@MRM00M0066If Hawaii is like Ohio, it's white and black families placating on them to move. Living standards from developers isn't modern to sustain an income thanks to being politically devided.
@Russians are MURDERERS because of people like you and this mindsight! Things don’t have to be like how they are. If white ppl stopped being conquerors and explorers, wouldn’t be a problem!
My heart goes out to the Hawaiian people of the land that are forced to move away. My father left his island in Greece due to the same reasons and lived his life in a foreign country. Although he achieved a successful life, he was never happy in his heart. Always thought about home and to the very end of his life dreamed about going back home. Native Hawaiians stay united wherever you are in the world and keep your language, culture and traditions alive for generations.
This breaks my heart so much. As a Kanaka maoli(Hawaiian person), whom had to moved to Vegas, and was fortunate enough to have returned home. I do live paycheck to paycheck. But. I can't ever leave home. I must protect her. Aloha.
As a Kanaka maoli myself I agree 100%. Fortunetly I'll be able to buy a house back home in cash but even as someone who can, I realize I'm in the minority. I really want to push new measures to help hawaiians stay. If thats hawaiians pay no federal/state tax or anything else that can help people of the land stay
I am sorry big money in suits are taking over your beautiful Hawaii breaks my heart. I live in Texas. I was born in Spokane Washington raised my family is in Spokane everytime I go home. And leave its heartbreaking but It cost so much to live there.
The kanaka needs federap status like my tribes. Im native american born and raised in honolulu. I know because i get adpoted ohana in Nanakuli and Papakolea
KiaOra koutou! Ko Michael au. No Aotearoa (NZ) au. Kei te mihi atu ki nga mana, e nga reo. E mihi ana ki nga tipuna o te Moana o Mauitikitikiataranga. Kei te mihi atu Kia koutou Katoa. Mihi mai te karanga I nga whanau whanui o te mate. Apiti hono, ta tai hono, the hunga mate, ki te hunga mate. Apiti hono ta tai hono, te hunga ora! Ki te hunga ora. Tiheimauriora. March on strong to restore the monarchy of Polynesia. Your monarch is my monarch. We are whanau after all. The US is being hypocritical of Taiwan, which they know, is part of China. China offers cash and hope to other countries to help alleviate stress, even here in the Pacific, our home! The US sees it as a threat of invasion. Though we all know the English French stole North America as well as Hawaii, and parts of Mexico in California, as well as Palestine. Provoked Russia into Ukraine and are goading China into Taiwan its own province. which we don't need. Bring our Kings and Queens back.
E tu ana au ki te mihi Kia koe, te rangatira, kei te mihi Kia tatou e Moe kite moenga roa nga whanau aroha. Apiti hono tatai hono te hunga mate, kite hunga mate. Te hunga ora ki te hunga ora Tena koe cousin of Polynesia,whanau whanui. I'm just a cousin from Aotearoa here. Michael from the Takitimu and Mataatua waka's . Mauao and Putauaki are my ancestral mountains. I live in Tauranga Moana, Huria, from the tribe of Ngati Ranginui and Ngati Awanuiarangi. I'm sorry about the fires going on there bro. Sorry for the loss of life and property to everyone. I must confess I'm a bit of an activist and I hope you don't mind I say so. I'm native Maori but I know your my family and your monarch is my monarch. We have Maui in our family tree, speak the same language with slight diff but still Polynesians. I'm asking the US to leave Taiwan to the Chinese and get out of there. Or to stop being hypocritical and return Hawaii back to our Queen. Arohanui my cuz!
This is crazy. 😢 Native people need to be protected and be able to stay in their homeland. This is what happens when businesses come in and turn places into "resorts" to cater to tourists, instead of protecting the established community and way of life. I won't go to Hawaii for this reason... ❤ To the Hawaiian people.
"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.. They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land." - Desmond Tutu Of course, the same can be said for Native American people and their beloved motherland. 🤷 Native Americans: Our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions. Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering 'TWO BILLIONS'! A shocking sad truth. 😔 The world: It's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people.. Notorious global cardinal crimes the West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on? Native Americans: We're still here. We are not going anywhere. 😔 May I ask why not let Native Americans have Europe, since Europeans have had both North/South America Continents already; a fair deal? Remember the saying, "You can't have your cake and eat it too" and "A man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do". The truth of the matter is that indigenous Native People would forever be the subject of scapegoat, and victimized by the Colonizers of their lands, as long as they occupy those vast rich bountiful lands in order to justify their occupation. In other words, the Colonizers are 'Living in Denial'/ 'Living in Sin'. 🤷 Europe for Native Europeans, Africa for Native Africans, America for Native Americans, Asia-Pacific for Native Asians-Pacific islanders. 🤷
No, what is crazy is what democrats did to San Francisco. Stop with the "Native" people crap, there is no such thing. Our family is Kanaka Hanai, and you don't see us begging.
@@Jose_Jimenez what is kanaka hanai even mean? I dont think you see most Hawaiians begging. They are just acknowledging the unjusts and unfairness that are occuring.
I left my home for 12 years and was home sick the ENTIRE time. I had to come home to Hawaii. There is no way I could flourish in the mainland when my entire family is here at home. But now my home has become over run with outsiders and now everything I experienced on the mainland has reached my home. Pan handlers, Homelessness, crime. Its all here and outsiders keep pouring in. Its traumatic to witness. Its traumatizing to see my island home turn into a modern urban city filled with people I don't even recognize. Our way of life is dwindling with each outsider that brings their city mentality. Aloha is being watered down by those who think they know what Aloha is.
I'm right here with you. What are you going to do? My plan was to maybe to move to parts of Hawaii that aren't being affected with the outsiders coming in. Still better than to the mainland. Oahu is being overrun with problems of the major cities on the mainland.
Agree. When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's Hawaii was sheltered from all of the craziness on the mainland. As more and more mainlanders and foreigners buy investment properties and mainlanders move in, we have all the crime, drug problems, and homeless that every major city on the mainland has. The "aloha" spirit is dying. People on drugs are nuts, road rage incidents are crazy. We need to take back Hawaii and our way of life so our kids and grandkids can live the way we did. Social media teaching people how to come to Hawaii and be homeless. It's nuts!
@@lalosalamanca6936 its just the reality. its why americans have a come to jesus moment when they step foot in hawaii. Never have the experienced that level of inner peace before.
This is so sad. My heart breaks for everyone ( regardless of race or ethnicity) who has lost connection to their native land. I'm glad she made it back home.
I Have An "Out Of The Box" Solution. Migration To The Western Pacific & The Southern Hemisphere. The USA Has Territorial Nations That Any American Can Live And Work. Case Point: In The Day Filipinos Migrated To Hawaii & Alaska & Stayed Like Forever; All 3 U.S. Territories At That Time. Guam & American Samoa Need Trained, Experienced Skilled Workers, White Collar College PHDs Programmers & Blue Collar Workers Designing & Building Alternative Energy Systems. You Name The Position and The Job; There Is An Hawaiian That Is Already Qualified To Do It! Aloha! 😎
We are experiencing the same problems. It's life. It happens. If you have enough to not be homeless, you are lucky. If you are homeless in Hawaii, you are way luckier than if you are homeless in Minnesota. Sometimes it is more productive to count your blessings than mourn your losses, especially when you can't do anything about your situation and even more so when you realize that many others are not only in the same boat, but in a much more leaky part of it. God Bless US, Every One.
I cried my eyes out for years after leaving Hawaii. It is horrible. No regular people can afford a home. They have to have multiple generations in a home. The worst part is the culture shock of the mainland. I will never be happy anywhere else.
The culture shock in Oahu was despicable. Blatantly racist Polynesians openly discriminating against Asians. Oh well, at least the four seasons is nice. Going to enjoy my last day at the resort and come back and buy up property from the locals. Good riddance.
@Tamehameha Prints 2008 we baught our property for 200k today its worth 860K. I could not afford to buy it today. WHAT IS YOUR POINT?. A GALLON OF MILK HERE IS OVER $10.
Give Back Stolen Land!!! Ban ALL Vacation Homes!!! I am Hawaiian by Blood. Me and Thousands of others dont qualify for Hawaiian Homes. some family members been on the list 30+ years. My family is part of The Families that had land stolen from them during my father's life. It is incredibly Heart Breaking and Hawaiians Are Pist. Ive been planning to move from here since before covid cause of horrendous Rental prices. I cant afford to have a child of my own. I have a small place with my bf and its hard. A gallon of milk is $14 on Sale. Bread is like $9. just examples. some rentals are like $1300 for 1 small bedroom with a "Shared Kitchen, Shared Bathroom, First come first serve parking, No Pets , No Guest, 1 person only, No Noise, No Breathing etc." I cant stand it. I use to work 3-4 jobs before I Graduated High school in early 2000s. Still couldnt afford to live on my own and most things I have are 2nd, 3rd hand stuff. Too busy trying to deal with Rent, Gas, and food cant enjoy what we have, or what the tourist get to enjoy. Ive had many family members move to the mainland where almost all of them have been able to buy a house and finally afford to live without working to the bone. I dont even know who to point the finger at anymore but it sucks and Honestly I dont believe there is any relief for my people in the future and we really are being Priced out of paradise a.k.a. OUR HOME.
I felt her pain when she broke down because she made it back home. I too live in Hawaii and I could never leave the islands. Hawaii is truly special to everyone who grew up here.
@jeanetteh.9240 Low income isn't a problem, It's high local crime that is just tolerated here, and a "good Christian" 👹 who had her own agenda that got me trapped here in a place so far from my world that i have no life skills to ace it. Tbh, the time here hasn't been a complete loss. Ive had two manuscripts published w one release and one due out later (always find a way to turn a nightmare into money). And I've helped w human rights groups, wh are now successfully making headway w class action suits. And contributed to the set up of a safe haven project in another state (boat hold). Im just mad when i think how i was supposed to be having fun in Bali, and thought I was done "saving the world." 😝 Well, life can turn you on your head and you have to keep going, but there's no universal law that says you have to like it. Or even one that says you can't grumble about it.😁 Breakfast. Everyone have a great day. And thank you to the person who tried to help by offering her knowledge. If we all did that 5 times a day while we are wasting our time on phone play, our time wouldn't be wasted, would it?🤗
Hawai’i IS special, but it’s only the homeland of Hawaiians. So called “locals” have a sense of entitlement to these islands that they have no right to feel.
When it comes to someone's home it doesn't matter where they are. It is devastating. Everyone has their roots wherever they are from. My area was changed a little bit ago and no one that was from here could afford it anymore and had to move. They felt the same. It might not be the same atmosphere but it is the same. I pray for the families.
Where I grew up it declared itself a sanctuary state and floods of illegals settled anywhere they could... The Catholic church stopped giving mass in English... So it's going on everywhere.. that's my biggest fear for hawaii.. a mass migration of foreigners (illegals) or homeless people settling all over Hawaii..
it's not just happening in hawaii, it's happening worldwide. The War on Poor is very real, and the wealthy are winning by making the masses more and more dependent on them and taking our lives, freedom, property, and land. you just cannot afford a decent standard-of-living anymore, and that's the way the rich want it.
I was stationed in Hawaii in 77 to 79. I’m so glad I was there at that time. I went back for vacation 10 yrs ago and was shocked at all the changes. So very sad. Gone was the sugar cane, the pineapple fields, even Love’s dairy. Someone clogged up the blowhole on the east side of the island and Sacred Falls has been closed to anyone to visit. I pray they find a solution to this problem for native Hawaiians. Maybe they could create a program to allow some sort of discount or coupon for those natives to purchase real estate.
Too much CORRUPTION and laws are good for nothing! You can accumulate 165 citations,4 for DUI and the latest run over a pedestrian(killed) and turn himself in the next day to sober up and released again?
Sugarcane was an industry owned by foreign immigrants (Americans at the time I think) that played a large contribution in displacing Hawaiians from their land and the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. These non-native plantation owners also contributed to diluting the Hawaiian bloodline by bringing in massive amounts of cheap labor workers. Sugar cane mills dried up many rivers and waterfalls, void the soil of nutrients and destroyed some of Hawaii’s forests for wood burning. All while simultaneously polluting the air, water and earth. Love’s, pineapples and sugarcane were never in Hawaii to help the Hawaiian people. They were there to make a profit and the only reason they’re gone is because they sold the property they stole for millions of dollars. Hope this helps my friend.
@@Goldfishinsider-m7q so, according to you, those industries were no good for anything. They’re better off now. The Hawaiians. I’m sorry but I disagree. There’s pros and cons for everything, even the tourism. You can’t tell me that losing all I mentioned and those I missed aren’t lead to lost employment for the locals.
