Media Releases

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, in coordination with the United States Department of the Interior, is seeking beneficiary input regarding a potential land acquisition through the transfer of an 80-acre parcel of U.S. Government surplus property at the former Pacific Tsunami Warning Center site in ʻEwa Beach, Oʻahu.

Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair William J. Ailā, Jr. issued the following statement following the Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs’ deferral of SB 1321.

The Hawaiian Homes Commission adopted Resolution No. 304 to honor the late Hawaiʻi County Mayor and Hawaiian Home Lands lessee William Punapaiaʻalaikahala Kenoi at its Tuesday, February 16, 2021, regularly scheduled meeting.

Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair William J. Ailā, Jr. issued the following statement following the Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs’ amendments to SB 1321.

Under the freshly funded relief program, the Department has partnered with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement as its administrator.