Henry is credited with starting Hawaii's conversion to Christianity.

Some notable current and retired jazz musicians in Hawaii include Gabe Baltazar ( saxophone ), Henry Allen ( guitar ), Adam Baron ( drums ), Vic Castellini ( Drums ), David Choy ( saxophone ), Rich Crandall ( piano ), Dan Del Negro ( keyboards ), Pierre Grill ( piano / keyboards / trombone ), Bruce Hamada ( bass ), DeShannon Higa ( trumpet ), Jim Howard ( piano ), Steve Jones ( bass ), John Kolivas ( bass ), Ryan Kunimura ( saxophone ), Noel Okimoto ( drums / percussion / vibes ), Michael Paulo ( reeds ), Rene Paulo ( acoustic grand piano ) was a forerunner of recording Hawaiian music in the jazz venue in the early 1960s and is one of Hawaii's legendary music greats, Robert Shinoda ( guitar ), Arex Ikehara ( bass ), Phil Bennett ( drums ), Aron Nelson ( piano ), Tennyson Stephens ( piano ), Dean Taba ( bass ), Betty Loo Taylor ( piano ), Tim Tsukiyama ( saxophone ) and Abe Lagrimas Jr. ( drums / ukulele / vibes ).

Henry is not only a jazz guitarist, but Master artist of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar for which he is world-renowned, and recognised by the state and governor as such. www. henrykallen. com, guitarmaui @ aol. com Henry is currently as of July 29, 2008, producing jazz CDs and is author of two published books on music, " Learning to play the Hawaiian Steel Guitar " and Ukulele, Pila Li ' i Li ' i. Henry is now considered one of Hawaii's " Living Treasures ".

The Governor of Hawaii's official residence is Washington Place, a mansion that was once a minor royal palace of

Hannah Lulu is very superstitious and is afraid of almost everything including Hawaii's Nightmarchers.

Further, a black sand beach is vulnerable to being inundated by future lava flows, as was the case for Hawaii's Kalapana beach, alternately known as Kaimu beach, or simply Black Sand Beach.

Kapolei is quickly becoming a new urban center for Oahu, Hawaii's most densely populated island.

The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, who also serves as Hawaii's equivalent of a Secretary of State, is entirely removed from the legislative process.

Although the mid Atlantic region of the United States has mild weather which allows the USDA to grow most of the species designated by the various states as their arboreal emblems, it cannot successfully grow a few of the state trees such as the cabbage palmetto, which is the state tree of both Florida and South Carolina, or the kukui, which is Hawaii's state tree.

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is a book written by Queen

One significant difference between BYU's Honor Code and BYU – Hawaii's is BYU-H's prohibition of the drinking of kava by students and faculty.

It is said that the sky is Hawaii's capitol rotunda.

* One telescope ( Gemini North, officially called the Frederick C. Gillett Gemini Telescope ) is located on Hawaii's Mauna Kea, along with many other telescopes.

Her most recent book is Unfamiliar Fishes ( 2011 ), which traces the growing influence of American missionaries in Hawaii in the 1800s and the subsequent takeover of Hawaii's property and politics by American sugar plantation owners, eventually resulting in a coup d ' état, restricted voting rights for nonwhites, and annexation by the United States.

"< sup > the dust jacket </ sup > The title of the book is an allusion to a quotation from the aged David Malo, who had been the first Native Hawaiian ordained to preach and Hawaii's first superintendent of schools:

He also founded the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and founded Hawaii's first successful bank, which is now known as First Hawaiian Bank.

With the aid of District Attorney and later Hawaii's Attorney General John Manicote ( played by Glenn Cannon ), McGarrett was successful in sending most of his enemies to prison.

Around 1930 a marker " Oahu West Base " 21 deg 18 min 13. 889 sec North, 157 deg 50 min 55. 796 sec West was set as the origin of Hawaii's system, and the latitude-longitude of all other points was defined by distance and direction from that marker.

Dropknee was first pioneered by Hawaii's Jack " The Ripper " Lindholm.

Air forward 360 °: Originally completed by Hawaii's Mike Stewart.

Air reverse 360 °: Originally completed by Hawaii's Mike Stewart.

Air reverse 720 °: Originally completed by Hawaii's Jeff Hubbard.

* Liliʻuokalani-Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen

* In Jackson v. Abercrombie, federal District Court judge Alan Kay on August 8, 2012, citing Baker v. Nelson as controlling, rejected the claim by two lesbians that Hawaii's failure to provide for same-sex marriage violated the U. S. Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.

The attraction was sponsored by United Airlines for its first 12 years ; in 1976, sponsorship passed over to Hawaii's Dole Food Company, which remains the sponsor to the present day.

