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Photo Essay: Building A Hawaiian Fishpond Wall To Connect People
Roughly 2,000 volunteers helped build the final 380 feet of a wall enclosing an 800-year-old Hawaiian fishpond in Kāneʻohe.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Photo Essay: Students Navigate Toward Hawaiʻi’s Future
The Department of Education expands curriculum with its Ho‘ākea initiative.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Buckets Of Cranberry Sauce, Stacks Of Turkeys: Hotel Feeds Homeless
For three decades, Waikīkī’s Hilton Hawaiian Village has donated meals with all the trimmings to the Institute for Human Services to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Photo Essay: A Revered Hawaiian Koa Canoe Returns To The Ocean
The newly restored A‘a, commissioned by royalty, is one of the oldest racing canoes in Hawai‘i.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Photo Essay: Wahiawā Facility Helps Entrepreneurs Turn Food Into Business
The year-and-a-half old product-development center in Central Oʻahu helps grow Jina Wye’s limu cracker company.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Why These Photos Were Made With A Toy Camera And The Wrong Size Film
For investigations editor John Hill’s series When No One Is Watching, about dysfunction in Hawaiʻi’s child welfare system, the photographer used a method that exploits imperfections for unexpected results.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Photo Essay: A Honolulu Bike Ride Like No Other
The Hawaiʻi Bicycling League celebrated its 50th anniversary with Sunday’s Honolulu Century Ride — a 100-mile journey from Waikīkī to Kaʻaʻawa and back.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Photo Essay: Carving Out A Niche 1 Knife At A Time
Oʻahu’s only mobile knife sharpener travels to farmers markets, restaurants and residences on a mission to restore knives to like-new condition.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Taking To The Sea To Honor Victims Two Years After Flames Swept Maui
Flowers fell from a helicopter during Friday’s memorial paddle-out on the second anniversary of the Lahaina tragedy.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Photo Essay: Helping Save Hawaiian Ducks From Extinction
Only about 700 koloa maoli remain in the wild and are centered on Kauaʻi. A team of researchers is trying to reestablish the population across the Hawaiian Islands.