"No Boat Can Move Forward Unless the Crew Works Together" — An ʻEwa Beach Sailor, Scout, and Swimmer Is Headed to Okinawa

Colleen Barrett 3/20/26 Colleen Barrett 3/20/26

"No Boat Can Move Forward Unless the Crew Works Together" — An ʻEwa Beach Sailor, Scout, and Swimmer Is Headed to Okinawa

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From Lāʻie to El Salvador to Fiji — and Now Okinawa: Kahuku's Toa Aupiu Has Always Known How to Show Up for His Community

Colleen Barrett 3/20/26 Colleen Barrett 3/20/26

From Lāʻie to El Salvador to Fiji — and Now Okinawa: Kahuku's Toa Aupiu Has Always Known How to Show Up for His Community

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His Grandmother Talked About Okinawa His Whole Life. This March, He's Finally Going.

Colleen Barrett 3/20/26 Colleen Barrett 3/20/26

His Grandmother Talked About Okinawa His Whole Life. This March, He's Finally Going.

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She Grew Up Going to Kīlauea to Photograph Eruptions. Now the Kaʻū Senior Is Taking That Same Sense of Wonder to Okinawa.

Colleen Barrett 3/20/26 Colleen Barrett 3/20/26

She Grew Up Going to Kīlauea to Photograph Eruptions. Now the Kaʻū Senior Is Taking That Same Sense of Wonder to Okinawa.

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"I'M GOING TO OKINAWA!" — A Upcountry Maui Poet, Filmmaker, and Jiujitsu Coach Is Turning 16 in Japan This March

Colleen Barrett 3/20/26 Colleen Barrett 3/20/26

"I'M GOING TO OKINAWA!" — A Upcountry Maui Poet, Filmmaker, and Jiujitsu Coach Is Turning 16 in Japan This March

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A Konawaena Freshman Who Dances Tinikling, Reads Japanese, and Learned Hula as a Child Is Representing South Kona This March

Colleen Barrett 3/20/26 Colleen Barrett 3/20/26

A Konawaena Freshman Who Dances Tinikling, Reads Japanese, and Learned Hula as a Child Is Representing South Kona This March

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"It's the Lau Lau at Every Family Event, the Lifted Tacomas, All of That Together — That Makes Me, Me" — Kailua's Le'a Keohohou Is Headed to Okinawa

Colleen Barrett 3/20/26 Colleen Barrett 3/20/26

"It's the Lau Lau at Every Family Event, the Lifted Tacomas, All of That Together — That Makes Me, Me" — Kailua's Le'a Keohohou Is Headed to Okinawa

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The Staff at His Elementary School Treated Him Like a Nephew. That's When Hawaiʻi Changed Him.

Colleen Barrett 3/19/26 Colleen Barrett 3/19/26

The Staff at His Elementary School Treated Him Like a Nephew. That's When Hawaiʻi Changed Him.

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At Eight Years Old, She Left Waiʻanae for the Big Island and Called It "Getting Thrown Into Cold Water." Now She's Ready for Okinawa.

Colleen Barrett 3/19/26 Colleen Barrett 3/19/26

At Eight Years Old, She Left Waiʻanae for the Big Island and Called It "Getting Thrown Into Cold Water." Now She's Ready for Okinawa.

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"I Hope to Honor My Family, My School, and My Home" — Radford's Cameron Werkman Is the First in His Family to Leave the Country

Colleen Barrett 3/19/26 Colleen Barrett 3/19/26

"I Hope to Honor My Family, My School, and My Home" — Radford's Cameron Werkman Is the First in His Family to Leave the Country

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A Kaimuki Senior Who Represents Kiribati, Marshallese, and Hawaiʻi Is About to See Cherry Blossoms for the First Time

Colleen Barrett 3/19/26 Colleen Barrett 3/19/26

A Kaimuki Senior Who Represents Kiribati, Marshallese, and Hawaiʻi Is About to See Cherry Blossoms for the First Time

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From Planting Seedlings in Fiji to Representing Hawaiʻi in Okinawa: McKinley's Ariana Nath Is Carrying Two Worlds With Her

Colleen Barrett 2/24/26 Colleen Barrett 2/24/26

From Planting Seedlings in Fiji to Representing Hawaiʻi in Okinawa: McKinley's Ariana Nath Is Carrying Two Worlds With Her

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"Be Prepared for the Hāna Wave" — How One Student From the End of the Road Is Opening a Door for Everyone Behind Her

Colleen Barrett 2/24/26 Colleen Barrett 2/24/26

"Be Prepared for the Hāna Wave" — How One Student From the End of the Road Is Opening a Door for Everyone Behind Her

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The Son of Samoan Immigrants, La'i Unutoa Is Carrying Kapolei to Okinawa This March

Colleen Barrett 2/24/26 Colleen Barrett 2/24/26

The Son of Samoan Immigrants, La'i Unutoa Is Carrying Kapolei to Okinawa This March

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From Kalihi to Okinawa: Farrington's Aaliyah Gabriel Is Representing Hawaiʻi on the World Stage

Colleen Barrett 5/28/19 Colleen Barrett 5/28/19

From Kalihi to Okinawa: Farrington's Aaliyah Gabriel Is Representing Hawaiʻi on the World Stage

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