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KA WAI OLA NEWS

Designing for news focused on Native Hawaiian issues

PROJECT DETAILS

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VISUAL DESIGN
PUBLICATION
ISSUE-BASED PROJECT

Designed various issues for Ka Wai Ola News’ diverse readership of 51,000 in print and over 20,000 digital subscribers, focusing on engaging issue-based content tailored to Native Hawaiian community interests and current events.

MY ROLE

Designer

TOOLS

InDesign, InCopy, Photoshop

ISSUES DESIGNED

2021: August, September, October, November

2022: August

2024: April, May, June

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August 2021 Issue

The Fight for Water Rights

After a decades-long struggle for access to freshwater diverted from Maui streams for corporate farming at the expense of Kānaka Maoli kalo farmers, the community finally receives a ruling from the Water Commission for Nā Wai ʻEhā.

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September 2021 Issue

On a Mission to Mālama Waipi‘o

Office of Hawaiian Affairs grantee Pōhāhā i Ka Lani, a Hawaiʻi Island nonprofit, has been working to protect Waipiʻo Valley and advance Hawaiian cultural knowledge, wisdom and practices for 20 years.

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October 2021 Issue

Chicken Skin! Ghost Stories from Hawai‘i

Meet Lopaka Kapanui, an ʻŌiwi storyteller renowned for his tales of the supernatural and the ghosts who haunt Hawaiʻi.

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November 2021 Issue

Restoring Luluku in the Aftermath of the H-3 

Thanks to the tireless efforts of ʻāina stewards, after 25 years pono is being restored to traditional agricultural lands ravaged by construction of the H-3 freeway.

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August 2022 Issue

Koho Pono – Vote 2022 

Voting is an important tool for change. We can make a difference for our lāhui when we vote and koho pono – choose carefully.

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April 2024 Issue

Hawaiʻi Prepares to Host the Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has committed $1.5 million to support the most significant Pacific Islander gathering in Hawaiʻi’s history, 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, happening on Oʻahu from June 6-16, 2024.

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May 2024 Issue

The Voices of Our Kūpuna Echo Through Us

Erosion, sea level rise, desecration and systemic challenges within the state are contributing to the increasing exposure of iwi kūpuna on Molokaʻi.

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June 2024 Issue

Speaking Out Against Deep-Sea Mining

Over the past two years, Lānaʻi native Sol Kahoʻohalahala has become Hawaiʻi’s leading advocate in the fight to stop deep-sea mining.

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