For the Record

Trouble in Paradise for Hawai‘i and Hawaiians

Native Hawaiian community leader Peter Apo has never shied away from publicly expressing controversial or unpopular viewpoints. As a legislator, businessman and Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) trustee, he has been outspoken on cultural issues from Mauna Kea astronomy to Hawaiian sovereignty, from the future of tourism to what it really means to be Hawaiian. Now he shares his insights in nearly 100 essays and articles first published in the OHA publication Ka Wai Ola and for the investigative news organization Honolulu Civil Beat. In For the Record: Hawai‘i and Hawaiians, Apo’s compelling prose offer a deep dive into Hawaii’s past, present and future.

“Read ‘The Hawaiians–A Divided People’ or ‘Urban Crawl–Is Hawai’i Becoming Just Another Place?’ You will feel Peter’s passion to right wrongs and build an even better Hawai’i.”

                                                            —John D. Waihe‘e III, Governor of Hawai‘i, 1986-94

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Peter Apo is a Native Hawaiian community and government leader who has been a Hawai‘i state legislator, a special assistant on Hawaiian affairs to Hawai‘i’s governor, and the Director of Culture and the Arts and the Director of Waikīkī Development for the City and County of Honolulu. He has served for 12 years as an Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee and also served on Chaminade University’s board of regents and on the Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau’s board of directors. Apo is a founding member of the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association and has chaired the Pacific Islanders in Communications and the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation.

Softcover, 272 pp. 

Author: Peer Kamamo Apo 

Release date: August 2024