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

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.

[@andymckane7271]

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]

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]

Sending you love light peace and strength ♡

[@snazzullz]

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]

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]

Are you Native Hawaiian?

[@user-px8cw9qd3p]

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]

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 !!!

[@andrewonzuka9795]

"Aloha only appreciates in value "

[@AuntJoanieBaloney]

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 KZbin 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]

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!

[@maikailoa808]

Love molokai. Much mahalo's for this.

[@Tipjar333]

Nice conversation. Thank you.

[@ryanlowry5409]

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

[@MK-er7cx]

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

[@chanceyhoman9297]

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

[@ms.christian7792]

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

[@michaeldennis3240]

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]

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

[@dorthymcbride3384]

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

[@meineliebste]

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

[@loganjenott]

They address that towards the end. :)

[@KI6OFS]

51:40 if you want to know

[@zxyatiywariii8]

@@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. . .

[@russellkahookele3756]

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]

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 ..

[@kgoodridge1]

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]

Molokai has alot of dope heads😉😉😉

[@joannescholes3742]

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❤️🙏

[@user-px8cw9qd3p]

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

[@russellkahookele3756]

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]

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

[@zxyatiywariii8]

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]

You can say it both ways

[@chanceyhoman9297]

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.

[@scahall100]

Aloha Mike Helm - Molokai no ka 'oi!

[@bigmike1850]

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

[@user-px8cw9qd3p]

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

[@user-px8cw9qd3p]

mobile foods ?! where ?

[@user-px8cw9qd3p]

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]

Hello so there’s excellent internet access on Molokai ?

[@ragtimegals]

When in Rome, it’s that simple

[@mr_monaco]

“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.

[@user-px8cw9qd3p]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@chanceyhoman9297]

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]

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.

[@kristofthibaud8491]

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[@matthew3823]

tourist stay home molokai is no invite

[@pawshands9706]

Not a state! Illegally occupied Kingdom!

[@ravenromerra4701]

true...just like the rest of the US

[@albertstien8138]

“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!”

[@SenoraMadrid]

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

[@rufustrunt9889]

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

[@KentKiner-dt5rp]

Too much drugs lived work there