@@tmckenny2994 An industry-based economy doesn’t make sense for Hawaii in 2023. The land that was sold off has been and will be used for a lot of things, like urban and commercial development. This will continue to drive Hawaii into a service-based economy. In order for the companies you mentioned to stay afloat, they would have to pay even less than what the minimum wage in Hawaii currently is. Same has happened for most industry-based jobs in America. What you mentioned just didn’t seem to be addressing what the actual problems are and took away from the message of the video imo. Regardless, your heart seems to be in a good place and I’m sure the native Hawaiians appreciate your sentiment.
Honestly Hawaii is such a special place. I remember the first time I visited the islands, it felt special and I felt uplifted. I wish it were more affordable for the locals to live there and I hope the state does something about it.
It already has X amount of land and homes that we can't apply for. There are too many natives for the resources. What do you expect. They already have special treatment. I don't get any for being Mexican when USA took California.
I knew moving back home would have been hard but I needed too, this is where im from and being native to these islands, its my duty to my people. I used to cry and dream of coming back so much too, because yes there were many people from Hawaii in every state i was in, but it felt so fake. Nothing was really like the islands and to see and hear my neices ask what is Hawaii like, was heartbreaking. Living back home is amazing, i can hike, surf and hunt all in one day, and enjoy life.
When I was employed through a travel nursing agency, I went to Hawaii for a year, and definitely sticker shocked with the cost of living. Not just for housing, but for everyday necessities such as groceries and whatever. Still such a beautiful place to live, but luckily found a permanent position in Los Angeles that pays much more than what I was making at the travel agency.
@@Chicago48 WTF do you need reparations for? You benefit from modern conveniences same as the rest of us in the mainland and continue to do so. Your ancestors in Hawaii suffered from colonizers of their time. Nobody alive today had nothing to do with what they did in the past. Were you under the impression that life was fair?! Poor you. Stop asking for handouts and make yourself better by rising to the occasion instead of wallowing in your pathetic self pity.
So what's wrong with taking a vacation to Africa? Actually some places are not bad and after China invested there some of the infrastructure is pretty good.
@@alhkcblack9617 yes. The Chinese moved there and started pig farms and became very wealthy. You know, it's occurred to me, if we all keep sharing our first hand knowledge of the world, instead of moaning, we might all end up happy and free from our govts constraints. 👌
This is what happens when billionaires exist with unchecked regulations. They hold power just because they have so much money and no limitations to their greed.
Being priced out of Hawaii I can relate to that. We were hoping to retire and live in Hawaii but when we crunch the numbers we knew we’d be in huge trouble. And after the pandemic happened and everything that followed after that I’m so thankful in 2017 we moved to Nevada. Because my husband and I would probably have been homeless if we were still in Hawaii. What’s not being spoken about is Hawaiian homestead land in Hawaii, the federal government in the state of Hawaii agreed to issue land for native Hawaiians to live on. Many native Hawaiians who qualify for Hawaiian homestead land die waiting on the list. My husband qualifies and has been on the list since 1982 and we have not been issued land. What makes it even more difficult is you don’t own the land you lease the land and then you have to put an $800,000 home on it. it’s a systematic problem that seems deliberate to displace native Hawaiians from the Hawaiian islands for many reasons. One predominantly is military the military occupies 37% of lands throughout the Hawaiian islands with over 142 military installations storage areas and facilities throughout the Hawaiian islands these include hotels on premium beachfront properties campsites on premium beachfront properties Throughout theHawaiian island. With that much military in the Hawaiian islands the struggle for rentals is a huge part of the issue. Many of the military personnel rent outside of the base making the rental market extremely difficult and unbalanced. Remember the military get a stipend to cover their rent. Hopefully ABC news will do a story on this issue. My hopes is it would force the federal government along with the state of Hawaii to make it possible for native Hawaiians to move back home on these lines set aside for native Hawaiians. I would sell my home in Las Vegas and moved back home to Hawaii where I belong
Alot of people solely rent to military families because they can charge way more and also if anything happens they can contact their base commander to report them
It's actually 5% (200k acres) and they contribute 9% of the state economic activity... Did you know only 5% of Hawaiian land is zoned for urban? Why don't they add more land?
They migrated from Polynesia... "According to Hawaiian mythology, there were other settlers in Hawaiʻi: peoples who were forced back into remote valleys by newer arrivals. They claim that stories about menehune, little people who built heiau and fishponds, prove the existence of ancient peoples who settled the islands before the Hawaiians."
It's always been this way. From the ancient Kings, chiefs, and civilizations pre-Rome to the modern day "elected" government officials, company CEOs and presidents, the masses (regardless of nation or race) are almost always forced to live a life of misery and subjugation. We have nowhere to go, and nothing to call our own; even ourselves. We are merely "permitted" to exist, so long as we continue to generate goods, services, and wealth for the people on top to enjoy lavishly.
I support the natives 100%. As an American black woman, my ancestral lands have already been taken over and it saddens me to see this happening to others. Fight and don’t let up!
100% BS Story. I have 3 acres of native endemic forest that I bought for $15K only a few yrs ago, and its now its the same cost range... what you have here is a bunch if cement island kooks on Oahu complaining. Oahu has 1600+ people / sq miles we here on Hawaii Island have only 49 /sq mile.... thats 32 times more people & 32 times more rubbish etc. land here in the 500 sq miles of Puna is as little as $5K per acre in 3 acre lots.... many here have solar power and build cabins on our lots that are 871' by 150' in size.... dont believe this BS story, 100% Hyped RUBBISH aloha
I left 11 years ago. The writing was on the wall for many Kānaka and non-native locals a long time ago. The politics, economy, and business environment was a driving factor for many including myself, and it has only gotten worse.
The amount of NON-HAWAIIANS who live here and are complaining about being priced out of OUR homeland, not yours, when YOU are contributing to OUR inability to live in OUR homelands, is disgusting.
This is happening not only to Native Hawaiians but to all born and raised in Hawaii. There is only a finite amount of land available for housing which drives up the price. Add the additional costs for shipping the materials to Hawaii and you are already starting with higher costs before the first nail is driven.
@@oscarthegoalkeeper7845 The Hawaiian Kingdom is a sovereign country that the US never annexed because annexing a sovereign country requires a treaty signed by both parties, “not while under duress”, wherein one country party to the treaty relinquished its sovereignty to the other… no such treaty exists, therefore The Hawaiian Kingdom remains a sovereign country albeit ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED by the U.S. since 1893. So in other words fu*% YOUR constitution & fu*% YOUR country. This has nothing to do with race, it’s about NATIONALITY, only the people who are Hawaiian Kingdom Subjects, of ANY ethnicity (because unlike the US we allowed anyone to be subjects of our country, not just Caucasian men like the US did at the time and for nearly a century later) belong here.
Funny how paychecks are among the smallest in the country. Born and raised here but non Hawaiian. Not entitled to any of the benefits. Hard work at a job, putting long hours to make ends meet. But there needs to stop the ultra rich houses being built and build more affordable houses to keep the local people here in the state. Support the local stores. Too many are closing.
Mahalo for sharing this real life Hawai’i burden… I am Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli), graduate from a Hawaiian School that prepared me culturally & academically to give back, serve our local people, & make a difference in our homeland Hawai’i…yet with a Masters Degree & working professional of 30 yrs…struggle?! I,like many locals, work a full time job & many more….I have 4. I am sad for our Hawai’i locals that are forced to migrate yet I too fully understand the sacrifices required to stay…”I work in Hawai’i to earn the right to work more”…is the sad but true statement I share with my 3 children. Although blessed to own a home in Hawai’i & raise a family in the culture that runs deep in our hearts…I too am shamed by encouraging my children to move, migrate, & get ahead on the mainland so they can give themselves a fighting chance to move back to the Hawai’i they know is HOME…sad but our Hawai’i reality.
They have done NOTHING to diversify the economy and grow new industries... I do computer software and it's a 30m industry in Hawaii... It's 3B in Utah..... Most of our tourist economy outsource to the mainland.. so the money comes in and goes right out... We should unite with everyone on the islands and grow and diversify the economy.. claim what is our rightful economy and expand beyond it... most people would rather complain though....
As someone who lives on Oahu is 12.5% Hawaiian and my best friend moved to Vegas in 2020 this hurts my heart so bad. I would be heartbroken if i ever had to move from my home. But with rent increases and limited options of housing it's a very real possibility.
Not a native Hawaiian but I lived there for 5 years. I grew up my teen years there and ever since my parents decided to move us I've been completely heart broken and I always feel out of place. Hawaii is truly a very special place and my heart constantly yearns to be in that special place with the people I love.
I too m getting teary eyed listening her story.I landed here in Honolulu for a nurse aide job last week & to check out & explore the place......housing is superrrrrr expensive, my job fell thru due to the hospital demanding that I submit my original h/school diploma from India ,( of which I should hv been informed before I flew out from Tulsa....) I was given 2 days to obtain it by any means for my job to be confirmed.....I informed them that it was well nigh impossible to get it @ that moment from even my birth town in Manipur ( in the northeast India ) which was wrecked & still not yet under control , by ethnic strife & violence since a month , but heck no, I was told to submit it anyways...Long story short, m jobless right now & luckily I had paid up my rent upfront so m ok for this month , as I m gonna apply for any kind of jobs to live & survive here.........I can imagine how extremely hard its gonna be for its natives & their families to survive in this most expensive US state.......its a very beautiful state, tho'.....& its homelessness problem is just so sad ......its own natives living out under the bridges, park corners and wherever they could spread their blankets to lay down their heads.....its a great eye opener for me as I am taking this self asking tours...m not here for the thrill sports, parties, & all that hi fi stuffs that people from the mainland love to brag about their Hawaiian trip .....I m wanting to see its nooks & corners & try to imbibe its history & culture ....& appreciate its beauty !!!
I Have An "Out Of The Box" Solution. Migration To The Western Pacific & The Southern Hemisphere. The USA Has Territorial Nations That Any American Can Live And Work. Case Point: In The Day Filipinos Migrated To Hawaii & Alaska & Stayed Like Forever; All 3 U.S. Territories At That Time. Guam & American Samoa Need Trained, Experienced Skilled Workers, White Collar College PHDs Programmers & Blue Collar Workers Designing & Building Alternative Energy Systems. You Name The Position and The Job; There Is An Hawaiian That Is Already Qualified To Do It! Aloha! 😎
Mahalo for doing this story! We face this dilemma everyday and it’s heartbreaking 💔 I am one of the many Hawaiians who just miss the blood quantum of 50% and don’t qualify for Hawaiian Homeland 😢
Kia-ora could you help me understand who, what, where, when and how this %50 threshold came into effect. I am Maori and really wish to know more? Mahalo 🤙
@luckylion2657 Hi, I am part hawaiian and live on Oahu. I only have 3/16 hawaiian. I have hawaiian on both sides. To qualify for a home o. Hawaiian homestead you have to be 50% or more, but to then be able to pass it onto your children or grandchildren. They need 25% which is still rare these days. Thwy have a waiting list and many that have made the 50% have been on it for decades ans now thw prices are at about $300,000 and you don't even own the land, you lease it for $1 for 99 years ans can reup after that again I assume for your children if they qualified. My grand mother had a home and none if her children want to live there as they all have their own homes outside of the homestead and as far as us grandchildren, only one set has enough and they to have their own homes now. My aunties and uncle are deciding what to do as the aunty who was living their with my grandmother, who has passed has health issues and now has been staying with her sister. My husband and I were lucky to be able to purchase a home in 2006 before the home prices really escalated, but we do live paycheck to paycheck to be able to leave something to our kids. And now with thw inflation, we are paying out about $500 more a month than we did before Biden got into office when things were just getting easier under Trump. I do wish our government would help with the costs here. Hawaiians shouldn't have to leave THEIR islands just because of prices. We need a smart government with great ideas to help with making our economy better here and to make it easier for our people to come home and purchase a home here.
Thank you ABC. Many more stories to share. Including how the mainland states are sending their homeless people on a 1 way ticket to Hawaii. For Hawaii and it’s people to pay the price of helping them. We are losing our own homes as our tax dollars go to help the many mainland homeless…
30,000 on the waiting list(HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS) and many have died and more will be following.Why are they still waiting?Your going to let them wait till the rail is done? The stadium is done?
I love this! I was raised in Kalihi for 21 years! I am so lucky I’ve lived Hawaii!! There’s no better place to raise a family than in Hawaii! I’m now living in the Bay Area & it’s been 18 years. EVERY & ANY chance I get to take my kids back home, it feels AMAZING!!! Priced out of paradise is such a harsh & sad truth about the place I still, call home. If it wasn’t for my husband, I’d be back home, 15yrs ago. 💀 I plan to retire back home & live my life, unplugged for the rest of my days. I love you, my Hawai’i! ❤️
No way, are you FHS 02 too? I left Kalihi and moved to Dubai a decade ago. There are so many things I miss about Hawaii, but Hawaii has gone through so many changes that I find it less and less feasible to go back.