On October 26, 2005, Facing Future became Hawaii's first certified platinum album, selling more than a million CDs in the United States, according to figures furnished by the Recording Industry Association of America.

22 % of the company was held by non-partner employees, and 18 % was held by retired Goldman partners and two longtime investors, Sumitomo Bank Ltd. and Hawaii's Kamehameha Activities Assn ( the investing arm of Kamehameha Schools ).

On November 2, 2010, Neil Abercrombie defeated his Republican opponent James Aiona by a margin of 57. 8 % to 40. 8 % to become Hawaii's 7th governor.

Now considered Hawaii's term for " Thank God It's Friday " ( TGIF ), the phrase was used by Kimo Kahoano and Paul Natto in their 1982 song, " It's Aloha Friday, No Work ' til Monday ", heard every Friday on Hawaii radio stations across the state.

* Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales: The Original, Collected by Rick Carroll, copyright 1996 by The Bess Press Inc.

Hawaii Five-O was named in honor of Hawaii's status as the 50th State.

" Some stations which followed this scheme used a regional name instead of a specific city, such as " Capital Region's WB " for WCWN in Albany, New York ( formerly WEWB ), or " Hawaii's WB " for KFVE in Honolulu, Hawaii and " East Tennessee's WB " for WBXX-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee while others incorporated the channel number, such as WPHL-TV in Philadelphia (" Philadelphia's WB17 "), or Mobile, Alabama's WBPG ( now WFNA ; " The Gulf Coast's WB55 ").

Those favoring annexation of Hawaii ( on the model of Karafuto ) intended to use the local Japanese community, which had constituted 43 % ( c. 160, 000 ) of Hawaii's population in the 1920s, as a leverage.

In 1997, MacArthur returned without Jack Lord ( who was in declining health ) to reprise his character, who had become Hawaii's Governor in the plot, in the 1997 unaired pilot of Hawaii Five-O which starred actor Gary Busey.

In Superboy No. 1 ( Feb 1994 ), Superboy settles in Hawaii with his supporting cast, becoming Hawaii's resident superhero for the next four years, until Superboy No. 48 ( Feb 1998 ).

In 2001, ' Wheel of Fortune " host Pat Sajak and Hawaii TV News anchor Joe Moore ( Sajak's Viet Nam roommate and close friend ) played Felix and Oscar at the Hawaii Theatre Center as a benefit for Hawaii's Minoa Valley Theater.

* Judd IV, Gerrit P., Dr. Judd, Hawaii's friend, A biography of Gerrit Parmele Judd ( 1803 – 1873 ), Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1960.

That year, with Hiram Fong retiring, Matsunaga defeated Hawaii's other House representative, Patsy Mink for the Democratic Party nomination for Senator, making his November election to the position a near certainty in heavily Democratic Hawaii.

April 17, 1953: In response to a statement by Mississippi's Sen. James Eastland that Hawaii was dominated by Communists and would, if granted statehood, send representatives of Moscow to Congress, the Star-Bulletin devoted most of its front page, all of page 2 and part of page 3 to listing the names of Hawaii's dead, wounded, missing and prisoners in the 1950 – 53 Korean War.

* Honolulu, Hawaii — southernmost incorporated place in the 50 states ( Hawaii's only incorporated place )

The Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii, known as Mauna Ala ( Fragrant Hills ) in the Hawaiian language, is the final resting place of Hawaii's two prominent royal families: the Kamehameha Dynasty and the Kalākaua Dynasty.

* Rachel Laudan, Food of Paradise: Exploring Hawaii's Culinary Heritage, University of Hawaii Press, 1996

Hawaii eliminated MMDs and after redistricting, she ran for Hawaii's 20th House District and won.

Although the Sheriff Division's jurisdiction covers the entire state, its primary functions are judicial and executive protection, security at the Hawaii State Capitol, law-enforcement at Hawaii's airports, narcotics enforcement, prisoner transportation, the processing and service of court orders and warrants, and the patrol of certain roads and waterways in conjunction with other state agencies.

In 2009, Raycom Media ( owner of Hawaii's NBC and MyNetworkTV affiliates ) was faced with complaints after it announced that it would take over operations of CBS affiliate KGMB under such an agreement, fold all three stations into a shared news operation known as Hawaii News Now, and lay off parts of its workforce.

Pearlridge ( formerly Pearlridge Center ) is the second largest shopping center in Hawaii, after Ala Moana, and is Hawaii's largest enclosed shopping center, located in Aiea.

On January 1, 1996, the station officially became Hawaii's new NBC affiliate dubbed " NBC Hawaii News 8 " ( for the station's dial position on most Hawaii cable systems ).

Hawaii's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U. S. state of Hawaii.