Aloha Aina Party of Hawaii an official Aloha Aina Party Rally in Hilo for petition signing and voter registration on January 3, 2016. The State of Hawaii Elections Board required 707 qualified, registered voters to sign and complete the petition to qualify ballot status. The party was not able to obtain the minimum number of signatures required by the deadline, and were not on the ballot in 2016. Aloha Aina Party of Hawaii The Aloha Aina Party is a conservative political party in Hawaii. The main office of the Aloha Aina Party is located in Hilo, Hawaii Island with satellite offices on each island; Maui,
Aloha of examples dating back as far as 1798 and up to 1978 where it was defined as a substitute for "welcome". The modern, common use epitomizes the appropriation of the Hawaiian Language and the cultural dispossession of Native Hawaiians. Lorrin Andrews wrote the first Hawaiian dictionary, called "A dictionary of the Hawaiian language". In it he describes "aloha" as "A word expressing different feelings; love, affection, gratitude, kindness, pity, compassion, grief, the modern common salutation at meeting; parting". Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert's "Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian" also contains a similar definition. The modern use as a greeting