On this week's episode of HIKI NŌ, we reveal the winning entries of the 2022 HIKI NŌ Winter Challenge, which invited video projects that met the theme: OUR NEW NORMAL: A DAY IN THE LIFE. Students were challenged to capture their current school life on video in just five days, as the COVID-19 pandemic presses on for a third year.

As the saying goes, everything old is new again. This month, PBS Hawaiʻi Classics will be re-airing an old program that may be new for many viewers. That’s because it's been more than 30 years since some of these episodes of Spectrum Hawaii debuted. Every Thursday night in April, you can watch two, half-hour episodes as they originally aired in the '80s and '90s.

The decade-long effort to replace Oʻahu’s outdated and overcrowded jail continues. To date the state has spent nearly 10 million dollars in planning and design for a new prison. Opponents of the project argue that the state needs to focus on criminal justice reforms while proponents argue that a modern solution is needed now for those already incarcerated.

Remy Matsumoto of the iconic Matsumoto Shave Ice on O‘ahu’s North Shore stops by to talk about Hawai‘i’s famous frozen treat. Listen below:

Learn how Hawaiʻi students shine on the national video storytelling stage as they gear up to compete in the 2022 Student Television Network, or STN, competition.

Voters will have diverse options this election season as six political parties have qualified to have candidates on the Hawaiʻi ballot.

On the second episode of Home is Here, we visit the last traditional Japanese tea house on O‘ahu., talk to community members who are working to preserve and share the legacy of Hawai‘i’s most renowned architect and sit down with a Punahou student who saw a lack of diversity in ethnic representation in her studies and decided to do something about it.

In 1982, 19-year-old Lisa Au was reported missing, her car and purse left unattended on the side of the highway near the old Kailua drive-in. Ten days later, her body was found. The case remains unsolved. Award-winning journalist and author Robbie Dingeman returns to the show to discuss the disappearance and death of Lisa Au. Listen below:

The Department of Hawaiian Homelands has been criticized for years over its failure to provide homes to Native Hawaiians. Thousands of people have waited decades for a shot at owning a home on their ancestral lands. Some have died waiting. State lawmakers are poised to pass historic legislation that would provide $600 million to help solve this problem.

How did a canned meat from Minnesota become a staple of our local cuisine? We examine the popularity of SPAM® in Hawai‘i with Scott Gamble, Vice President of L.H. Gamble.