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Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs

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General information
Office Type:  Nonpartisan
Office website:  Official Link
Total Seats:  9
Term limits:  None
Structure
Length of term:   Four years
Authority:  Hawaii State Constitution, Article XII, Section 6
Selection Method:  Elected
Current Officeholder(s)
Dan Ahuna, Kalei Akaka, Keli'i Akina, Luana Alapa, Brickwood Galuteria, Carmen Hulu Lindsey, Kaiali'i Kahele, Keoni Souza, John Waihee IV
Elections
Next election:  November 3, 2026
Last election:  November 5, 2024
Other Hawaii Executive Offices
Governor•Lieutenant Governor•Attorney General•Director of Finance•Auditor•Superintendent of Education•Agriculture Commissioner•Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs•Chairperson of Land and Natural Resources•Director of Labor and Industrial Relations•Public Utilities Commission

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is a state executive body in the Hawaii state government. The OHA is responsible for "better[ing] the conditions of both Native Hawaiians and the Hawaiian community in general."[1] The board is responsible for setting agency policy and managing the agency's trust. The board is composed of nine members elected to four-year terms with no term limits.[2]

Current officeholders


Authority

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is established by the state constitution.[3]

Hawaii State Constitution, Article XII, Section 5

There is hereby established an Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs shall hold title to all the real and personal property now or hereafter set aside or conveyed to it which shall be held in trust for native Hawaiians and Hawaiians. There shall be a board of trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs elected by qualified voters who are Hawaiians, as provided by law. The board members shall be Hawaiians. There shall be not less than nine members of the board of trustees; provided that each of the following Islands have one representative: Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Molokai and Hawai‘i. The board shall select a chairperson from its members. [Add Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]

Term limits

The OHA board of trustees is not subject to term limits.

Elections

2024

See also: Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees election, 2024

At-large

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Hawaii Island Resident

General election candidates

The general election was canceled.

    Primary candidates


    Did not make the ballot:

    Kauai and Niihau Resident

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    This primary was canceled and these candidates advanced:

    Molokai and Lanai Resident

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    2022

    See also: Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees election, 2022

    At-large (3 seats)

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    Maui Resident Trustee

    General election candidates

    The general election was canceled.

      Primary candidates

      This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:

      Oahu Resident Trustee Resident Trustee

      General election candidates

      The general election was canceled.

        Primary candidates

        Hawaii Resident Trustee (special election)

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        Primary candidates

        This primary was canceled and these candidates advanced:


        2020

        See also: Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees election, 2020

        At-large

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        Primary candidates

        Hawai‘i Island

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        Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau

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        The general election was canceled.

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          Moloka‘i and Lāna‘i

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          Past elections

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          2018


          Qualifications

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          Vacancies

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          Duties

          Board members are responsible for managing and administering proceeds from the sale of land, natural resources, minerals, and income "derived from whatever sources for native Hawaiians and Hawaiians." They are also responsible for establishing policies related to native Hawaiians, and administering control over property transferred to the board.[3]

          Divisions

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          Compensation

          See also: Compensation of state executive officers

          The salaries of elected and appointed executives in Hawaii are determined by the Hawaii Commission on Salaries, which was established by constitutional amendment in 2006. Passage of this amendment by the public added the following language to Article XVI of the state constitution:[4]

          Article XVI, Section 3.5 of the Hawaii Constitution

          Text of Section 3.5:

          There shall be a commission on salaries as provided by law, which shall review and recommend salaries for the justices and judges of all state courts, members of the legislature, department heads or executive officers of the executive departments and the deputies or assistants to department heads of the executive departments as provided by law, excluding the University of Hawaii and the department of education. The commission shall also review and make recommendations for the salary of the administrative director of the State or equivalent position and the salary of the governor and the lieutenant governor.

          Any salary established pursuant to this section shall not be decreased during a term of office, unless by general law applying to all salaried officers of the State.

          Not later than the fortieth legislative day of the 2007 regular legislative session and every six years thereafter, the commission shall submit to the legislature its recommendations and then dissolve.

          The recommended salaries submitted shall become effective as provided in the recommendation, unless the legislature disapproves the entire recommendation as a whole by adoption of a concurrent resolution prior to adjournment sine die of the legislative session in which the recommendation is submitted; provided that any change in salary which becomes effective shall not apply to the legislature to which the recommendation for the change in salary was submitted.


          The commission consists of seven members selected by the governor (two seats), the President of the Hawaii State Senate (two seats), Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives (two seats), and the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court (one seat). Commissioners meet every six years to evaluate salaries for executive, judicial, and legislative officials. Their recommendations go into effect unless the Hawaii State Legislature votes to reject the entirety of the commission's final report. The commission last met in November 2019 and made recommendations for official salaries between 2019 and 2024.[5]

          Historical officeholders

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          Contact info

          Address:
          560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200
          Honolulu, HI 96817

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          Footnotes

          1. ↑ Office of Hawaiian Affairs, "History," accessed January 26, 2021
          2. ↑ Office of Hawaiian Affairs, "Board of Trustees," accessed January 26, 2021
          3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Office of Hawaiian Affairs, "Legal Basis," accessed January 26, 2021
          4. ↑ Legislative Reference Bureau, "The Constitution of the State of Hawaii," accessed January 26, 2021
          5. ↑ Commission on Salaries, "Report and Recommendations to the 2019 Legislature," March 13, 2019
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