@@jenasis808 ALOHAQ1 GOVERNOR! It's really great here. It's expensive, but I've never felt so safe in my life (cuz you know, growing up in Kalihi, gotta ALWAYS watch your okole!) You can leave your wallet and laptop at a cafe, come back and it's untouched. People are super friendly and are great with kids. I'd love to move my family back to Hawaii, but the experiences and opportunities here makes it difficult. We try to go back when we can too cuz both me and my husband's family/friends are still there. Remember that song 90s song from Justin? It goes: You can take the boy from the Island, but not the Island from the boy. Except, you know, I not one boy! Same, same! How do you like the Bay Area? I have family who love it there and I haven't been there since 94.
It's happening to us where my family lives also...It's sad. When the Island sold out to tourists and businesses, it made it so there are not enough homes for us locals, nor enough jobs but much higher taxes and whatnot. I wish the rich people would just go back to their cities and stay away.
@@sunshineandwarmth I think you mean "entitled to go to another area, built to be the best like others, and ruin it as they did their own home." Money doesn't equil entitlement, no-one should be entitled to displace a population for their own parisidic and narcisisistic pleasures.
@nicholasdelaat2459 "should" counts for nothing. You are añgry and feel cheated, but you know, in reality, that you only get what you can afford. Nobody is obligated to give you anything. Ppl in America have been homeless for decades. In spite of the many experts and professionals doing research that showed homeless ppl were no more addicts, mentally ill, lazy, made poor choices , or chose to be living that lifestyle, than was representative of the general population. Yet, for decades, nobody has helped much or defended them, or even deigned to tell the truth about them. And these are American citizens carrying bloodlines from across the world. Are they not just as unique and worthwhile as any other group of ppl? They are not asking for paraduse, an ocean front condo, or a free plot of land to build themselves a home. They would be grateful for a roof over their heads, enough food so as not to be hungry, and productive work to pay for it all. You see how that is working? You can yell, scream, cry, belly ache and moan all you want but in the final analysis, you are an American, no matter whose ancestral bloodlines are running through your veins, and as an American, you are subject to the same conditions as all other Americans, wh are, in a nutshell, "If you don't have, You don't get."
@@sunshineandwarmth I don't know how to answer this. Either you didn't get my point, or we are living in two different ethical (or amoral) worlds, with completely different life experience. I'm not going to take the time to argue right and wrong on RUclips, but man...I can deferentially see what kind of life you came from.
You guys didn’t really dive into WHY Hawaii is so expensive and it’s because of real estate developments aimed at the wealthy overseas who buy the properties and only use them once or twice every other year. Housing is being torn down for these projects and they are raising the median price for a home so much locals can’t afford to live there.
We have all kinds of lands all over the islands... Private companies do developments and put up their own money to build the projects... The state tries to tweak these private developers projects by forcing them to include "workforce housing" or "low income housing" into the mix.. The state should build its own developments with more apartments, etc.. But they only try to force developers to do their bidding by not approving projects unless they have the "requirements"... There is no money in low-income house... that's just a fact.. the state needs to step up and give incentives or outright money to build their projects...Typical Hawaii they just tell you what to do without putting any skin in the game...
The biggest problem in Hawaii is the state leaders dont do enough for the people. We need them to create tax breaks for shipping companies so the savings can get passed down to us. Also do more on price gouging. Its insane to go to the store and walk out with $500 worth of food and its not enough for the week. Housing and rent control would be nice to help the people. These so much more they could do but it all falls on deaf ears because profits over people is the matto.
Makes you sick to hear this. So much going wrong in the world. If people are losing their basic needs of deserving to have a roof over their heads and soaring inflation...what is next! Makes me mad! 💔
When I last visited California in 2018, a few people I met said that they were moving to Vegas too even though they were born and raised in Cali. They talked about how much it hurt them that they couldn't stay home because they were being priced out and that it was pretty much only accessible to tech bros and celebrities.
The only silver lining in this is that soon, nothing but tech bros and high income earners will be the only type of people living there making their purchasing power act as if it was minimum wage for the area. When everyone makes six figures, no one is making six figures. They get screwed.
@@Kurplodeyup! Currently here in SoCal. Born and raised. Grew up poor. Now I'm 28, earning $112k+, no debt and 100k net worth. I can't afford a tiny ugly 1 bed home anywhere in the county but the desert portions. I'ma give it a few years before I'ma just have to move. Hate it. Shouldn't be this bad in SoCal with all this land vs Hawaii which is a tiny island.
In 2019 I worked with a Hawaii woman that told me about this issue. We talked about the telescope, the price of milk, poverty, the Hawaiian royal family, the decline in full bred Hawaiians etc. It’s horrible.
so a group of people were isolated for 500 years the "Hawaiians"... the decedents of the migrations to Hawaii from the South Pacific.... and after 500 years they voluntarily loved people outside of their "race" and that's a bad thing? The entire world is full of inter-breeding... you should check your own DNA and see where the origins are... Seems a lot of Hitler-like thinking going on with the blood-quantum etc... I wouldn't trade who I am to be a Hawaiian "race"... it's a silly notion..
This is really sad. Hawaii has so much potential. It could be one of the most important states in the country but instead it's turned into a massive tourist resort for the wealthiest Americans.
Except... it really doesn't. Yet another reason it's so expensive to live there is there's very little that is sustainable, be it energy, crops, industry. The islands heavily rely on mainland for just about everything. And a lot of things that people think of as uniquely Hawaiian, aren't. Some are ideas/crops that were imported and implemented more recently than some may realize. Yes, even the pinapple.
@@ryankramer What if I told you an island existed with a similar climate with a fraction of the landmass but with way more people and a far higher GDP? Sound like a fantasy? It's not. It's called Singapore and it's living proof that even a small island with few natural resources can become a thriving economy with proper planning. Hawaii's biggest asset is its geographic location, being the closest US state to so many East Asian countries. If its leaders wanted to it could be transformed into an economic powerhouse for international business. In order for this to happen though major investments in infrastructure would need to happen and that's part of the problem since Hawaii has greatly lagged behind other states in this regard.
@@davids7009 I feel like this answer would destroy what makes the island special in the process. Major infrastruture? Have you been to Maui? I just don't see it. And Singapore is literally bordering other countries. The location and topology makes comparing these two impractical.
@@ryankramer You are correct that Singapore is closer to other countries but that also means it has increased competition for trade. Hawaii on the other hand has low competition and serves as a midway point in the Pacific ocean that's perfect for international shipping and air travel. There's always a cost benefit analysis whenever you're talking about infrastructure vs natural preservation. Currently Hawaii is ranked #1 on natural preservation, 37 on infrastructure and 48 on economy. That's really bad. So I know that it's great and all to see all the natural beauty there but if it's not economically helping the lives of the people there then something has to change. Here's a micro example of this: look at the town of Moab UT. They decided to turn themselves into a tourist hub because of their immense natural beauty from Canyonlands and Arches national parks. It sounded like a great idea in theory, but what's happening now is so many tourists are coming to the area it's not only pricing out residents it's making the actual parks unsustainable to where from what I understand now people have to book months in advance and it gets full and have to turn people away. You don't want a Moab kind of situation in Maui where it just gets flooded with international tourists nonstop until the island can't take it anymore. Some people think it's getting close to that, depending on who you ask. The best way to prevent that is to diversify the islands and make other reasons for people to come besides just coming to the beaches and also to build up infrastructure such as better public transit which they really need. Even roads could be expanded. And it doesn't necessarily have to be Maui per say, maybe Oahu could be a better choice first or the big island? Idk the people of Hawaii would have to decide that via voting. The only other solution would be to start limiting the number of people who are allowed to visit Hawaii. But I feel like that would be kind of a depressing static future with not much on the horizon for the young residents to look forward to.
most important state? why? what does it have to make it "important" Fact is, its too remote to be of any importance other than a military outpost or tourist destination. It will never be another Singapore because the people there don't want that. They don't have the thirst for success that singapore has. The work/life balance in singapore would be poison to them and they absolutely hate change
This just about everybody I met a native Hawaiian some years back and asked how you leave such a beautiful place for the states and he said then in 2014 it had gotten to expensive so he and his family moved to Oregon and was moving from there because of the same reason...Insane....
Growing up in Hawaii its sad to see this, myself and family left to relocate to vegas because of this, haven't been back in 20yrs. Hawaii is slowly being taken over by the rich and its designed that way to push everyone off. Goodluck and love to everyone still back home fighting the good fight! 🤙
♥️🙏♥️ These are not just stories but true to life. It sad when seeing how much sacrifice our people make in their lives to live as native people of the aina. 😢 Watching this is heart breaking.
Hawaii should be given the same status as the other native reservations... that is their home, and has been for thousands of years... they should retain full governance of their home.
@@keli449 I imagine it’s because this story is about Hawaiian natives being pushed out of their ancestral land. A more accurate comparison would be a person from the Lenape tribe no longer being able to afford living in NYC. While someone being forced to move out of their hometown is unquestionably sad and shouldn’t be happening (and is especially unfortunate for those whose families have been in NYC for generations), it isn’t the same thing as the displacement of indigenous peoples.
That long waitlist is ridiculous. It is also important to get an education to have more earning potential. For example, there is are not enough healthcare workers. They could get well paying jobs in healthcare as doctors and nurses. There are nursing schools and a medical school on island. There are scholarships for native Hawaiians.
not just Hawaii...Idaho, Montana, Arizona, etc...my BF is from Hawaii and just went back last month to visit family, tons of people living in their vehicles, 30 to a 2 brdm. house etc...the "haves" dont give a flying FFFF about the "have nots"
So, native Hawaiians were screwed by the US government. The US government took ownership of a land that truly was Hawaiian. The US government and its rich allies are very good at doing just that.
They need to create programs that support native Hawaiians and allow them to have primary access to their lands and employment. It is disgusting to see these people forced off of their own ancestral land because of the greed that is limiting access to basic commodities and needs in our modern world. The greed is getting out of control and the common people are losing more and more of our basic rights as we go on.
I appreciate the sentiment, but as a Hawaiian your comment almost makes me laugh, not because I think what you said is silly, but, well honestly, soooo many reasons… - The US illegally overthrew The Hawaiian Kingdom, there is no treaty, therefore The Hawaiian Kingdom continues to be a sovereign country albeit illegally occupied by the US since 1893. - All Hawaiians were given land by our monarchs but the US illegally ignores our inalienable (meaning unsellable) inheritable land patents in order to sell our land off to their own citizens and other foreigners. - The fraudulent illegal “state” has absolutely no interest in helping Hawaiians, in fact they do the opposite, they systematically try to keep us down while promoting people from outside of Hawai’i, typically the wealthy, to move here and displace us. - the “statehood act” which was in and of itself illegal and only AMERICANS were allowed to vote on it, mostly at the time by military personnel and their families, had a disclaimer on the back of the ballot saying “voting for yes for statehood means you agree that statehood forfeits the lands of Hawai’i to the US… and again I remind you that ONLY AMERICANS were allowed to vote on this, Hawaiians were banned from voting, and in a legal plebiscite vote we should have been the ONLY ones allowed to vote & only OUR government could hold that vote, not a foreign country. Also a plebiscite vote is legally supposed to include the option to “revert to an independent nation”, that option was absent from the already illegal ballot, which simply asked if Hawai’i should be admitted into the US as a state with 2 options, yes or no, no 3rd option for independence… and again, it was already only being voted on by Americans. I don’t think anyone fully understands the corruption at play here… aside from Hawaiians of course… I also don’t think most people even care, so long as they get to enjoy and benefit from the w*r crimes being committed.
@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Why would your issue be with my comment then-? I am aware of the corruption in government, and the bloodline families and societal cabals that really run things, but the sentiment remains. The point of the comment was to potentially mobilize people to demand their rights- it is the same elsewhere in the US- NO ONE will get anything without CONSTANTLY fighting back- I suggest fighting for rights regardless of whether you believe you can get those rights because the most pressing issue we face is apathy and lack of vigilance - if more people fight back relentlessly then the pressure is put on the system to concede some rights (although obviously they won't concede much, but they will even less if people don't put constant pressure on them.) You laughing at people who are on your side only makes you lose more in the end. Better to fight as much as you can rather than give in now.
"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.. They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land." - Desmond Tutu Of course, the same can be said for Native American people and their beloved motherland. 🤷 Native Americans: Our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions. Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering 'TWO BILLIONS'! A shocking sad truth. The world: It's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people.. Notorious global cardinal crimes the West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on? Native Americans: We're still here. We are not going anywhere. 😔 Europe for Native Europeans, Africa for Native Africans, America for Native Americans, Asia-Pacific for Native Asians-Pacific islanders. 🤷
I'm sure all the natives were getting along and living in total peace together before their lands were settled. I'm sure boundaries were 100% respected and law was just and fair within every tribe. I'm sure there was no murder, hatred, lying, stealing or sexual perversion.
