Join us for an Advanced Virtual Screening of Voices Behind Barbed Wire: Stories from Hawaiʻi on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 2:00pm.

There is a renewed effort to change the name of McKinley High School on Oʻahu and remove the statue of its namesake, President William McKinley, for his role in the illegal annexation of Hawaiʻi by the United States. Supporters of the campaign want the school to revert to its original name, Honolulu High School. Opponents say changing the school’s name would be a slight to its alumni.

On the afternoon of July 6, 1985, Diane Suzuki had just finished teaching her dance class in Aiea. She planned to meet a fellow instructor in the parking lot of the dance studio 15 minutes later, but Diane never showed. Award-winning journalist Robbie Dingeman explains why the unsolved disappearance of Diane Suzuki still haunts the Islands decades later.

Home town pride, the making of an animated film, how-to videos and sisterly bonding and more are all featured on this episode of HIKI NŌ.

Kainani Kahaunaele has been a force in Hawaiian music for the last two decades. She garnered multiple awards for her albums Naʻu ʻOe (2003) and ʻŌhai ʻUla (2010). Most recently at the 2021 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards she won a total of seven trophies, including album of the year, for her most recent release Waipunalei.

Fifty years ago, a fiery, young politician from Pā‘ia, Maui championed federal legislation that changed America. Patsy Takemoto Mink was the principal author of Title IX which passed in 1972. To mark the anniversary of the law’s passage, tune in to Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority, a film that shares how one person made a significant difference.

Lawmakers were poised to raise Hawaiʻi's minimum wage in 2020 but stopped short as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, devastating local businesses and disrupting lives. Even as the pandemic lingers, the economy is rebounding, reviving the discussion about raising the wage.

The continued abuse of crystal methamphetamine has devastated thousands of local families, and it is an ongoing problem, even in the middle of a pandemic. David Earles, former executive director of the Hawaiʻi Meth Project, talks about the efforts and difficulties in fighting Hawaiʻi's meth crisis. Stream below.

Join us for a special episode in partnership with PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs featuring HIKI NŌ stories and clips from the Student Reporting Labs’ special, “Our New Normal: How Teens are Redefining School Life.” HIKI NŌ student and Kauaʻi High School junior Kate Nakamura hosts from the PBS Hawaiʻi studio.

Mark Yamanaka is a singer, songwriter, multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano award winner and a car salesman. On this Nā Mele, enjoy Yamanaka’s soothing yet powerful falsetto voice.