Rep. Derek Kawakami on his first days in the legislature --Published in The Honolulu Weekly on April 20, 2011-- Rep. Derek Kawakami was appointed by Governor Abercrombie earlier this month to serve as the replacement for former Rep. Hermina Morita, who was assigned to...
Honolulu Weekly (Cover Story) More than 150 years ago, Hawaii had some of the most well-managed fisheries in the Pacific. Portions of each island were divided into separate ahupuaa, which in turn were watched over by the konohiki, who managed natural resources and...
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on March 30, 2011-- In the midst of the sprawling metropolis that is Honolulu, it is hard to imagine a time when the entire island was divided into clearly marked ahupuaa. Now we can rely on districts, neighborhood divisions and city...
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on March 30, 2011-- Living on a tropical island has its perks, but there are certainly a number of daily trials and tribulations–stress, fatigue, anxiety–that even islanders have difficulty escaping. For this, and a number of other...
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on March 23, 2011-- It’s impossible to have grown up or lived any portion of your life in Hawaii and not know the creative talents of artist and art historian Herb Kawainui Kane. Born in Minnesota in 1928, Kane was actually raised in...
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on March 9, 2011-- “Sustainable” might be the buzzword of the times, but when it comes to allotting money to fund these efforts, state agencies are hardest hit. Each year, the state Department of Budget and Finance releases an annual...
Honolulu Weekly (Cover Story) The half-gram bottle of bath salts promises an “invigorating” and “energizing” experience. But the new designer drug, called MDPV (or “legal cocaine”) is sending an alarming number of curious teenagers and seasoned drug users to...
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on February 16, 2011-- OK, let’s be honest: The image of a robber lurking in the dark with an uprooted tree under his arm is quite hilarious. But, as Gertrude Stein would say, “…a theft is a theft is a theft.” In other words, it...
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on February 16, 2011-- The Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee wants YOU to embrace the Hawaiian hoary bat as your official state land mammal. Granted, it’s not as cute and cuddly as the monk seal, our current state animal, but here in...
Networking is the name of the game --Published in The Honolulu Weekly on February 9, 2011-- It’s 7:30am on a Saturday morning and Juanita Kawamoto is frying dough at the YMCA in Kailua. Using locally bought ingredients, she molds dozens of malasadas for the World...