
Wahi Kūpuna Stewardship
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ʻApana ʻOhana

2020 Community Empowerment Workshops
In collaboration with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), Huliauapaʻa conducted two virtual community empowerment workshop series:

Focused on building capacity in caring for kuleana and ʻohana heir property lands.

In collaboration with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), Huliauapaʻa hosted ʻĀpana ʻOhana, a five-part community empowerment workshop series in 2020. The purpose of the workshop series was to build capacity in caring for Kuleana and ʻOhana Heir Property Lands and to engage with individuals, ʻohana, and organizations that have been involved with caring for Kuleana and ʻOhana Heir Property lands and would like to learn more about this important kuleana. Speakers shared their expertise and led discussions on important topic areas such as ʻĀina Research, Property Taxes, Foundations of Access, Easement, Right of Entry, Quiet Titles, Adverse Possession, and an Introduction to Estate and Trust Planning.

ʻĀpana ʻOhana
ʻĀpana ʻOhana was a five-part series that ran from September to November 2020. The purpose of these workshops was to educate and empower Hawaiian and local long-time ʻohana struggling to mālama their kuleana and ʻohana heir lands. Speakers shared their expertise and led discussions on important topic areas such as:

The Importance of
ʻĀina Research
Property Tax
Foundations of
Access, Easements, and Right of Entry
Quiet Titles and
Adverse Possession
Estate and Trust
Planning
Pūlama Lima and
Donovan Preza
Leanora Kaiaokamaile,
Mike Hubbard and Mason Chock
Peter Morimoto and
Shae Kamakaʻala
Lance Collins and
Bianka Isaki
Nicholas Mirkay and
Kelley Uyeoka
Over 194 people/ʻohana participated in this workshop series with 388 total participation hours. As part of this workshop series, a number of new and innovative resources were developed by Huliauapaʻa. These resources are housed on the Kīpuka Kuleana website and include: