Maui girl Kaliko Spenser's short film "Keao" is finished and now on the circuit of short film festivals throughout the U.S. and beyond. Being new to the art, Kaliko found the filmmaking process time-consuming. The short, about a young Hawaiian girl stuck between her culture and her job, has already had a national audience.

Today we will focus on an issue concerning our coral. "We all know Hawaiians love seafood, it would be a shame if we lose our coral due to 'ocean acidification.'" Mahina Duarte has valuable scientific knowledge and Hawaiian insights. "So, if the coral dies, the homes for the fish will die, and there won't be enough fish to eat. The seaweed will be gone, the fish will be gone, the octopus will be gone and so on."

We added a new segment to our show this year, a Hawaiian language news segment called, 'Āhai Ōlelo Ola. They put together a sampling of their most memorable moments of 2008.

Do you know the history of your town? If you live in East Honolulu, we know a place you can go to learn. "Maunalua.net is a website that I created to talk about the cultural history of the east side of Oahu from Aina Hina into Hawaii Kai area which traditionally is Maunalua."

The groups opposing the Governor's position on selling ceded lands gathered at Washington Place in protest. These are the 1.2 million acres ceded to the United States after the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom, then transferred to the State following annexation to be held in trust.