Here’s why we started ʻŌiwi News.
ʻŌiwi News is built by ʻŌiwi storytellers for our lāhui. We don't just share the news. We contextualize it, amplify community voices, and ask why it matters to us specifically. Our history. Our language. Our perspective.
Every day, stories that affect our lāhui — our ʻāina, our ʻohana, our future — get covered by people who don't know Hawaiʻi and don’t know us. They get the facts, maybe. But they miss the meaning.
ʻŌiwi News is created by ʻŌiwi storytellers who care deeply about our home, Hawaiʻi Nei. We don't just share the news. We put it in context. We amplify voices from our community. We share the facts and the sources they come from. We bring in our history, our language, our perspective. We ask why it matters to us specifically.
But let us be clear: we are not the definitive voice for Native Hawaiians. No single platform or person is. Our lāhui contains multitudes and we honor that. What we offer is a grounded, intentional perspective in a space and time that needs more of them.
We will work to verify the information we share, clearly cite our sources, and remain transparent about what we know, what we are still learning, and where perspectives may differ.
Because information is never neutral. And our people deserve sources that know that.
This is the real launch. Follow if you want news that actually speaks to you.
No ke aha? No ka lāhui. No ke ea o ka ʻāina. No Hawaiʻi.
