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The Flag of Hawaii. [1] Seal. The Great Seal of the State of Hawaii. [2] Motto. "Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono" ("The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness")
Hawaii hosts the United States Pacific Fleet, the world's largest naval command, as well as 75,000 employees of the Defense Department. [18] Hawaii's isolation results in one of the highest costs of living in the U.S. However, Hawaii is the third-wealthiest state, [18] and residents have the longest life expectancy of any U.S. state, at 80.7 years.
The history of Hawaii is the story of human settlements in the Hawaiian Islands. Polynesians arrived sometime between 940 and 1200 AD. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Kamehameha I, the ruler of the island of Hawaii, conquered and unified the islands for the first time, establishing the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1795. [ 3 ] The kingdom became prosperous and important for ...
The flag of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Ka Hae Hawaiʻi) was first adopted in the early 19th century by the Hawaiian Kingdom and continued to be used after its overthrow in 1893. It is the only U.S. state flag to feature a foreign country's national flag —that of the UK 's Union Jack —which commemorates the British Royal Navy 's historical relations with the Kingdom of Hawaii, and in particular the ...
Unlike the other 49 states, Hawaii does not delegate educational responsibility to local school boards; public education is carried out by the Hawaii State Department of Education. [1] Hawaiian counties collect property taxes and user fees in order to support road maintenance, community activities, parks (including life guards at beach parks), garbage collection, police (the state police force ...
The Government of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Aupuni o Hawaiʻi) is the governmental structure as established by the Constitution of Hawaii, the 50th state to have joined the United States. Executive branch [ edit ]
Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is a self-governing corporate body of the State of Hawaii created by the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention. [2][3] OHA's mandate is to advance the education, health, housing and economics (Kānaka Maoli) Native Hawaiians. It relies on ʻohana, moʻomeheu and ʻāina to ...
Hawaii is internationally recognized as a state of the United States of America. The legality of control of Hawaii by the United States has also been raised on the losing side in cases in the United States Supreme Court, [2] and in U.S. District Court. [3] Recent legal action includes the dismissal of Hawaiian Kingdom v. Biden on December 14, 2022. [4] The Permanent Court of Arbitration has ...