'Slavery, Colonialism & Colonization' are evil things done by evildoers. For instance, in Singapore, a tiny island with 6 million souls lives like sardines in a can, where else in nearby vast bountiful Australia which is ten thousand times 10,000 bigger with a mere 27 million inhabitants. A similar situation in tiny and packed Japan, which is running out of space and land. Do you know that their living room and bedroom are the same place, and that most Japanese people sleep in their living room. Like I said, 'Slavery, Colonialism & Colonization' are evil things done and benefited by evildoers.
Same is true of Chsrleston SC. Mount Pleasant next door was for generations the place enslaved people had settled. Developers liked its location . worked to raise the tax value and african Americans had to move from homes they had lived in for generations.because they could no longer afford the taxes.😞
I went to Oahu and the entire time I was there, (3 weeks), I kept asking my son, "Where are the Hawaiians?" All I saw were tourists. (And I was all over the island!) As an American, I love the Hawaiian culture. That is why most people love Hawaii. Take the culture out....and what is left? Just pretty mountains and waves.
So the native people, who own inalienable (meaning unsellable) land patents for every inch of Hawai’i which the US ignores in order to illegally steal and sell our lands off to their Americans citizens and other foreigners…. should live in tiny homes while the rich Americans live in beach side mansions?!?!
Hawaiian State govt happily allowed Larry Ellison to buy the ENTIRE ISLAND of Lanai…just imagine how many native (>50% bloodline) families could have settled there…!!! Also, it’s absurd that Larry wasn’t required to provide some limited acreage for locals’ housing needs as part of the deal. The State has exacerbated the problem!!!
Das why Hawaii has homesteads for Hawaiians, but the waiting list is long. I saw my cousin's name on the waiting list and she has been dead many years ago.
It's not just Hawaiians. Everyone feels the squeeze of living paycheck to paycheck. It's a fact of life here. Nothing is going to change. It's the way the world is. As immigrants we ALL were forced to leave our homelands due to depressions, famines, etc. Nothing new. Nothing can stop it from continuing all over the world...
This has been done to Native Americans in the State of California as well. Multiple tribes from the Sierra are from locations considered tourist attractions. Either the Federal Government removes them from the land, or raised the cost of living significantly, they can hardly afford a modest place to live. In Mariposa County California, this has been done, and many struggle to afford basic living, utilities, and rent. Wouldn't it be something to identify this method of removal of a People, and preemptively address the problem before loosing decendants of a heritage filled with diverse People's filled with Love, compassion, and kindness. The Tribes from around Yosemite National Park, and the Tribe from within are some of the most wonderful People you could ever meet...and sadly this process is ongoing right now, in as many ways the Federal,and state government can engage in while maintaining plausible deniability. Consider the Ahwaneechee Native Americans, the story of Chief Teneya, and the ongoing lack of acknowledgement by the United States of America. They forced Teneya to watch the extra judicia execution of his son, and then banished him from Yosemite simply because he tried to tell them as they murdered his Tribe, that Yosemite is Sacred. Now years later most who visit know at least in part, what he, and the Natives tried to explain about Yosemite National Park... This attrocity is well documented, even in the tourist shops of Yosemite, but to this day the Federal Government continues to commit attrocities upon this Tribe through Law Enforcement, Military, Intelligence, and Religious Communities.
Let the Hawaiians have Casinos like the Native Americans on the Mainland. OHA - Office of Hawaiian Affairs has land but no money to build homes with. The Casino would provide money and jobs to the Hawaiians. Even better it creates an incentive for the Hawaiian Youth to do better in school and consider the Building Trades as a career. They become the future Homebuilders of Hawaii, not some low paying tourist service job in Waikiki. In Kapolei on Oahu, there's a Shopping Mall on Hawaiian Land that's a half mile from the end of the $8 Billion Rail project on Oahu - HART. A casino there gives tourist a reason to ride the rail. Too bad the State government and Las Vegas interests won't allow this to occur.
OHA is funded by MONEY from the State of Hawaii taxpayers (of every race). So they DO HAVE MONEY. Take your ideas to the RICH HAWAIIANS controlling the Kamehameha Schools. They have 363,852 acres of LAND, and assets worth over $15 BILLION US DOLLARS. Casinos? Kalakaua and Liliuokalani tried to make OPIUM a legal recreational drug in Hawaii. But that was a bad idea, and it eventually flopped (after Kalakaua accepted CASH BRIBES for licenses).
They don't care if the Hawaiian culture disappears and dies out. The ethnic group responsible for destroying countless of cultures around the world, has no shame and no conscience. They gladly at it again.
My husband is the first generation to move back to the islands. His grandparents moved off Oahu in the 70’s because of the price of living and his military career took them to Oklahoma. When he told his aunts he was moving to Oahu they were crying because they were happy that he was making their dream come true to move back.
This isn’t new sadly. It’s been happing for a very long time now…and it’s something that I’ve been considering to. As a local and Native Hawaiian…I don’t want to. I grew up here, I got family here, and I love it here. But as I look at my situation…I’m becoming more and more sure I can’t stay…
Our local government gladly taxes second homes or vacation homes at a higher rate, but it's not enough. The prices are still sky high and many times, the highest bidder is not from here.
they have tried to do this continuously for over a hundred years. very few indigenous groups are successful at combating new white laws that prohibit them from land ownership in one way or another. Look at the struggles of the south American rainforest peoples.
We stood behind Native Hawaiian senator Brenton Awa last year and his bill to only allow native Hawaiians and long time residents to have exclusive rights to buying and owning land and houses and discontinuing the selling of property to foreign investment and improper development. This bill was almost immediately shut down by congress and deemed “unconstitutional”. Because the US allows foreign investment and has no laws to protect indigenous people making it a “free” land of equal opportunity, our fight for the laws you speak of go unheard and swept under the rug. It’s a constant battle for our land and we hit wall after wall of red tape and the so-called “American Dream” which these days looks more and more like systematic genocide towards Native Hawaiians along with our fellow indigenous people the Native Americans
Wow, this is the same pattern my island of Puerto Rico is going. It is becoming a tourist island full of AR B&B’s and business. A lot of North Americans buying land next to the beaches and building so close to the water contaminating the water, causing erosion, damaging the land and the biodiversity life. Puertorricans can’t afford to stay in the land because the cost of living keep rising and no that much sources of income. Millions have immigrate mostly to United States due to need of jobs. Really sad.
They do this on purpose. They increase the prices on the land and will give high paying jobs to Caucasians, paying them double the annual salary so that they can always manage to sustain. Leaving low end jobs for only natives and brown skins. Its slavery being remasked and retold as the story of poverty.
My mom couldn’t find jobs at the hospitals, she got priced out. Years later I tried to go back home and got priced out after working 80 hours a week working 3 jobs. This makes me so emotional
Our neighborhood has 4 new monster-houses forcing our property taxes to increase $1000 this year. Our house hasn't changed but properry taxes are based on an calcularion of the selling prices of all the homes in the neighborhood. The new monster houses have torn down every tree on the thbk eir property and used every inch for the house and parking. Taxing homeowners based on the selling price of other homes in the neighborhood is government imposed and therefore a government causes problem. Grandfather laws would be appropriate for original homeowners in a neighborhood to allow tax breaks. Our electricity costs is only second to Californias. We walk around at night with flashlights until bedtime because electricity is unaffordable even though we are on the Time Of Use Plan because HECO keeps raising the base rate; $130/ month even before we use any electricity. Electric use is added on after that charge. Its the government that causes homelessness.
Next year the 5-9pm time will be 3x the cost of 9am - 5pm... 9pm - 9am will be 2x... That's on my island... The whole green energy thing is really hurting people... it makes no difference when China is making 2 coal-fired power plants a week... but we pay SKY HIGH rates for some ridiculous virtue signaling.. the power rates affect everyone.. home owners and renters... I'm wanting to get solar with a battery... but it's like 40k+.... but the state is making power unaffordable so I'll have no choice...The CEO of HECO makes 3m per year + bennies...
This is so heartbreaking! I really feel for the native Hawaiians. Those islands are their ancestral homelands.
@MRM00M0066If Hawaii is like Ohio, it's white and black families placating on them to move. Living standards from developers isn't modern to sustain an income thanks to being politically devided.
@@sandrahart6195 In Hawaii its filipino and blacks
@Russians are MURDERERS because of people like you and this mindsight! Things don’t have to be like how they are. If white ppl stopped being conquerors and explorers, wouldn’t be a problem!
The "good Haoles" live in the mainland U.S. The "bad Haoles" live in Hawaii.
Oh, you mean like how Australia was to Aborigines and America to Native Americans. Greed is king in this world.
My heart goes out to the Hawaiian people of the land that are forced to move away. My father left his island in Greece due to the same reasons and lived his life in a foreign country. Although he achieved a successful life, he was never happy in his heart. Always thought about home and to the very end of his life dreamed about going back home. Native Hawaiians stay united wherever you are in the world and keep your language, culture and traditions alive for generations.
They have lived in that archipelago for thousands of years and the USA invaded their home and annexed them against their will.
This breaks my heart so much. As a Kanaka maoli(Hawaiian person), whom had to moved to Vegas, and was fortunate enough to have returned home. I do live paycheck to paycheck. But. I can't ever leave home. I must protect her. Aloha.
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Do u feel the mana
As a Kanaka maoli myself I agree 100%. Fortunetly I'll be able to buy a house back home in cash but even as someone who can, I realize I'm in the minority. I really want to push new measures to help hawaiians stay. If thats hawaiians pay no federal/state tax or anything else that can help people of the land stay
Whatever happen to the Hawaiian independence movement ?
I am sorry big money in suits are taking over your beautiful Hawaii breaks my heart. I live in Texas. I was born in Spokane Washington raised my family is in Spokane everytime I go home. And leave its heartbreaking but It cost so much to live there.
As a local and native Hawaiian, this has been going on for decades. Exploitation of beautiful things leads to destruction. We have no home
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The kanaka needs federap status like my tribes. Im native american born and raised in honolulu. I know because i get adpoted ohana in Nanakuli and Papakolea
KiaOra koutou! Ko Michael au. No Aotearoa (NZ) au. Kei te mihi atu ki nga mana, e nga reo. E mihi ana ki nga tipuna o te Moana o Mauitikitikiataranga. Kei te mihi atu Kia koutou Katoa. Mihi mai te karanga I nga whanau whanui o te mate. Apiti hono, ta tai hono, the hunga mate, ki te hunga mate. Apiti hono ta tai hono, te hunga ora! Ki te hunga ora. Tiheimauriora. March on strong to restore the monarchy of Polynesia. Your monarch is my monarch. We are whanau after all. The US is being hypocritical of Taiwan, which they know, is part of China. China offers cash and hope to other countries to help alleviate stress, even here in the Pacific, our home! The US sees it as a threat of invasion. Though we all know the English French stole North America as well as Hawaii, and parts of Mexico in California, as well as Palestine. Provoked Russia into Ukraine and are goading China into Taiwan its own province. which we don't need. Bring our Kings and Queens back.
E tu ana au ki te mihi Kia koe, te rangatira, kei te mihi Kia tatou e Moe kite moenga roa nga whanau aroha. Apiti hono tatai hono te hunga mate, kite hunga mate. Te hunga ora ki te hunga ora Tena koe cousin of Polynesia,whanau whanui. I'm just a cousin from Aotearoa here. Michael from the Takitimu and Mataatua waka's . Mauao and Putauaki are my ancestral mountains. I live in Tauranga Moana, Huria, from the tribe of Ngati Ranginui and Ngati Awanuiarangi. I'm sorry about the fires going on there bro. Sorry for the loss of life and property to everyone. I must confess I'm a bit of an activist and I hope you don't mind I say so. I'm native Maori but I know your my family and your monarch is my monarch. We have Maui in our family tree, speak the same language with slight diff but still Polynesians. I'm asking the US to leave Taiwan to the Chinese and get out of there. Or to stop being hypocritical and return Hawaii back to our Queen. Arohanui my cuz!
Same with Native Americans. Theycshould by now have a whole state under their people with good and desireable land
This is crazy. 😢 Native people need to be protected and be able to stay in their homeland. This is what happens when businesses come in and turn places into "resorts" to cater to tourists, instead of protecting the established community and way of life. I won't go to Hawaii for this reason... ❤ To the Hawaiian people.
"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.. They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land." - Desmond Tutu
Of course, the same can be said for Native American people and their beloved motherland. 🤷
Native Americans: Our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions.
Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering 'TWO BILLIONS'! A shocking sad truth. 😔
The world: It's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people.. Notorious global cardinal crimes the West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on?
Native Americans: We're still here. We are not going anywhere. 😔
May I ask why not let Native Americans have Europe, since Europeans have had both North/South America Continents already; a fair deal?
Remember the saying, "You can't have your cake and eat it too" and "A man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do".
The truth of the matter is that indigenous Native People would forever be the subject of scapegoat, and victimized by the Colonizers of their lands, as long as they occupy those vast rich bountiful lands in order to justify their occupation. In other words, the Colonizers are 'Living in Denial'/ 'Living in Sin'. 🤷
Europe for Native Europeans,
Africa for Native Africans,
America for Native Americans,
Asia-Pacific for Native Asians-Pacific islanders. 🤷
No, what is crazy is what democrats did to San Francisco. Stop with the "Native" people crap, there is no such thing. Our family is Kanaka Hanai, and you don't see us begging.
@@Jose_Jimenez what is kanaka hanai even mean? I dont think you see most Hawaiians begging. They are just acknowledging the unjusts and unfairness that are occuring.
It’s capitalism at its best
@@Gorbachub or at its worse in this case
As native Americans, we are fighting the same sort of greed on the mainland. From the deepest part of my heart, I hope you get to keep paradise.
Oh please! Blacks helped you and you betrayed us for greed!! NEVER FORGET!!!
I left my home for 12 years and was home sick the ENTIRE time. I had to come home to Hawaii. There is no way I could flourish in the mainland when my entire family is here at home. But now my home has become over run with outsiders and now everything I experienced on the mainland has reached my home. Pan handlers, Homelessness, crime. Its all here and outsiders keep pouring in. Its traumatic to witness. Its traumatizing to see my island home turn into a modern urban city filled with people I don't even recognize. Our way of life is dwindling with each outsider that brings their city mentality. Aloha is being watered down by those who think they know what Aloha is.
I'm right here with you. What are you going to do? My plan was to maybe to move to parts of Hawaii that aren't being affected with the outsiders coming in. Still better than to the mainland. Oahu is being overrun with problems of the major cities on the mainland.
Agree. When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's Hawaii was sheltered from all of the craziness on the mainland. As more and more mainlanders and foreigners buy investment properties and mainlanders move in, we have all the crime, drug problems, and homeless that every major city on the mainland has. The "aloha" spirit is dying. People on drugs are nuts, road rage incidents are crazy. We need to take back Hawaii and our way of life so our kids and grandkids can live the way we did. Social media teaching people how to come to Hawaii and be homeless. It's nuts!
Entitled much?
Welcome to the United States
@@lalosalamanca6936 its just the reality. its why americans have a come to jesus moment when they step foot in hawaii. Never have the experienced that level of inner peace before.
This is so sad. My heart breaks for everyone ( regardless of race or ethnicity) who has lost connection to their native land. I'm glad she made it back home.
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Thank you ABC for putting Hawai'i in the spotlight so all of America can see the struggle of us Native Hawaiians.
I Have An "Out Of The Box" Solution.
Migration To The Western Pacific & The Southern Hemisphere. The USA Has Territorial Nations That Any American Can Live And Work.
Case Point: In The Day Filipinos Migrated To Hawaii & Alaska & Stayed Like Forever; All 3 U.S. Territories At That Time.
Guam & American Samoa Need Trained, Experienced Skilled Workers, White Collar College PHDs Programmers & Blue Collar Workers Designing & Building Alternative Energy Systems.
You Name The Position and The Job; There Is An Hawaiian That Is Already Qualified To Do It! Aloha! 😎
We are experiencing the same problems. It's life. It happens. If you have enough to not be homeless, you are lucky. If you are homeless in Hawaii, you are way luckier than if you are homeless in Minnesota.
Sometimes it is more productive to count your blessings than mourn your losses, especially when you can't do anything about your situation and even more so when you realize that many others are not only in the same boat, but in a much more leaky part of it.
God Bless US, Every One.
@@drpc1a Omg. Finally, someone w a solution who is willing to share it.
God loves you, but we love you more!🥰
@@sunshineandwarmth Mahalo!
@@sunshineandwarmthhow are you telling people they’re lucky to not be homeless? You sound like an ignorant idiot.
I cried my eyes out for years after leaving Hawaii. It is horrible. No regular people can afford a home. They have to have multiple generations in a home. The worst part is the culture shock of the mainland. I will never be happy anywhere else.
Define “regular people” because I’m pretty sure everyone is a normal person
Your use of language and mentality need to change to see Hawaii as the main land!
Free Hawaii
The culture shock in Oahu was despicable. Blatantly racist Polynesians openly discriminating against Asians. Oh well, at least the four seasons is nice. Going to enjoy my last day at the resort and come back and buy up property from the locals. Good riddance.
Yeah, having to be on time and work for a living is kind of a bitch ain’t it?🤣
@@socaljarhead7670 I have worked multiple jobs all of my life.
This world is definitely all out of balance, good luck everyone .
dont believe the story I bought my 3 acres for $15K in 2008.. aloha
Come to Phuket it is just as beautiful and plenty of homes!
@Tamehameha Prints 2008 we baught our property for 200k today its worth 860K. I could not afford to buy it today. WHAT IS YOUR POINT?. A GALLON OF MILK HERE IS OVER $10.
@@shanestewart9232 the point is that your a dumb ass .
100% true
Give Back Stolen Land!!! Ban ALL Vacation Homes!!! I am Hawaiian by Blood. Me and Thousands of others dont qualify for Hawaiian Homes. some family members been on the list 30+ years. My family is part of The Families that had land stolen from them during my father's life. It is incredibly Heart Breaking and Hawaiians Are Pist. Ive been planning to move from here since before covid cause of horrendous Rental prices. I cant afford to have a child of my own. I have a small place with my bf and its hard. A gallon of milk is $14 on Sale. Bread is like $9. just examples. some rentals are like $1300 for 1 small bedroom with a "Shared Kitchen, Shared Bathroom, First come first serve parking, No Pets , No Guest, 1 person only, No Noise, No Breathing etc." I cant stand it. I use to work 3-4 jobs before I Graduated High school in early 2000s. Still couldnt afford to live on my own and most things I have are 2nd, 3rd hand stuff. Too busy trying to deal with Rent, Gas, and food cant enjoy what we have, or what the tourist get to enjoy. Ive had many family members move to the mainland where almost all of them have been able to buy a house and finally afford to live without working to the bone. I dont even know who to point the finger at anymore but it sucks and Honestly I dont believe there is any relief for my people in the future and we really are being Priced out of paradise a.k.a. OUR HOME.
I moved away a week ago and my heart already hurts. I can't wait for the chance to move back to Hawaii ❤
I felt her pain when she broke down because she made it back home. I too live in Hawaii and I could never leave the islands. Hawaii is truly special to everyone who grew up here.
@@sunshineandwarmth If you haven't already done so, look into heating subsidies for low income residents. Your local utility will have the info.
@jeanetteh.9240
Low income isn't a problem, It's high local crime that is just tolerated here, and a "good Christian" 👹 who had her own agenda that got me trapped here in a place so far from my world that i have no life skills to ace it.
Tbh, the time here hasn't been a complete loss. Ive had two manuscripts published w one release and one due out later (always find a way to turn a nightmare into money).
And I've helped w human rights groups, wh are now successfully making headway w class action suits.
And contributed to the set up of a safe haven project in another state (boat hold).
Im just mad when i think how i was supposed to be having fun in Bali, and thought I was done "saving the world." 😝 Well, life can turn you on your head and you have to keep going, but there's no universal law that says you have to like it. Or even one that says you can't grumble about it.😁
Breakfast. Everyone have a great day. And thank you to the person who tried to help by offering her knowledge. If we all did that 5 times a day while we are wasting our time on phone play, our time wouldn't be wasted, would it?🤗
Hawai’i IS special, but it’s only the homeland of Hawaiians. So called “locals” have a sense of entitlement to these islands that they have no right to feel.
When it comes to someone's home it doesn't matter where they are. It is devastating. Everyone has their roots wherever they are from. My area was changed a little bit ago and no one that was from here could afford it anymore and had to move. They felt the same. It might not be the same atmosphere but it is the same. I pray for the families.
Can I ask where your home is? I feel the same.
Where I grew up it declared itself a sanctuary state and floods of illegals settled anywhere they could... The Catholic church stopped giving mass in English... So it's going on everywhere.. that's my biggest fear for hawaii.. a mass migration of foreigners (illegals) or homeless people settling all over Hawaii..
it's not just happening in hawaii, it's happening worldwide. The War on Poor is very real, and the wealthy are winning by making the masses more and more dependent on them and taking our lives, freedom, property, and land.
you just cannot afford a decent standard-of-living anymore, and that's the way the rich want it.
I was stationed in Hawaii in 77 to 79. I’m so glad I was there at that time. I went back for vacation 10 yrs ago and was shocked at all the changes. So very sad. Gone was the sugar cane, the pineapple fields, even Love’s dairy. Someone clogged up the blowhole on the east side of the island and Sacred Falls has been closed to anyone to visit. I pray they find a solution to this problem for native Hawaiians. Maybe they could create a program to allow some sort of discount or coupon for those natives to purchase real estate.
Too much CORRUPTION and laws are good for nothing! You can accumulate 165 citations,4 for DUI and the latest run over a pedestrian(killed) and turn himself in the next day to sober up and released again?
WTH are you even talking about?
Sugarcane was an industry owned by foreign immigrants (Americans at the time I think) that played a large contribution in displacing Hawaiians from their land and the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. These non-native plantation owners also contributed to diluting the Hawaiian bloodline by bringing in massive amounts of cheap labor workers. Sugar cane mills dried up many rivers and waterfalls, void the soil of nutrients and destroyed some of Hawaii’s forests for wood burning. All while simultaneously polluting the air, water and earth. Love’s, pineapples and sugarcane were never in Hawaii to help the Hawaiian people. They were there to make a profit and the only reason they’re gone is because they sold the property they stole for millions of dollars. Hope this helps my friend.
@@Goldfishinsider-m7q so, according to you, those industries were no good for anything. They’re better off now. The Hawaiians. I’m sorry but I disagree. There’s pros and cons for everything, even the tourism. You can’t tell me that losing all I mentioned and those I missed aren’t lead to lost employment for the locals.
@@tmckenny2994 An industry-based economy doesn’t make sense for Hawaii in 2023. The land that was sold off has been and will be used for a lot of things, like urban and commercial development. This will continue to drive Hawaii into a service-based economy. In order for the companies you mentioned to stay afloat, they would have to pay even less than what the minimum wage in Hawaii currently is. Same has happened for most industry-based jobs in America.
What you mentioned just didn’t seem to be addressing what the actual problems are and took away from the message of the video imo. Regardless, your heart seems to be in a good place and I’m sure the native Hawaiians appreciate your sentiment.
Honestly Hawaii is such a special place. I remember the first time I visited the islands, it felt special and I felt uplifted. I wish it were more affordable for the locals to live there and I hope the state does something about it.
they destroyed the international market place turned it from a local farmers market to a giant mall with saks off fifth
Perfect example of globalization v.s. culture. The scale of justice has whole new meaning. Comfort's over traditions.
It already has X amount of land and homes that we can't apply for. There are too many natives for the resources. What do you expect. They already have special treatment. I don't get any for being Mexican when USA took California.
It's a democrat state. It will only get worse.
@@djm2189 there would be enough resources for the natives if they would stop gentrifying their neighborhoods and pushing them out of their own land.
I knew moving back home would have been hard but I needed too, this is where im from and being native to these islands, its my duty to my people. I used to cry and dream of coming back so much too, because yes there were many people from Hawaii in every state i was in, but it felt so fake. Nothing was really like the islands and to see and hear my neices ask what is Hawaii like, was heartbreaking. Living back home is amazing, i can hike, surf and hunt all in one day, and enjoy life.
When I was employed through a travel nursing agency, I went to Hawaii for a year, and definitely sticker shocked with the cost of living. Not just for housing, but for everyday necessities such as groceries and whatever.
Still such a beautiful place to live, but luckily found a permanent position in Los Angeles that pays much more than what I was making at the travel agency.
Hawaii has to import a lot of things from the US. Shipping costs. Hawaiians need reparation!
@@Chicago48 WTF do you need reparations for? You benefit from modern conveniences same as the rest of us in the mainland and continue to do so. Your ancestors in Hawaii suffered from colonizers of their time. Nobody alive today had nothing to do with what they did in the past. Were you under the impression that life was fair?! Poor you. Stop asking for handouts and make yourself better by rising to the occasion instead of wallowing in your pathetic self pity.
