Aloha Aina Party of Hawaii 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, Oahu and Kauai. In 2000 the Aloha Aina Party was established by Vickie Holt Takamine as a revival of the Home Rule Party. The party focused on Hawaiian sovereignty and representing Native Hawaiian voices in local politics. In 2016 Desmon Haumea, Pua Ishibashi, and Donald Kaulia worked to obtain enough petitions for the party to appear on the 2016 election ballot. They held
Aloha diminishes the terms original meaning and reduces it to the more superficial expression of "Good wishes". Anthropologist Francis Newton states that "Aloha is a complex and profound sentiment. Such emotions defy definition". Hawaiians believe the concept to be unique, with no English equivalent. Aloha Aloha (; ) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a simple greeting but has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians. A greeting of love and compassion; also means "to be in the presence of the divinity" or in the presence of ("alo") the