Quality of Life on Moloka‘i | Insights on PBS Hawai'i

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  • čas přidán 14. 06. 2018
  • INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI‘I presents a series exploring the quality of life on each island, with residents from each island driving the conversations. What issues matter most to each island? These episodes are a precursor to our upcoming Election 2018 coverage. Our Quality of Life series continues with a focus on the community issues that are of most concern for Moloka‘i residents.
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  • @andymckane7271
    @andymckane7271 Před 3 lety +17

    I just watched this PBS program for a second time. It's been a year and a half since my wife and I moved here. Over that period of time Molokai grew on us. Mike, the bartender from Paddlers came to our table one day at lunch time to welcome my wife and me to the island. (He noticed I, too, was a veteran when he saw my credit card.) I've a message for Mike: You and every other person I've met or had any contact with of any kind, have all made living on Molokai as close to Heaven as one can get. Here on Molokai we are all one big Ohana. You folks truly are special. So, too, is Molokai. Thank you all very much for this wonderful program. Aloha & Mahalo! Andy McKane, Maunaloa, Molokai.

  • @joannescholes3742
    @joannescholes3742 Před 4 lety +8

    Thank you. Interesting Discussion! Always wanted to visit
    MOLOAKI since 1973. I am old now and enduring a brain tumor.
    “Saint Father Damien and Saint Mother Marianne, pray for us🙏🌹💕”

    • @leolong5131
      @leolong5131 Před 2 lety

      Sending you love light peace and strength ♡

  • @andrewonzuka9795
    @andrewonzuka9795 Před 4 lety +8

    "Aloha only appreciates in value "

  • @snazzullz
    @snazzullz Před 4 lety +12

    Can’t stop absorbing all this Hawaii nei information!🤙🏼🌈❤️ I love Hawaii so much and won’t stop working hard till I live there in peace and comfort, is my kuleana🙏🏼

    • @12shulax
      @12shulax Před 4 lety +3

      Dude.. I'm doing the same thing I've been in S. Korea for years now working hard to save enough to move to Hawaii.

    • @Ashley-km4qi
      @Ashley-km4qi Před 3 lety

      Are you Native Hawaiian?

  • @user-px8cw9qd3p
    @user-px8cw9qd3p Před 6 měsíci

    mike you are the only one with any real insight and common sense
    and i love that 💛 and respect all vietnam veterans ..
    with all my heart soul thankyou

  • @sergeyzakharov6600
    @sergeyzakharov6600 Před 3 lety +2

    I LOVE Molokai, that place is so peace and quiet, locals are so welcome, friendly, I was there last year I love it, I don't want to leave,
    Now I can just look at the pictures on my fridge from Molokai,I would definitely go there again !!!

  • @maikailoa808
    @maikailoa808 Před rokem

    Love molokai.
    Much mahalo's for this.

  • @Tipjar333
    @Tipjar333 Před rokem +1

    Nice conversation. Thank you.

  • @AuntJoanieBaloney
    @AuntJoanieBaloney Před 3 lety +4

    I live in Michigan, but visited the Big Island a couple years ago and loved every bit of it. Molokai is facinating as well. I have watched many CZcams videos about moving to Hawaii, and done lots of reading. I doubt I could really ever pull it off, but my dream would be to move there, or maybe the "happy medium" would be to spend a couple months there during the winter when we retire. I know the cost of living is high, but here in Michigan, we also spend a lot to heat our homes in the winter and maintenance on our vehicles (OMG, the potholes in Michigan due to freeze & thaw, as well as years of neglect are horrible), so I wonder if it may even out a bit, at least in the winter. Anyone w/ experience as a "snowbird" (what we call those who go to a warmer climate, usually Florida, in the winter)?

    • @jordanbrandt7061
      @jordanbrandt7061 Před 2 lety +3

      You can pull it off, as a fellow Michigander myself, I made it out to Oahu 2007-2011 and am moving back in March. I'm ready to go experience and learn from the other islands, especially Molokai'I. I heard somebody say that they realized one day that he could be a plumber in New Jersey or a plumber in Hawaii, he chose Maui! Good, reliable and nice workers will do well on the islands in my experience. I say go for it!

  • @ms.christian7792
    @ms.christian7792 Před 3 lety +3

    Molokai... not Moloka ee. Thank you for this video.

  • @dorthymcbride3384
    @dorthymcbride3384 Před 5 měsíci

    When I listened to the Solatorio ohana from Molokai, they said their island is Molokai not Moloka'i❤😊

  • @michaeldennis3240
    @michaeldennis3240 Před 5 lety +10

    Well I was in love then you mention Monsanto! Just like in days of old slave traders would cast trinkets and shiny things that appear to have value on the shore. The "NIEVE" unsuspecting natives would run out to take them. They would then be caught in a net and takin into slavery! That's what's happening here! So sad!

