The purpose of Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, is to make these resources available for the use, teaching, and revitalization of the Hawaiian language and for a broader and deeper understanding of Hawaiʻi.
ʻŌiwi TV reaches across generations, socio-economic statuses, and geographic locations as the sole media venue where the Hawaiian language, culture and perspective thrive. Our success is based by our ability to affect and sustain positive outcomes within areas affecting our communities. This perspective reinforces who we are through our ways of thinking, being, and acting while also distinguishing us as a unique people in our local, national, and global communities. ʻŌiwi TV has three priorities that guide our strategy and operation: Education, Normalization and a Catalyst for Change.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA’s) Papakilo Database, is the ongoing development of a cutting edge and comprehensive “Database of Databases” consisting of varied collections of data pertaining to historically and culturally significant places, events, and documents in Hawai’i’s history. This online repository of data will greatly increase OHA’s ability to preserve and perpetuate cultural and historical information and practices, thus providing an invaluable resource to educate other regulatory agencies, OHA’s Native Hawaiian beneficiaries, and the general public.
OHA’s Kipuka Database is a geographical information system (GIS) that utilizes the latest mapping technologies to provide a window into native Hawaiian land, culture and history. Kipuka links historic data sets to geographic locations reinforcing the concept of information embedded in the ‘aina (land), encoded in the wahi inoa (place name).
The site is produced and maintained by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Providing information about issues facing the Hawaiian Community.
Hawai‘i Alive is a resource that third grade uses concerning the three realms to assist with instruction to students.