Waialua

The Conversation: Revisiting Waialua

By • Mar 1, 2021
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Today, we're revisiting our conversation with the Center for Oral History at UH Mānoa about the town of Waialua.

Guests include Kim-Hee Kanoe Wong, oral historian and instructor for the North Shore Ethnographic Field School, UH Professor Ty Kāwika Tengan with the Departments of Ethnic Studies and Anthropology, and Waialua community member and Kumu Hula Keith Awai.

The Conversation: Revisiting Waialua Through Oral Histories

By • Jan 26, 2021
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Today we spotlight the history of the Oahu North Shore town of Waialua. The first sugarcane plantation started there in 1865, but it wasn’t a success until decades later. Castle and Cooke bought the plantation in 1898 and built a new mill, a railway system, water storage and irrigation. By 1991, the Waialua Sugar Mill produced 8% of the sugar in Hawaii.

 

GMO in Waialua: The Future

By Wayne Yoshioka • Mar 18, 2014
Wayne Yoshioka

This week on HPR, we’re presenting a series we’re calling, “Genetically Engineered:  Beyond Emotion.”   The town of Waialua on O’ahu’s North Shore is home to a Biotech Farm which is adjacent to  a public school and a residential area.  In his second report, HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka talked to people about the road ahead for GMO and their community.

Read more about HPR's series on GMOs: 

GMOs in the USA

GMOs on Molokai

Dupont-Pioneer and its Waialua Neighbors

By Wayne Yoshioka • Mar 17, 2014
Wayne Yoshioka

This week on HPR, we’re presenting a series we’re calling, “Genetically Engineered:  Beyond Emotion.”   In the first of two reports, HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka visits the town of Waialua on O’ahu’s North Shore, home to a large biotech farm located right next to a public school and residential area.

Read more about HPR's series on GMOs: 

GMOs in the USA

GMOs on Molokai