Peter
This website is a portal for me to communicate with you and just as important for me to hear your thoughts about
issues facing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), Hawaiians, and Hawai'i. I hope you will visit us often and find the emerging content useful in shaping the conversation about Hawaiians as a people, and about the relationship between Hawaiians and Hawai'i's multi-cultural community. Though our purpose at OHA is serious, I also want to have fun here, so we will occasionally foray into arts, culture, food, and other subjects that make life in the islands and among Hawaiians interesting. - Peter Apo
As we re-group and rethink our next steps to achieve political sovereignty, perhaps we should re-focus the considerable resources held by the collective Hawaiian community toward a goal that does not require a congressional act or asking anyone's permission to achieve. Let us pursue the path of a Hawaiian future that is totally within our control to navigate. Let us turn our attention toward the notion of Economic Sovereignty. We don't need political sovereignty to achieve economic sovereignty. Read more...