    • @chanceyhoman9297
      @chanceyhoman9297 Před 10 měsíci

      Did you notice Miki'ala didn't answer the question about Monsanto. Why is that?

  • @ryanlowry5409
    @ryanlowry5409 Před 3 lety +2

    I used to work at Kalua Koi, and lived in Mauna Loa. Good times

    • @MK-er7cx
      @MK-er7cx Před 3 lety

      i miss the breakfast there!
      went so many times with my family

    • @chanceyhoman9297
      @chanceyhoman9297 Před 10 měsíci

      and JC Penny's (lol) :) . I remember as a child it was a huge deal to go to Sheraton. It was a different kind of Molokai to be... people working, people driving their rent-a-cars, golfing or having a meal ... it has always been a wonderful memory as a child growing up on Molokai. @@MK-er7cx

  • @meineliebste
    @meineliebste Před 5 lety +11

    Why is the host pronouncing the place differently than the locals? Moloka-ie to their Molo-kai...

    • @loganjenott
      @loganjenott Před 5 lety +3

      They address that towards the end. :)

    • @KI6OFS
      @KI6OFS Před 4 lety +2

      51:40 if you want to know

    • @zxyatiywariii8
      @zxyatiywariii8 Před 2 lety

      @@KI6OFS Mahalo! I'm still at the beginning, but all my life I've heard both pronunciations. I'm predominantly Tahitian and similar things have happened with our language. . .

  • @kgoodridge1
    @kgoodridge1 Před 4 lety +4

    Please say aloha to Doreen from Kukui, the tour operator at Molokai Hotel! I used to live and work on Oahu and would stay at the Kahlua Koi Resort every time I had a long weekend, but loved my stay at the Molokai Inn last October 2019.

  • @emmamalubay5254
    @emmamalubay5254 Před 2 lety +1

    Molokai has alot of dope heads😉😉😉

  • @joannescholes3742
    @joannescholes3742 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you. I want to visit MOLOAKI ...KALAUPAPA....because I would like to visit where Saint Father Damien lived!
    Would love to go to the Bread Factory, too. Any Medical help on MOLOAKI? Only a week stay....I don’t want to bother anyone....
    All a dream..... Love to all in Molokai❤️🙏

  • @scahall100
    @scahall100 Před 9 měsíci

    Aloha Mike Helm - Molokai no ka 'oi!

  • @russellkahookele3756
    @russellkahookele3756 Před 3 lety +2

    I proud of you mike for admitting your problem and i will pray for all who need help in turning away from that drug that is destroying our nation.

    • @user-px8cw9qd3p
      @user-px8cw9qd3p Před 6 měsíci

      mahalo for not acting
      molokai full of drugs drinking abuse
      especially toward disabled ppl
      its not loving at all few folk who are
      so truly real are reliable ..

  • @user-px8cw9qd3p
    @user-px8cw9qd3p Před 6 měsíci

    it doesnt matter where you was born
    because you did not choose where you are born .. what matters regarding kuliana miss.. is what you choose as a mature responsible adult

  • @bigmike1850
    @bigmike1850 Před 2 lety +1

    I don’t get it what do windmills have to do with anything?

  • @russellkahookele3756
    @russellkahookele3756 Před 3 lety +3

    Lara, thank you for announcing moloka'i the proper way, im sure the kupuna are happy to hear you say moloka'i correctly, i don't hold anything against your native guest because they were raised specking english, just saying the name of the island the way they say it is change to much that i don't think they realize.

    • @Ashley-km4qi
      @Ashley-km4qi Před 3 lety +1

      I agree, not sure why the others chose to pronounce it without the okina

    • @zxyatiywariii8
      @zxyatiywariii8 Před 2 lety

      Almost I think it's a family difference? Because you can hear people who live on Moloka'i/Molokai saying it both ways. . . I'm Tahitian and our language is a close cousin to Hawaiian, and I've seen this for all my life, where my 'ohana has one way to say, and someone else's 'ohana has a different way. . . 🤷🏾‍♀️

    • @Alan-oq4oo
      @Alan-oq4oo Před rokem

      You can say it both ways

    • @chanceyhoman9297
      @chanceyhoman9297 Před 10 měsíci

      Soo how is it determined as to what is the correct way to spell and pronounce it? I realize the rule about the okina, it makes all the difference, but without bias or influence what is the correct way? I only ask because I am from Moloka'i and growing up I have heard it said both ways, but what is the correct way and from where is your information from? I am eager to learn.

  • @user-px8cw9qd3p
    @user-px8cw9qd3p Před 6 měsíci

    i live molokai hello.. 'tourists' where?
    a "visitor" is our friends relatives who come visit us ..