One day of work($320) = rent,food,transportation, other costs = break even
Sending love to native Hawaiians. This isn’t fair and you and your homeland are very special and deserve respect. I hope things get better ❤❤❤
As a black man I wish that I could have these types of experiences for a place inside my heart.
Try East St. Louis, Illinois. It's damn near 100% black. So many of your peoples you will think you are in Uganda.
It’s blacks all throughout the south … he was referring to Africa !
So what's wrong with taking a vacation to Africa? Actually some places are not bad and after China invested there some of the infrastructure is pretty good.
One half of Sanford FL is all black and ppl are nice.
@@alhkcblack9617 yes. The Chinese moved there and started pig farms and became very wealthy.
You know, it's occurred to me, if we all keep sharing our first hand knowledge of the world, instead of moaning, we might all end up happy and free from our govts constraints. 👌
This is what happens when billionaires exist with unchecked regulations. They hold power just because they have so much money and no limitations to their greed.
Well. Life's not fair
You blame someone who worked hard to get where they are today instead of blaming people with bad spending habits? Typical liberal
08:08 he spells it out for you
Being priced out of Hawaii I can relate to that. We were hoping to retire and live in Hawaii but when we crunch the numbers we knew we’d be in huge trouble. And after the pandemic happened and everything that followed after that I’m so thankful in 2017 we moved to Nevada. Because my husband and I would probably have been homeless if we were still in Hawaii. What’s not being spoken about is Hawaiian homestead land in Hawaii, the federal government in the state of Hawaii agreed to issue land for native Hawaiians to live on. Many native Hawaiians who qualify for Hawaiian homestead land die waiting on the list. My husband qualifies and has been on the list since 1982 and we have not been issued land. What makes it even more difficult is you don’t own the land you lease the land and then you have to put an $800,000 home on it. it’s a systematic problem that seems deliberate to displace native Hawaiians from the Hawaiian islands for many reasons. One predominantly is military the military occupies 37% of lands throughout the Hawaiian islands with over 142 military installations storage areas and facilities throughout the Hawaiian islands these include hotels on premium beachfront properties campsites on premium beachfront properties Throughout theHawaiian island. With that much military in the Hawaiian islands the struggle for rentals is a huge part of the issue. Many of the military personnel rent outside of the base making the rental market extremely difficult and unbalanced. Remember the military get a stipend to cover their rent.
Hopefully ABC news will do a story on this issue. My hopes is it would force the federal government along with the state of Hawaii to make it possible for native Hawaiians to move back home on these lines set aside for native Hawaiians. I would sell my home in Las Vegas and moved back home to Hawaii where I belong
Alot of people solely rent to military families because they can charge way more and also if anything happens they can contact their base commander to report them
Wow! I was unaware of that much military presence and the consequences of that. Thanks for sharing.
It's actually 5% (200k acres) and they contribute 9% of the state economic activity... Did you know only 5% of Hawaiian land is zoned for urban? Why don't they add more land?
im for giving land but anyone 49% or less blood s kicked from the land. So yes eventaly the land wil be for anyone again
@@dane4073 Ah yes, some good old fashioned ethnic cleansing. Get anyone who’s not us, out.
This way of thinking has always worked out for the better 🙄
Native people should be protected. Their history and heritage is so important.
They migrated from Polynesia... "According to Hawaiian mythology, there were other settlers in Hawaiʻi: peoples who were forced back into remote valleys by newer arrivals. They claim that stories about menehune, little people who built heiau and fishponds, prove the existence of ancient peoples who settled the islands before the Hawaiians."
Its so sad. Greed ruins everything. A handful of people are destroying this entire planet and their money allows them to do whatever they want. 😢
100% correct
It's always been this way.
From the ancient Kings, chiefs, and civilizations pre-Rome to the modern day "elected" government officials, company CEOs and presidents, the masses (regardless of nation or race) are almost always forced to live a life of misery and subjugation.
We have nowhere to go, and nothing to call our own; even ourselves. We are merely "permitted" to exist, so long as we continue to generate goods, services, and wealth for the people on top to enjoy lavishly.
I support the natives 100%. As an American black woman, my ancestral lands have already been taken over and it saddens me to see this happening to others. Fight and don’t let up!
What ancestral lands would those be?
@@SeanD808 American soil
How is that your ancestral land if you're black?
@@obligatoryusername7239 your question implies that black people, are from one part of the world and you couldn’t be more ignorant for it.
And Tahitians are being priced out of Tahiti 😢
100% BS Story. I have 3 acres of native endemic forest that I bought for $15K only a few yrs ago, and its now its the same cost range...
what you have here is a bunch if cement island kooks on Oahu complaining. Oahu has 1600+ people / sq miles we here on Hawaii Island have only 49 /sq mile.... thats 32 times more people & 32 times more rubbish etc. land here in the 500 sq miles of Puna is as little as $5K per acre in 3 acre lots.... many here have solar power and build cabins on our lots that are 871' by 150' in size....
dont believe this BS story, 100% Hyped RUBBISH aloha
I left 11 years ago. The writing was on the wall for many Kānaka and non-native locals a long time ago. The politics, economy, and business environment was a driving factor for many including myself, and it has only gotten worse.
The amount of NON-HAWAIIANS who live here and are complaining about being priced out of OUR homeland, not yours, when YOU are contributing to OUR inability to live in OUR homelands, is disgusting.
This is happening not only to Native Hawaiians but to all born and raised in Hawaii. There is only a finite amount of land available for housing which drives up the price. Add the additional costs for shipping the materials to Hawaii and you are already starting with higher costs before the first nail is driven.
It’s not your homeland, despite the entitlement you wrongfully feel for our islands. You’re of somewhere else, not here.
@@oscarthegoalkeeper7845 The Hawaiian Kingdom is a sovereign country that the US never annexed because annexing a sovereign country requires a treaty signed by both parties, “not while under duress”, wherein one country party to the treaty relinquished its sovereignty to the other… no such treaty exists, therefore The Hawaiian Kingdom remains a sovereign country albeit ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED by the U.S. since 1893. So in other words fu*% YOUR constitution & fu*% YOUR country.
This has nothing to do with race, it’s about NATIONALITY, only the people who are Hawaiian Kingdom Subjects, of ANY ethnicity (because unlike the US we allowed anyone to be subjects of our country, not just Caucasian men like the US did at the time and for nearly a century later) belong here.
Funny how paychecks are among the smallest in the country. Born and raised here but non Hawaiian. Not entitled to any of the benefits. Hard work at a job, putting long hours to make ends meet. But there needs to stop the ultra rich houses being built and build more affordable houses to keep the local people here in the state. Support the local stores. Too many are closing.
Mahalo for sharing this real life Hawai’i burden…
I am Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli), graduate from a Hawaiian School that prepared me culturally & academically to give back, serve our local people, & make a difference in our homeland Hawai’i…yet with a Masters Degree & working professional of 30 yrs…struggle?!
I,like many locals, work a full time job & many more….I have 4.
I am sad for our Hawai’i locals that are forced to migrate yet I too fully understand the sacrifices required to stay…”I work in Hawai’i to earn the right to work more”…is the sad but true statement I share with my 3 children. Although blessed to own a home in Hawai’i & raise a family in the culture that runs deep in our hearts…I too am shamed by encouraging my children to move, migrate, & get ahead on the mainland so they can give themselves a fighting chance to move back to the Hawai’i they know is HOME…sad but our Hawai’i reality.
They have done NOTHING to diversify the economy and grow new industries... I do computer software and it's a 30m industry in Hawaii... It's 3B in Utah..... Most of our tourist economy outsource to the mainland.. so the money comes in and goes right out... We should unite with everyone on the islands and grow and diversify the economy.. claim what is our rightful economy and expand beyond it... most people would rather complain though....
As someone who lives on Oahu is 12.5% Hawaiian and my best friend moved to Vegas in 2020 this hurts my heart so bad. I would be heartbroken if i ever had to move from my home. But with rent increases and limited options of housing it's a very real possibility.
Not a native Hawaiian but I lived there for 5 years. I grew up my teen years there and ever since my parents decided to move us I've been completely heart broken and I always feel out of place. Hawaii is truly a very special place and my heart constantly yearns to be in that special place with the people I love.
I too m getting teary eyed listening her story.I landed here in Honolulu for a nurse aide job last week & to check out & explore the place......housing is superrrrrr expensive, my job fell thru due to the hospital demanding that I submit my original h/school diploma from India ,( of which I should hv been informed before I flew out from Tulsa....) I was given 2 days to obtain it by any means for my job to be confirmed.....I informed them that it was well nigh impossible to get it @ that moment from even my birth town in Manipur ( in the northeast India ) which was wrecked & still not yet under control , by ethnic strife & violence since a month , but heck no, I was told to submit it anyways...Long story short, m jobless right now & luckily I had paid up my rent upfront so m ok for this month , as I m gonna apply for any kind of jobs to live & survive here.........I can imagine how extremely hard its gonna be for its natives & their families to survive in this most expensive US state.......its a very beautiful state, tho'.....& its homelessness problem is just so sad ......its own natives living out under the bridges, park corners and wherever they could spread their blankets to lay down their heads.....its a great eye opener for me as I am taking this self asking tours...m not here for the thrill sports, parties, & all that hi fi stuffs that people from the mainland love to brag about their Hawaiian trip .....I m wanting to see its nooks & corners & try to imbibe its history & culture ....& appreciate its beauty !!!
I Have An "Out Of The Box" Solution.
Migration To The Western Pacific & The Southern Hemisphere. The USA Has Territorial Nations That Any American Can Live And Work.
Case Point: In The Day Filipinos Migrated To Hawaii & Alaska & Stayed Like Forever; All 3 U.S. Territories At That Time.
Guam & American Samoa Need Trained, Experienced Skilled Workers, White Collar College PHDs Programmers & Blue Collar Workers Designing & Building Alternative Energy Systems.
You Name The Position and The Job; There Is An Hawaiian That Is Already Qualified To Do It! Aloha! 😎
Mahalo for doing this story! We face this dilemma everyday and it’s heartbreaking 💔 I am one of the many Hawaiians who just miss the blood quantum of 50% and don’t qualify for Hawaiian Homeland 😢
Kia-ora could you help me understand who, what, where, when and how this %50 threshold came into effect. I am Maori and really wish to know more? Mahalo 🤙
@luckylion2657 Hi, I am part hawaiian and live on Oahu. I only have 3/16 hawaiian. I have hawaiian on both sides. To qualify for a home o. Hawaiian homestead you have to be 50% or more, but to then be able to pass it onto your children or grandchildren. They need 25% which is still rare these days. Thwy have a waiting list and many that have made the 50% have been on it for decades ans now thw prices are at about $300,000 and you don't even own the land, you lease it for $1 for 99 years ans can reup after that again I assume for your children if they qualified. My grand mother had a home and none if her children want to live there as they all have their own homes outside of the homestead and as far as us grandchildren, only one set has enough and they to have their own homes now. My aunties and uncle are deciding what to do as the aunty who was living their with my grandmother, who has passed has health issues and now has been staying with her sister. My husband and I were lucky to be able to purchase a home in 2006 before the home prices really escalated, but we do live paycheck to paycheck to be able to leave something to our kids. And now with thw inflation, we are paying out about $500 more a month than we did before Biden got into office when things were just getting easier under Trump. I do wish our government would help with the costs here. Hawaiians shouldn't have to leave THEIR islands just because of prices. We need a smart government with great ideas to help with making our economy better here and to make it easier for our people to come home and purchase a home here.
Thank you ABC. Many more stories to share. Including how the mainland states are sending their homeless people on a 1 way ticket to Hawaii. For Hawaii and it’s people to pay the price of helping them. We are losing our own homes as our tax dollars go to help the many mainland homeless…
30,000 on the waiting list(HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS) and many have died and more will be following.Why are they still waiting?Your going to let them wait till the rail is done? The stadium is done?
Thank democrats for causing the homelessness
@@thaimassage23 It's run by Hawaiians isn't it? why don't you call them up and complain?
I love this! I was raised in Kalihi for 21 years! I am so lucky I’ve lived Hawaii!! There’s no better place to raise a family than in Hawaii! I’m now living in the Bay Area & it’s been 18 years. EVERY & ANY chance I get to take my kids back home, it feels AMAZING!!! Priced out of paradise is such a harsh & sad truth about the place I still, call home. If it wasn’t for my husband, I’d be back home, 15yrs ago. 💀 I plan to retire back home & live my life, unplugged for the rest of my days. I love you, my Hawai’i! ❤️
No way, are you FHS 02 too? I left Kalihi and moved to Dubai a decade ago. There are so many things I miss about Hawaii, but Hawaii has gone through so many changes that I find it less and less feasible to go back.
@@missmrocks FHS ‘01. DUBAI!?!! 🤯 💪🏽 daaaaayummmm!!! Okayyyyyy!! Get it then!!! That’s awesome tho!! You like it there??
