Real Hawai‘i TV

Oahu’s elevated and most widely distributed in-room travel channel is designed to enrich the visitor experience of today’s modern traveler. Real Hawaii is available in nearly 25,000 Waikiki hotel guest rooms and suites.

WAYS TO WATCH
Programming
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IN FLUX - S1E3 - Movement

Design in Motion

Carrington Manaola Yap taps his cultural heritage and his romantic life for his successful Hawaiian clothing line.

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IN FLUX - S1E1 - Movement

Art Aquatic

Mark Cunningham gives new life to found objects.

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FLUX Sound - Session 1

FLUX Sound: feat. Izik

Izik Moreno is one of Hawai‘i’s most exciting emerging pop and R&B artists.

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IN FLUX - S1E4 - Movement

It’s In The Moves

Get in the mindset of a diverse cast of characters to find out what pushes them forward.

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The Lei Over - S1E1

Taylor Okata

Follow New York-based stylist Taylor Okata as he discusses his favorite local spots and introduces his family business on the island of O‘ahu.

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IN FLUX - S1E2 - Movement

Fight or Flight

By migration and accident, birds arrived in the Hawaiian-Emperor archipelago over the course of several millennia. Now bird scientists are exploring sophisticated genetic biology and continuing evolution, which may save both bird and man from the effects of a warming world.

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‘Ohina TV

Reefs At Risk

Set on the beautiful beaches of Hawaii, “Reefs at Risk” explores the harmful effects some sunscreen chemicals have on coral reefs and marine life.

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Lei CULTURE

Carrington Manaola Yap

Carrington Manaola Yap, designer of Manaola, speaks of the loves in his life that inspire his brand.

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IN FLUX - S2E1 - Food

Born & Grazed

The fallow lands left behind by Hawai‘i’s defunct sugar plantations opened the door for cattle ranchers whose old traditions and new ideas could shape the future of island food.

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IN FLUX - S2E3 - Food

Plan Bee

Out of artistic expression, a bee farmer stumbles upon an alternative protein source.

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FLUX Sound - Session 2

FLUX Sound: feat. Keilana

Keilana is a singer-songwriter from Honolulu known for her live-looping solo performances.

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IN FLUX - S2E4 - Food

Holy Water

These spiritual rituals call on participants to drink in the divine.

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Lei Culture

DJ Lezlee

DJ Lezlee at Honolulu Pride 2017.

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FLUX Sound 2017

FLUX Sound 2017: Izik

Izik performs at FLUX Sound 2017.

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The Lei Over - S1E2

Kim Ann Foxman

DJ and jetsetter Kim Ann Foxman returns to her childhood home of O’ahu to explore her old stomping grounds.

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FLUX CULTURE

Life Among Lava

Follow FLUX reporter Rae Sojot as she speaks with those affected by this year’s historic lava flow on Hawai’i Island.

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Real Hawai‘i TV

Hawaii Rooted – Anela Evans

Cultural Liaison Anela Evans expands upon how a photograph will never compare to seeing something with your own eyes.

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Real Hawai‘i TV

Hawaii Rooted – Leinaala Jardin

Kumu Hula Leinaala Jardin and her halau prepare for a special hoike performance on the island of Kauai.

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Real Hawai‘i TV

Hawaii Rooted – Tom Pohaku Stone

Tom Pohaku Stone handcrafts traditional Hawaiian surfboards to ride the waves of time on the windward side of Oahu.

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Real Hawai‘i TV

Hawaii Rooted – Brandon Lee & Sheldon Simeon

Chef Sheldon Simeon and Brandon Lee, give us a taste of authentic, local, farm to table, cuisine in Hilo on the Island of Hawaii.

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Real Hawai‘i TV

Hawaii Rooted – Greg Solatorio

Cultural practitioner, Greg Solatorio lives off the land on the island of Molokai just like his ancestors did, 1,000 years ago.

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Real Hawai‘i TV

Hawaii Rooted – Brandon Baptiste

Brandon Baptiste uses his culinary training to put a new spin on shave ice at Wailua Shave Ice on the island of Kauai.

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Real Hawai‘i TV

Hawaii Rooted – Kala Tanaka

Under the stars on the island of Maui, Kala Tanaka connects with her ancestors through traditional Hawaiian voyaging.

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Real Hawai‘i TV

Hawaii Rooted – Kaumakaiwa Kanakaole

Kaumakaiwa Kanakaole expresses the true meaning of hula from a native Hawaiian perspective on the Island of Hawaii.

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Real Hawai‘i TV

Hawaii Rooted – Dustin Tester

Dustin Tester, one of the first women to surf Peahi (Jaws), empowers women through surfing on the western shores of Maui.

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Real Hawai‘i TV

Hawaii Rooted – Keone Nunes

Keone Nunes reveals the protocol and the practice of traditional Hawaiian tattooing on the island of Oahu.

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IN FLUX - S3E1 - Tribes

Perspectives: The Pōpolo Project

A Honolulu-based collective shares the complex diversity of what it means to be Black in Hawai’i and the larger Pacific.

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IN FLUX - S3E2 - Tribes

Migrants in the Mist

Taiji Terasaki’s latest work reflects on the resilience of immigrants, both past and present.

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Lei Exchanges - S1E1

Lei Exchanges: Tattoos

Los Angeles tattoo artist Ruby Croak and Hawaiian kākau practitioner Keli’i Mākua share their approach to body art.

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Lei Culture

Honolulu Pride 2018

This year’s Honolulu Pride was the grandest pride festival to date in the Pacific! With an anticipated 30,000 people to celebrate the festival and parade, Kalākaua Avenue was lined with festival goers admiring the colorful floats and balloons, dazzling streamers, and glamorous drag queens. The parade featured more than 100 moving parts from floats to convertible cars to trolleys, including our Lei Trolley.

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IN FLUX - S3E3 - Tribes

The Witness

For more than three decades, photographer Ed Greevy documented land struggles and political strife in the Hawaiian Islands.

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Maui Visitors Bureau

Culture

For more than three decades, photographer Ed Greevy documented land struggles and political strife in the Hawaiian Islands.

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Maui Visitors Bureau

Ocean Safety

While taking in the visual rush of a big and beautiful blue sea, people may not properly understand the dangerous conditions the ocean can pose.

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Maui Visitors Bureau

Ocean Health

There are various ways visitors can travel around the islands that maintain the health of the beaches and the wider ocean that surrounds us.

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Maui Visitors Bureau

Astute Renting

Illegal rentals are an increasing challenge for visitors and locals alike.

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IN FLUX - S4E2 - Power

Waters Reclaimed

Activists residing in Wailuanui and Ke‘anae are continuing to untangle the complex politics of East Maui water diversion to reinstate this natural resource.

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IN FLUX - S4E1 - Power

Enclothed Cognition

In the following portraits, we gathered people from all walks of life and disciplines to look at the diverse array of garments that most empower them.