PBS Hawaiʻi Presents features independent documentaries, dramas, music showcases and special event programs about Hawaiʻi, by Hawaiʻi producers.

Air Date: Thu, Jan 8, 2026 8:30 PM

Kī Hōʻalu Slack Key: The Hawaiian Way. Kī hōʻalu (slack key) is the Hawaiian way of making music.

Air Date: Sat, Jan 3, 2026 7:00 PM

A woman from Micronesia leads a community-based group helping immigrants navigate life in Hawaiʻi.

Air Date: Sat, Dec 27, 2025 7:00 PM

Billy Pieper draws on the discipline he learned as a standout athlete.

Air Date: Thu, Dec 25, 2025 7:30 PM

This is Kohala, you’ll hear the stories about growing up in the plantation camps and the simple life that was enjoyed…

Air Date: Thu, Dec 18, 2025 8:30 PM
When Silence Becomes the Song documents the urgent battle to save the ‘akikiki, the honeycreeper endemic to the island of Kaua‘i.
Air Date: Sat, Dec 13, 2025 8:00 PM

In keeping with PBS Hawaiʻi’s tradition of telling the stories of our community, we turn a spotlight on a chapter in local music history that is untold, yet undeniably impactful – the story of reggae music in Hawaiʻi.

Air Date: Thu, Dec 11, 2025 8:30 PM

A musical drama film that takes you on a journey of untold stories of sacrifice, love, and unbreakable bonds of the first Korean immigrants in Hawaiʻi. 

Air Date: Thu, Dec 11, 2025 7:30 PM

On this episode we visit the work of Mary Kawena Pukui, scholar, linguist, composer, translator, teacher and kumu hula.

Air Date: Thu, Dec 4, 2025 8:30 PM

Sports commentator Jim Nantz shares Harry Chandler‘s compelling story in Corpsman! Pearl Harbor.

Air Date: Thu, Nov 20, 2025 7:30 PM

Slack key virtuoso and multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano award winner Jeff Peterson grew up on the slopes of Haleakalā volcano on Maui.

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