  • @user-px8cw9qd3p
    @user-px8cw9qd3p Před 6 měsíci

    mobile foods ?! where ?

  • @user-px8cw9qd3p
    @user-px8cw9qd3p Před 6 měsíci +1

    truthfully.. molokai's dual nature is
    too much dependency on computer
    and addictions to computer..
    to the point.. natural enviremental ppl on molokai who dont use computer
    are literally 'left out of main communication .. on a natural island

    • @valerieartis6586
      @valerieartis6586 Před 5 měsíci

      Hello so there’s excellent internet access on Molokai ?

  • @ragtimegals
    @ragtimegals Před 11 měsíci

    When in Rome, it’s that simple

  • @mr_monaco
    @mr_monaco Před rokem +1

    “If the economy crumbles we would be fine.” Sure, because the US government is heavily subsidizing your well being via food stamps and welfare. That’s not the self-sufficiency the residents seem to want to seek. The resistance to tourism is mind boggling to me. Tourism is not forcing anyone to change their culture, but rather allowing you to share it with them while earning income providing goods and services.
    “Students” do not pay exorbitant sums for experiences, tourists do. If that student model worked you’d see it everywhere. Their best bet is embracing environmentally friendly developers and welcoming high end tourism. Similar to the model the Galapagos have developed. You can chase all the hotels and investors out of town but all you’re doing is chasing away jobs and opportunities. With those come happiness and less people turn to drugs.

  • @kristofthibaud8491
    @kristofthibaud8491 Před 3 lety

    TRAILER: czcams.com/video/yVNV_3mgzGw/video.html

  • @user-px8cw9qd3p
    @user-px8cw9qd3p Před 6 měsíci

    i live on molokai
    its embaressing she saying
    we dont want visitors to stay
    hawaii state of united states
    as an american citizen.. born raise
    Love america its constitution
    best nation on earth
    Also as native Indian .. with
    hawaiian relatives and children
    I have nothing to do with the
    non profit business relegious
    state of hawai'i
    own by
    kingdom of hawai'i
    how ignorant that indigenous girl
    is to promote her personal opinion
    to point to say american citizens
    are not allow to live there
    hello its not about culture
    its not about where you was born
    its about, if i like you,
    i like you as a human being
    for your unique self .. she too young
    close minded try hog land fo' free
    and thats a fact ..

  • @missglow2011
    @missglow2011 Před 2 lety +1

    I hear a lot of complaining from the Hawaiian people about visitors but yet tourism is the main source of income for most people on the island so pick your battles

    • @NuEyedeas
      @NuEyedeas Před 4 měsíci

      That's because all the Hawaiian lands were appropriated into white hands. They took away the Hawaiians ability to sustain themselves, and then offered them slave wage jobs in the service industries. Give Kanaka back the land and the haoles going lose their slaves.

  • @alexanderlapierre4040
    @alexanderlapierre4040 Před 2 lety +1

    Do not go here. There mean and super jealous if you have a half decent car.

    • @chanceyhoman9297
      @chanceyhoman9297 Před 10 měsíci

      Sometimes small circles or populations you are able to see things you wouldn't see in a larger group. You're right, there's a lot of that, but there's a lot of people who don't condone that kind of opala.

  • @cdoyle801
    @cdoyle801 Před 2 měsíci

    It's fine to keep things the way you want them, but you shouldn't expect others to pay for it via welfare payments and infrastructure maintenance. I know this is an old video, but it seems that you want to eat your cake and have it too. The rest of the world has to choose, so why shouldn't Moloka'i.

  • @pawshands9706
    @pawshands9706 Před 4 lety +11

    Not a state! Illegally occupied Kingdom!

  • @matthew3823
    @matthew3823 Před 3 lety

    tourist stay home molokai is no invite

  • @rufustrunt9889
    @rufustrunt9889 Před 2 lety

    “And the role government plays in their lives”….for the sake of Hawaiians, I hope it as little as possible!

  • @albertstien8138
    @albertstien8138 Před 3 lety +1

    “As a resident of the state of Hawaii do you believe we are an island state or a state of islands?” asked by Billy Kinoi (he should know better than to ask one stupid question like that to Kanaka oiwi!!!)
    A “resident” (anyone who lives on any island and NOT KANAKA OIWI) would answer the question as posed. BUT if the question was posed specifically (as in this video) to a Kanaka oiwi, then the answer should be, “we are neither!”

  • @KentKiner-dt5rp
    @KentKiner-dt5rp Před 2 měsíci

    Too much drugs lived work there

  • @SenoraMadrid
    @SenoraMadrid Před 2 měsíci

    Molokai is full of racism.. and non hawaiin locals calling outsiders hales... which means houses.. the proper term is ha ole.. which means no breath but that's why real hawaiins wouldn't say it that way