@@jenasis808 ALOHAQ1 GOVERNOR!
It's really great here. It's expensive, but I've never felt so safe in my life (cuz you know, growing up in Kalihi, gotta ALWAYS watch your okole!) You can leave your wallet and laptop at a cafe, come back and it's untouched. People are super friendly and are great with kids. I'd love to move my family back to Hawaii, but the experiences and opportunities here makes it difficult.
We try to go back when we can too cuz both me and my husband's family/friends are still there.
Remember that song 90s song from Justin? It goes: You can take the boy from the Island, but not the Island from the boy. Except, you know, I not one boy! Same, same!
How do you like the Bay Area? I have family who love it there and I haven't been there since 94.
It's happening to us where my family lives also...It's sad. When the Island sold out to tourists and businesses, it made it so there are not enough homes for us locals, nor enough jobs but much higher taxes and whatnot.
I wish the rich people would just go back to their cities and stay away.
And you know that's never going to happen.
They have the money. Why shouldn't they be entitled to the best?
@@sunshineandwarmth I think you mean "entitled to go to another area, built to be the best like others, and ruin it as they did their own home."
Money doesn't equil entitlement, no-one should be entitled to displace a population for their own parisidic and narcisisistic pleasures.
@nicholasdelaat2459 "should" counts for nothing. You are añgry and feel cheated, but you know, in reality, that you only get what you can afford. Nobody is obligated to give you anything.
Ppl in America have been homeless for decades. In spite of the many experts and professionals doing research that showed homeless ppl were no more addicts, mentally ill, lazy, made poor choices , or chose to be living that lifestyle, than was representative of the general population. Yet, for decades, nobody has helped much or defended them, or even deigned to tell the truth about them. And these are American citizens carrying bloodlines from across the world. Are they not just as unique and worthwhile as any other group of ppl?
They are not asking for paraduse, an ocean front condo, or a free plot of land to build themselves a home. They would be grateful for a roof over their heads, enough food so as not to be hungry, and productive work to pay for it all.
You see how that is working?
You can yell, scream, cry, belly ache and moan all you want but in the final analysis, you are an American, no matter whose ancestral bloodlines are running through your veins, and as an American, you are subject to the same conditions as all other Americans, wh are, in a nutshell,
"If you don't have,
You don't get."
@@sunshineandwarmth I don't know how to answer this. Either you didn't get my point, or we are living in two different ethical (or amoral) worlds, with completely different life experience. I'm not going to take the time to argue right and wrong on RUclips, but man...I can deferentially see what kind of life you came from.
@@NicholasDeLaat You are a haole right? and you want some set-asides too?
He said please rent your house to a local family. He’s a joke. He’s doing nothing in office to help.
Yessah. Mahalo for the cultural sensitivity and national spotlight on the perpetuation of generational socioeconomic disparities.
Maui resident-absolutely the most sad thing you will see here in Hawaii.
😢😢😢😢😢
Its happening everywhere😢
True, Texans are becoming homeless Americans with skyrocketing prices and taxes.
Yes.
Not true this has been going on since the Aina was stolen. Lol look up your white history .
You guys didn’t really dive into WHY Hawaii is so expensive and it’s because of real estate developments aimed at the wealthy overseas who buy the properties and only use them once or twice every other year. Housing is being torn down for these projects and they are raising the median price for a home so much locals can’t afford to live there.
We have all kinds of lands all over the islands... Private companies do developments and put up their own money to build the projects... The state tries to tweak these private developers projects by forcing them to include "workforce housing" or "low income housing" into the mix.. The state should build its own developments with more apartments, etc.. But they only try to force developers to do their bidding by not approving projects unless they have the "requirements"... There is no money in low-income house... that's just a fact.. the state needs to step up and give incentives or outright money to build their projects...Typical Hawaii they just tell you what to do without putting any skin in the game...
Thank you for showing this... Change We Must
The biggest problem in Hawaii is the state leaders dont do enough for the people. We need them to create tax breaks for shipping companies so the savings can get passed down to us. Also do more on price gouging. Its insane to go to the store and walk out with $500 worth of food and its not enough for the week. Housing and rent control would be nice to help the people. These so much more they could do but it all falls on deaf ears because profits over people is the matto.
you are never going to get tax breaks from democrats. Hawaii has been voting democrat for many years.
Makes you sick to hear this. So much going wrong in the world. If people are losing their basic needs of deserving to have a roof over their heads and soaring inflation...what is next!
Makes me mad! 💔
Such a beautiful island. Can't blame the Hawaiians for not wanting to leave their home.
When I last visited California in 2018, a few people I met said that they were moving to Vegas too even though they were born and raised in Cali. They talked about how much it hurt them that they couldn't stay home because they were being priced out and that it was pretty much only accessible to tech bros and celebrities.
Wow that’s my story
The only silver lining in this is that soon, nothing but tech bros and high income earners will be the only type of people living there making their purchasing power act as if it was minimum wage for the area.
When everyone makes six figures, no one is making six figures. They get screwed.
Dude that's me too...I live in Missouri now....I miss home.
@@Kurplodeyup! Currently here in SoCal. Born and raised. Grew up poor. Now I'm 28, earning $112k+, no debt and 100k net worth. I can't afford a tiny ugly 1 bed home anywhere in the county but the desert portions. I'ma give it a few years before I'ma just have to move. Hate it. Shouldn't be this bad in SoCal with all this land vs Hawaii which is a tiny island.
Yup! Went to Vegas in February for my birthday and many Uber drivers said they left Cali because it was too expensive.
In 2019 I worked with a Hawaii woman that told me about this issue. We talked about the telescope, the price of milk, poverty, the Hawaiian royal family, the decline in full bred Hawaiians etc. It’s horrible.
so a group of people were isolated for 500 years the "Hawaiians"... the decedents of the migrations to Hawaii from the South Pacific.... and after 500 years they voluntarily loved people outside of their "race" and that's a bad thing? The entire world is full of inter-breeding... you should check your own DNA and see where the origins are... Seems a lot of Hitler-like thinking going on with the blood-quantum etc... I wouldn't trade who I am to be a Hawaiian "race"... it's a silly notion..
You have to add an additional cost of entry for people trying to buy a second home in Hawaii. Locals cannot compete with multimillionaire tourists.
I was stationed in Hawaii in the nineties. Reminded me of my beautiful Jamaica...I can't imagine losing the home that I love
As a Kanaka Maoli. I still miss home always and forever 😊
This is really sad. Hawaii has so much potential. It could be one of the most important states in the country but instead it's turned into a massive tourist resort for the wealthiest Americans.
Except... it really doesn't. Yet another reason it's so expensive to live there is there's very little that is sustainable, be it energy, crops, industry. The islands heavily rely on mainland for just about everything. And a lot of things that people think of as uniquely Hawaiian, aren't. Some are ideas/crops that were imported and implemented more recently than some may realize. Yes, even the pinapple.
@@ryankramer What if I told you an island existed with a similar climate with a fraction of the landmass but with way more people and a far higher GDP? Sound like a fantasy? It's not. It's called Singapore and it's living proof that even a small island with few natural resources can become a thriving economy with proper planning.
Hawaii's biggest asset is its geographic location, being the closest US state to so many East Asian countries. If its leaders wanted to it could be transformed into an economic powerhouse for international business.
In order for this to happen though major investments in infrastructure would need to happen and that's part of the problem since Hawaii has greatly lagged behind other states in this regard.
@@davids7009 I feel like this answer would destroy what makes the island special in the process. Major infrastruture? Have you been to Maui? I just don't see it. And Singapore is literally bordering other countries. The location and topology makes comparing these two impractical.
@@ryankramer You are correct that Singapore is closer to other countries but that also means it has increased competition for trade. Hawaii on the other hand has low competition and serves as a midway point in the Pacific ocean that's perfect for international shipping and air travel.
There's always a cost benefit analysis whenever you're talking about infrastructure vs natural preservation. Currently Hawaii is ranked #1 on natural preservation, 37 on infrastructure and 48 on economy. That's really bad.
So I know that it's great and all to see all the natural beauty there but if it's not economically helping the lives of the people there then something has to change. Here's a micro example of this: look at the town of Moab UT. They decided to turn themselves into a tourist hub because of their immense natural beauty from Canyonlands and Arches national parks. It sounded like a great idea in theory, but what's happening now is so many tourists are coming to the area it's not only pricing out residents it's making the actual parks unsustainable to where from what I understand now people have to book months in advance and it gets full and have to turn people away.
You don't want a Moab kind of situation in Maui where it just gets flooded with international tourists nonstop until the island can't take it anymore. Some people think it's getting close to that, depending on who you ask.
The best way to prevent that is to diversify the islands and make other reasons for people to come besides just coming to the beaches and also to build up infrastructure such as better public transit which they really need. Even roads could be expanded.
And it doesn't necessarily have to be Maui per say, maybe Oahu could be a better choice first or the big island? Idk the people of Hawaii would have to decide that via voting.
The only other solution would be to start limiting the number of people who are allowed to visit Hawaii. But I feel like that would be kind of a depressing static future with not much on the horizon for the young residents to look forward to.
most important state? why? what does it have to make it "important" Fact is, its too remote to be of any importance other than a military outpost or tourist destination. It will never be another Singapore because the people there don't want that. They don't have the thirst for success that singapore has. The work/life balance in singapore would be poison to them and they absolutely hate change
This just about everybody I met a native Hawaiian some years back and asked how you leave such a beautiful place for the states and he said then in 2014 it had gotten to expensive so he and his family moved to Oregon and was moving from there because of the same reason...Insane....
Growing up in Hawaii its sad to see this, myself and family left to relocate to vegas because of this, haven't been back in 20yrs.
Hawaii is slowly being taken over by the rich and its designed that way to push everyone off. Goodluck and love to everyone still back home fighting the good fight! 🤙
Pricing people out of there homes is now a very common thing all across the USA!!
Yep!
♥️🙏♥️ These are not just stories but true to life. It sad when seeing how much sacrifice our people make in their lives to live as native people of the aina. 😢 Watching this is heart breaking.
Hawaii should be given the same status as the other native reservations... that is their home, and has been for thousands of years... they should retain full governance of their home.
Very sad. Myself and many of my friends from NY were priced out and can no longer live there so I totally sympathize.
You mean, "my friends and I"? Kind of you to try relating, but your situation is radically different.
@@RebeccaLynnMusic
How is her situation any different?
@@keli449 I imagine it’s because this story is about Hawaiian natives being pushed out of their ancestral land. A more accurate comparison would be a person from the Lenape tribe no longer being able to afford living in NYC.
While someone being forced to move out of their hometown is unquestionably sad and shouldn’t be happening (and is especially unfortunate for those whose families have been in NYC for generations), it isn’t the same thing as the displacement of indigenous peoples.
@@happyandhapa5490 yup this is totally different. Hawaiians being pushed out of lands they have occupied for thousands of years
@@RebeccaLynnMusic It really isn't.
That long waitlist is ridiculous. It is also important to get an education to have more earning potential. For example, there is are not enough healthcare workers. They could get well paying jobs in healthcare as doctors and nurses. There are nursing schools and a medical school on island. There are scholarships for native Hawaiians.
not just Hawaii...Idaho, Montana, Arizona, etc...my BF is from Hawaii and just went back last month to visit family, tons of people living in their vehicles, 30 to a 2 brdm. house etc...the "haves" dont give a flying FFFF about the "have nots"
So, native Hawaiians were screwed by the US government. The US government took ownership of a land that truly was Hawaiian. The US government and its rich allies are very good at doing just that.
Native Hawaiians need their life to be here at home in Hawaii. Homes need to be secure for our Hawaiians.
They need to create programs that support native Hawaiians and allow them to have primary access to their lands and employment.
It is disgusting to see these people forced off of their own ancestral land because of the greed that is limiting access to basic commodities and needs in our modern world. The greed is getting out of control and the common people are losing more and more of our basic rights as we go on.
We all know who owns Hawaii and creating this.
Whoa intolerant much? Accept diversity bigot
Look up The Great Mehele and Hawaiian Homelands...
I appreciate the sentiment, but as a Hawaiian your comment almost makes me laugh, not because I think what you said is silly, but, well honestly, soooo many reasons…
- The US illegally overthrew The Hawaiian Kingdom, there is no treaty, therefore The Hawaiian Kingdom continues to be a sovereign country albeit illegally occupied by the US since 1893.
- All Hawaiians were given land by our monarchs but the US illegally ignores our inalienable (meaning unsellable) inheritable land patents in order to sell our land off to their own citizens and other foreigners.
- The fraudulent illegal “state” has absolutely no interest in helping Hawaiians, in fact they do the opposite, they systematically try to keep us down while promoting people from outside of Hawai’i, typically the wealthy, to move here and displace us.
