Sometimes people are confused about the difference between Kau Inoa and OHA’s Hawaiian Registry Program (HRP). If you received a red registration card with a photo, that is for HRP. Kau Inoa does not issue a card, but if you received a Kau Inoa t-shirt for registering, you have signed up for Kau Inoa. HRP and Kau Inoa are affiliated with each other, but separate registration is required in each, usually requiring separate forms.

The Kau Inoa form offers four options to verify your Hawaiian ancestry. The first allows you to declare your Hawaiian ancestry by stating you have previously submitted your ancestry verification documents and are verified by either the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the HRP at OHA, Operation ‘Ohana at OHA, or the Kamehameha Schools Ho‘oulu Hawaiian Data Center.

If you would like to register for both Kau Inoa and HRP at the same time, there is one form which will allow you to do both; it is available at OHA. If you are already registered in Kau Inoa and want to register in HRP, please contact HRP staff at (808) 594-1914 or toll-free at 1-800-366-1758 for more information on how to register for HRP. If you are already registered in HRP and want to register in Kau Inoa, please contact John Rosa at (808) 594-1902 or toll-free at 1-800-366-1758 for more information on how to register for Kau Inoa.

Information on both programs is available online: for Kau Inoa please visit http://kauinoa.org/info.php; for HRP please visit http://www.oha.org and click on “OHA Hawaiian Registry” from the choices on the left part of the screen.

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