Former promotions and marketing director of the Wave Waikiki, Robert "Flash" Hansen, shares memories and stories of the iconic Waikīkī nightclub.

Kalāheo High School junior Cadence Wisniewski, seen here in her HIKI NŌ Student Reflection, hosts the January 17th and 24th episodes from the PBS Hawai‘i studio. Cadence’s in-studio hosting launches a new aspect of HIKI NŌ student learning: media professionals mentoring students who have a career interest in on-camera hosting.

Renowned songwriter, record producer and performer Kenneth Makuakāne offers a sentimental and candid performance inside historic Kawaiahaʻo Church in Honolulu. Among the songs he performs are “ʻO Violeka,” an affectionate ballad for his mother, and “Kuʻu Pua Lei Mēlia,” inspired by his experience of sending off his oldest son to college.

ʻUkulele legend Herb Ohta, better known as Ohta-San, performs songs including “Rhapsody in Blue,” “The Girl from Ipanema” and his chart-topping ballad, “Song for Anna.” Ohta-San also teams up with his son, Herb Ohta Jr., for the Hawaiʻi classics “Hiʻilawe” and “Sanoe.”

There are more than 80,000 cesspools across the state. By law, all of them need to be replaced or converted to more modern waste disposal systems. But there is a cost. How is Hawaiʻi doing in meeting that goal?

Frank Uratani reveals the secrets to his decades-long career as one of Hawaiʻi's most popular caricature artists

On this special episode of HIKI NŌ on PBS Hawaiʻi, find out which schools produced the winning entries of the HIKI NŌ on PBS Hawaiʻi 2022 Fall Challenge. For this competition, HIKI NŌ students were challenged to submit videos based on the prompt, “Where Tradition Meets Today.” Students had just four days to interview, shoot, edit and refine their videos.

Mailani Makainai takes us on a musical journey as she performs some of her favorite songs.

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront problems that many had been not-so-quietly talking about for years; Hawaiʻi’s overdependence on imported food and its reliance on a tourism-based economy. Hear from local farmers, entrepreneurs, elected officials, government leaders and other stakeholders as they share ideas on how to increase the state’s homegrown food supply as well as agricultural exports to help diversity Hawaiʻi’s economy.

An interview with ʻukulele virtuoso Taimane, streamed live from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Multimedia Studio at PBS Hawai‘i. Originally livestreamed on Twitch, Facebook and YouTube on November 8, 2022.