- the “statehood act” which was in and of itself illegal and only AMERICANS were allowed to vote on it, mostly at the time by military personnel and their families, had a disclaimer on the back of the ballot saying “voting for yes for statehood means you agree that statehood forfeits the lands of Hawai’i to the US… and again I remind you that ONLY AMERICANS were allowed to vote on this, Hawaiians were banned from voting, and in a legal plebiscite vote we should have been the ONLY ones allowed to vote & only OUR government could hold that vote, not a foreign country. Also a plebiscite vote is legally supposed to include the option to “revert to an independent nation”, that option was absent from the already illegal ballot, which simply asked if Hawai’i should be admitted into the US as a state with 2 options, yes or no, no 3rd option for independence… and again, it was already only being voted on by Americans.
I don’t think anyone fully understands the corruption at play here… aside from Hawaiians of course… I also don’t think most people even care, so long as they get to enjoy and benefit from the w*r crimes being committed.
@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Why would your issue be with my comment then-? I am aware of the corruption in government, and the bloodline families and societal cabals that really run things, but the sentiment remains. The point of the comment was to potentially mobilize people to demand their rights- it is the same elsewhere in the US- NO ONE will get anything without CONSTANTLY fighting back- I suggest fighting for rights regardless of whether you believe you can get those rights because the most pressing issue we face is apathy and lack of vigilance - if more people fight back relentlessly then the pressure is put on the system to concede some rights (although obviously they won't concede much, but they will even less if people don't put constant pressure on them.) You laughing at people who are on your side only makes you lose more in the end. Better to fight as much as you can rather than give in now.
This is happening everywhere in our country right now. Most average home prices are $450k and most people can’t afford that.
It’s not the same…there’s very limited job opportunities for the natives on hawaii.
It's so sad. Our family moved to the mainland in 1979 and now we're retired and STILL CAN'T AFFORD TO MOVE BACK HOME! WE ARE KANAKA MAOLI😢❤
"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.. They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land." - Desmond Tutu
Of course, the same can be said for Native American people and their beloved motherland. 🤷
Native Americans: Our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions.
Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering 'TWO BILLIONS'! A shocking sad truth.
The world: It's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people.. Notorious global cardinal crimes the West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on?
Native Americans: We're still here. We are not going anywhere. 😔
Europe for Native Europeans,
Africa for Native Africans,
America for Native Americans,
Asia-Pacific for Native Asians-Pacific islanders. 🤷
Christianity=Slavery & Land Grabbing.
I'm sure all the natives were getting along and living in total peace together before their lands were settled. I'm sure boundaries were 100% respected and law was just and fair within every tribe. I'm sure there was no murder, hatred, lying, stealing or sexual perversion.
@@ayliniemi Typical white boy colonizer response. You think that the white man saved us. 🖕
So are they going to deport all the POC's from Europe? What a crazy racialized mindset you have...
'Slavery, Colonialism & Colonization' are evil things done by evildoers.
For instance, in Singapore, a tiny island with 6 million souls lives like sardines in a can, where else in nearby vast bountiful Australia which is ten thousand times 10,000 bigger with a mere 27 million inhabitants.
A similar situation in tiny and packed Japan, which is running out of space and land. Do you know that their living room and bedroom are the same place, and that most Japanese people sleep in their living room.
Like I said, 'Slavery, Colonialism & Colonization' are evil things done and benefited by evildoers.
I have said this many times before, there should be a housing incentives for locals per states, not only Hawaii.
Same is true of Chsrleston SC. Mount Pleasant next door was for generations the place enslaved people had settled. Developers liked its location . worked to raise the tax value and african Americans had to move from homes they had lived in for generations.because they could no longer afford the taxes.😞
I went to Oahu and the entire time I was there, (3 weeks), I kept asking my son, "Where are the Hawaiians?" All I saw were tourists. (And I was all over the island!) As an American, I love the Hawaiian culture. That is why most people love Hawaii. Take the culture out....and what is left? Just pretty mountains and waves.
There should be a push for tiny homes in Hawaii. I feel that could be a good solution for smaller families
So the native people, who own inalienable (meaning unsellable) land patents for every inch of Hawai’i which the US ignores in order to illegally steal and sell our lands off to their Americans citizens and other foreigners…. should live in tiny homes while the rich Americans live in beach side mansions?!?!
Hawaiian State govt happily allowed Larry Ellison to buy the ENTIRE ISLAND of Lanai…just imagine how many native (>50% bloodline) families could have settled there…!!! Also, it’s absurd that Larry wasn’t required to provide some limited acreage for locals’ housing needs as part of the deal. The State has exacerbated the problem!!!
That's why that fire burned a lot of them rich people homes
Das why Hawaii has homesteads for Hawaiians, but the waiting list is long. I saw my cousin's name on the waiting list and she has been dead many years ago.
This is true for ALL the people of Hawaii. Median Price $1,000,000. No, you don't pay less if you are non Hawaiian.
It's not just Hawaiians. Everyone feels the squeeze of living paycheck to paycheck. It's a fact of life here. Nothing is going to change. It's the way the world is. As immigrants we ALL were forced to leave our homelands due to depressions, famines, etc. Nothing new. Nothing can stop it from continuing all over the world...
Hawaiians should have the same protection of Native American tribes.
Mahalo for doing a thoughtful story on this. 🤙
This has been done to Native Americans in the State of California as well. Multiple tribes from the Sierra are from locations considered tourist attractions. Either the Federal Government removes them from the land, or raised the cost of living significantly, they can hardly afford a modest place to live. In Mariposa County California, this has been done, and many struggle to afford basic living, utilities, and rent. Wouldn't it be something to identify this method of removal of a People, and preemptively address the problem before loosing decendants of a heritage filled with diverse People's filled with Love, compassion, and kindness. The Tribes from around Yosemite National Park, and the Tribe from within are some of the most wonderful People you could ever meet...and sadly this process is ongoing right now, in as many ways the Federal,and state government can engage in while maintaining plausible deniability.
Consider the Ahwaneechee Native Americans, the story of Chief Teneya, and the ongoing lack of acknowledgement by the United States of America. They forced Teneya to watch the extra judicia execution of his son, and then banished him from Yosemite simply because he tried to tell them as they murdered his Tribe, that Yosemite is Sacred. Now years later most who visit know at least in part, what he, and the Natives tried to explain about Yosemite National Park...
This attrocity is well documented, even in the tourist shops of Yosemite, but to this day the Federal Government continues to commit attrocities upon this Tribe through Law Enforcement, Military, Intelligence, and Religious Communities.
We need to protect these local people ❤
Let the Hawaiians have Casinos like the Native Americans on the Mainland. OHA - Office of Hawaiian Affairs has land but no money to build homes with. The Casino would provide money and jobs to the Hawaiians.
Even better it creates an incentive for the Hawaiian Youth to do better in school and consider the Building Trades as a career. They become the future Homebuilders of Hawaii, not some low paying tourist service job in Waikiki.
In Kapolei on Oahu, there's a Shopping Mall on Hawaiian Land that's a half mile from the end of the $8 Billion Rail project on Oahu - HART. A casino there gives tourist a reason to ride the rail.
Too bad the State government and Las Vegas interests won't allow this to occur.
OHA is funded by MONEY from the State of Hawaii taxpayers (of every race). So they DO HAVE MONEY. Take your ideas to the RICH HAWAIIANS controlling the Kamehameha Schools. They have 363,852 acres of LAND, and assets worth over $15 BILLION US DOLLARS. Casinos? Kalakaua and Liliuokalani tried to make OPIUM a legal recreational drug in Hawaii. But that was a bad idea, and it eventually flopped (after Kalakaua accepted CASH BRIBES for licenses).
They don't care if the Hawaiian culture disappears and dies out. The ethnic group responsible for destroying countless of cultures around the world, has no shame and no conscience. They gladly at it again.
No.! deport all Anglo-Saxon aliens back to Ireland where they came from where they belong
The average price of a home on Oahu is over a million. My heart goes out to the Kanaka Maoli.
The fact that it's getting harder to live anywhere makes me sad 😿
My husband is the first generation to move back to the islands. His grandparents moved off Oahu in the 70’s because of the price of living and his military career took them to Oklahoma. When he told his aunts he was moving to Oahu they were crying because they were happy that he was making their dream come true to move back.
Seems like that going on all over the country.,, definitely making people homeless. Sad situation.
True but the dynamic in Hawaii is totally different because its ancestral lands that these people have been tied for years.
This isn’t new sadly. It’s been happing for a very long time now…and it’s something that I’ve been considering to. As a local and Native Hawaiian…I don’t want to. I grew up here, I got family here, and I love it here. But as I look at my situation…I’m becoming more and more sure I can’t stay…
Maybe locals should start passing laws that prevent non-residents from holding investment properties. Elect leaders who would make this a priority.
I think they've been trying but its been classified as non-constitutional banning people from other states a change to own land.
Our local government gladly taxes second homes or vacation homes at a higher rate, but it's not enough. The prices are still sky high and many times, the highest bidder is not from here.
they have tried to do this continuously for over a hundred years. very few indigenous groups are successful at combating new white laws that prohibit them from land ownership in one way or another. Look at the struggles of the south American rainforest peoples.
We stood behind Native Hawaiian senator Brenton Awa last year and his bill to only allow native Hawaiians and long time residents to have exclusive rights to buying and owning land and houses and discontinuing the selling of property to foreign investment and improper development. This bill was almost immediately shut down by congress and deemed “unconstitutional”. Because the US allows foreign investment and has no laws to protect indigenous people making it a “free” land of equal opportunity, our fight for the laws you speak of go unheard and swept under the rug. It’s a constant battle for our land and we hit wall after wall of red tape and the so-called “American Dream” which these days looks more and more like systematic genocide towards Native Hawaiians along with our fellow indigenous people the Native Americans
@@nakana_212 LAND TRUST OPTIONS ARE NEEDED ---
Wow, this is the same pattern my island of Puerto Rico is going. It is becoming a tourist island full of AR B&B’s and business. A lot of North Americans buying land next to the beaches and building so close to the water contaminating the water, causing erosion, damaging the land and the biodiversity life. Puertorricans can’t afford to stay in the land because the cost of living keep rising and no that much sources of income. Millions have immigrate mostly to United States due to need of jobs. Really sad.
They do this on purpose. They increase the prices on the land and will give high paying jobs to Caucasians, paying them double the annual salary so that they can always manage to sustain. Leaving low end jobs for only natives and brown skins. Its slavery being remasked and retold as the story of poverty.
This story is so inspiring. I wish too that native europeans can keep and remain a majority in their own homelands.
This is happening to people in Europe as well 😢
Native Hawaiians should get same benefits as Native Americans
They burned us alive for Land😢😢
My mom couldn’t find jobs at the hospitals, she got priced out. Years later I tried to go back home and got priced out after working 80 hours a week working 3 jobs. This makes me so emotional
The Hawaiians need to have their land back. It is their paradise and everyone is just visiting their land.
In Australia, the native Australian's were priced out in the 1800's.
And now they want us to apologise
Oh how sad. Vegas is so dry and depressing.
No large body of water and it's extremely hot.
He said they have 600 million dollars to build what’s the hold up? I bet he gets his salary every 2 weeks with no delay and doesn’t rent. 🤦🏻♂️
Our neighborhood has 4 new monster-houses forcing our property taxes to increase $1000 this year. Our house hasn't changed but properry taxes are based on an calcularion of the selling prices of all the homes in the neighborhood. The new monster houses have torn down every tree on the thbk eir property and used every inch for the house and parking. Taxing homeowners based on the selling price of other homes in the neighborhood is government imposed and therefore a government causes problem. Grandfather laws would be appropriate for original homeowners in a neighborhood to allow tax breaks. Our electricity costs is only second to Californias. We walk around at night with flashlights until bedtime because electricity is unaffordable even though we are on the Time Of Use Plan because HECO keeps raising the base rate; $130/ month even before we use any electricity. Electric use is added on after that charge. Its the government that causes homelessness.
Next year the 5-9pm time will be 3x the cost of 9am - 5pm... 9pm - 9am will be 2x... That's on my island... The whole green energy thing is really hurting people... it makes no difference when China is making 2 coal-fired power plants a week... but we pay SKY HIGH rates for some ridiculous virtue signaling.. the power rates affect everyone.. home owners and renters... I'm wanting to get solar with a battery... but it's like 40k+.... but the state is making power unaffordable so I'll have no choice...The CEO of HECO makes 3m per year + bennies...
Very insightful comment. Hawaiians should not have to pay property tax on their homes
Anyone who is not a native hawaiin should have some honor and leave the island non natives shouldnt be allowed to buy any property just visit