Native Hawaiians are being priced out of Hawaii | ABCNL 

​@@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.

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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

They have lived in that archipelago for thousands of years and the USA invaded their home and annexed them against their will.

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.

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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.

"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

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.

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.

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

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

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."

​@@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.

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. 👌

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

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.

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 🙄

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 .

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.

@@aarongraf6450 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 RU-vid, but man...I can deferentially see what kind of life you came from.

@@nicholasdelaat2459 You are a haole right? and you want some set-asides too?

People who are born and raised in Hawaii are native Hawaiians.

It’s not your homeland, despite the entitlement you wrongfully feel for our islands. You’re of somewhere else, not here.

@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom tenth and fourteenth ammendments of the constitution of the US disagree with your racist and nativist views.

@@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.

@@thekaren1111 So you posit that I think racism is okay, but classism isn't? Can you do the gymnastics required to form a logical reason as to why?

@@thekaren1111 He implied nothing to those of us that read above an 8th grade level. Racism happens due to inequity, classism is the delivery method of that inequity. You are either Hawaiian and focusing on self interest, or devoid of logic and understanding.

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....

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

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.

you are never going to get tax breaks from democrats. Hawaii has been voting democrat for many years.

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! 😎

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?

Yep!

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.

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..

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.

dont be duped... 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

Can't have the very people who created the problems to make the changes. The reality of the matter is Hawaiians need to take matters into their own hands and stop waiting for government to solve problems, because they'll die before the government does anything for them. People who stole the land ain't gonna just give it back.

Yes more laws! The government is here to help you.

@@puidemare2337 They're trying to pass laws to ban outside people from purchasing homes especially multiple homes that sit empty but everything is being classified as illegal as Hawaii is a state. The fact that Hawaii is a state makes it so they can't ban specific bills that would ban people from buying property like New Zealand or other pacific countries do. Banning people from buying property or forcing them to have lived in the islands for 10 years etc. would def changed the dynamic.

@@tommybombadil8651 I'm from the government and i'm here to help you, LOL. The reason for them not doing anything in hawaii is because they hate change. Hell, even cvs knew that when they bought Longs. They knew if they changed the name people would stop shopping there

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.

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.

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

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?!?!

It’s not the same…there’s very limited job opportunities for the natives on hawaii.

Exactly! Hawaii has actually always been diverse since it became a colony.

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...

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

@@nathanoutdoors1229 LAND TRUST OPTIONS ARE NEEDED ---

Period? That Is Your Solution? Who Do You Think Has & Is Buying The Land In Hawai'i? The "Foreigners" In This Case Are US Corporations & American Billionaires/Millionaires & That Has Made The Prices Go So High That The Native & Mixed Locals Are Excluded From Buying Land and Homes.

Kinda tough when natives have sex w non-natives and then dilute their bloodline

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

They have really low taxes for property here in Hawaii if you are a resident, own, and live in your property...

True but the dynamic in Hawaii is totally different because its ancestral lands that these people have been tied for years.