’s other powerful male co-star is Joshua Jeremiah as William Richards aka Rikeke. Richards came to Hawaii as a missionary but left missionary service and became a loyal and trusted member of the Hawaiian government. Kauikeaouli selects Richard to accompany Ha‘alilio – the result is several memorable duets by Jeremiah and Kelsey as the story takes Ha‘alilio and Rikeke half-way around the world.
Kelsey has a phenomenal leading lady in Hawaiian soprano Tasha Hokuao Koontz playing his wife, Hana Hooper Ha‘alilio, It should not be seen as taking anything away everything that comes before to give credit where it’s due and say – spoiler alert! – the first notes of Koontz’ s first aria are an “Oh wow! Jump start my heart!” moment. Koontz replicates that experience with each of her arias that follow.
Hawaiian Mezzo-soprano Blythe Iakuinipuaʻokahana Kelsey (Quinn's sister) is a commanding presence as Kekauluohi, the Kuhina Nui, a political equivalent to the haole (non-Hawaiian) office of prime minister or regent. Kelsey has several excellent scenes with Boyle, and a fine comic moment with another actor was well.
Librettist Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl may have taken liberties with history – I wasn’t there in 1843 – but John Pickle is delightful throughout as one of the story’s designated villains, Alexander Simpson, attaché to the British consul in Hawaii, who persistently attempts to seduce Hana during her husband’s lengthy absence. Is Simpson sincere in his sentiments or only looking for a bit of spare? A single comment by a third character suggests it’s the latter, but whatever Simpson’s intentions in his heart-of-hearts may be, Koontz and Pickle have several great scenes together.
One of the most powerful dramatic moments in the show comes after – spoiler alert! – Admiral Thomas, for whom Thomas Square, on the mauka side of King Street across from the concert hall, is named, has arrived in Honolulu and put things right, and Kauikeaouli leads the people of Hawaii in chanting "Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono!”
Many in the opening night audience joined in, and everyone applauded their approval when he finished.
Another dramatic highlight comes when six members of Makuakāne’s Hālau Hula Nā Lei Hulu i ka Wēkiu lead the entire cast in a dramatic defiant hula.
And there’s more! Credit for the artistic and cultural success of this magnificent milestone also goes to Leslie Goldman (Clarissa Lyman Richards), Adam Flower (Hawaii loyalist James Fowle Baldwin Marshall), Dr. David Young (United States Secretary of State Daniel Webster), Kawaiola Niukukahi-Holi Murray (“a retainer”), and Kip Wilborn, who makes a welcome return to the local stage playing both of the story’s villains – British Consul Richard Charlton and Capt. Lord George Paulet.
Credit also to Principal Guest Conductor Lance Inouye, the Hawai‘i Opera Theatre Scenic Department for its superb series of sets, to Props Manager Gen Boyer, and to Cheryl Flaharty (Costume Design) and Sarah Hodges (Dancer) for the angel that figures prominently in one scene….
….“Kamalehua: The Sheltering Tree” is a first-time milestone in the history of Hawaiian culture, of Hawaiian language and of Hawaiian music that should not be missed.
Friday, May 08, 2026
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Wednesday, May 06, 2026
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“WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?"
Just Who Do You Think You Are?
You Probably Think Youʻre One Thing.
But Youʻre Thinking & Actions Say Something Else.
Watch This To See What We Mean & How You Can Fix It
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