Chad Takatsugi has found his voice as a haku mele, a songwriter. While this isn’t his first Nā Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song– he performed on the program with his band ‘Ale‘a in 2003 – this performance, alongside guitarist Ryan Gonzalez and bassist Glenn Mayeda Jr., finds him in a new season of his life, with a different story to tell.

What immigrant Hawaiian communities in California look like.

The 19th century was a time of devastating change for the Hawaiian people. This documentary looks at the visionary efforts of five members of the aliʻi - Hawaiian royalty - to provide for the education of the children, healthcare and comfort for the elderly. The charitable institutions they created have endured and are thriving and vital institutions today.

As a young child, Josh Tatofi thought he had an ordinary life. “I thought everyone’s dad was a rock star, and I thought everyone was playing music,” he says. His father, Tivaini Tatofi, was a founding member of local island music group Kapena. “I didn’t really know that my childhood was special until way later,” says the younger Tatofi.

Growing in numbers, Asian Americans face a reckoning of what it means to be American.

A time of bold ambition and a fight for equality and identity.

Where hula meets Japan.

Fighting for equality and tested loyalties.

The resurgence of loko iʻa, the indigenous way of aquafarming.

What programs are available to keep our youth on the right path and in the right direction?

Hear the story of two Kauaʻi High School seniors who created a new leaf that is more efficient at converting carbon dioxide into oxygen.

Eating and drinking in the most unlikely places.

Investigating the growing inequities in American healthcare.

Taimane Gardner opens up about music, life and family.

The story of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century.

Singer/musician Pomaikaʻi Lyman grew up under the guidance of a talented musical family, the Keawe Aiko ʻohana. Her special mentor was none other than a beloved and legendary voice in Hawaiian music, her grandmother, Genoa Keawe.

Meeting a tragic fate ...

Meet Henry VIIʻs last three wives: the “ugly,” the "abused" and the "saint."

One of 120,000 Japanese men who protesting the loss of their constitutional rights.