Ka Wai Ola - The Living Water of OHA

Ka Wai Ola is a free, monthly newspaper of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Ka Wai Ola effectively serves the Hawaiian community by reporting on critical issues that impact not only Hawaiians, but the community at-large, and is posted online.

Approximate monthly circulation (as of July 2011): 57,000

50,000 distributed by mail

7,000 distributed through the OHA island offices, state and county offices, private and community agencies and target groups and individuals.

In addition to news, Ka Wai Ola provides a forum in which OHA trustees address concerns and express their mana`o. Ka Leo Kaiaulu, the letters to the editor section, is a public forum for readers to speak their mind. Feature stories add to Ka Wai Ola’s popularity, covering community events, health issues, Hawaiian-owned businesses, music and the arts, education, historic sites and other related topics.

Financial reports provide detail on OHA investments, revenues and expenditures. Kolamu `Olelo Makuahine, Ka Wai Ola’s Hawaiian language column, targets the growing population of Hawaiian language speakers. `Ohana reunion announcements bring families from far and near together, and are published free-of-charge.

Ka Wai Ola o OHA is mailed each month to homes statewide and on the continent. Copies are available at all public libraries, and are distributed to Hawaiian agencies and offices throughout the islands. Annual readership surveys help to shape the publication with public input, ensuring its optimum effectiveness as a communication tool for all Hawaiians.

Contact Information

• Lei Fountain
  Communication Manager
  Tel: (808) 594.1983
  Fax (808) 594.0267
• Lisa Asato
  Communication Specialist
  Tel:(808) 594.1925
  Fax(808) 594.0267
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• John Matsuzaki
  Communication Specialis
  t Tel: (808) 594.1981
  Fax (808) 594.0267
• Francine Murray
  Communication Specialist
  Tel: (808) 594.1916
  Fax (808) 594.0267

Mailing address:

• Ka Wai Ola
  Office of Hawaiian Affairs
  711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Suite 500
  Honolulu, HI 96813
  Tel: (808) 594.1983
  Fax: (808) 594.0267

Display advertising rate card

Our printing company changed the size of our newspaper in March 2009. We changed it again with the October 2009 issue. New ad sizes and rates apply. With this new rate sheet, we have adjusted the rates to make the prices more equitable to the number of column inches per ad and to more closely align the ad pricing with the cost per inch. And we have introduced a new, smaller, ad sizes to accommodate more advertisers. The PDF contains our contract, insertion order, rate sheet and ad size specifications. If you have any questions about advertising in Ka Wai Ola, please contact: Francine Murray Communication Specialist Tel: (808) 594.1916 Fax (808) 594.0267