Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation at Hawaiʻi Public Radio. With over three decades of experience as a television reporter in Hawaiʻi, she has covered a diverse range of topics including health, social issues, and climate change, earning her numerous accolades and respect from a statewide audience. Catherine has been featured in Environmental Health News, Hawaiʻi Public Radio, and NewsBreak.
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By: Catherine Cruz
HPR recently spoke to the two candidates running for mayor on the Big Island. Kimo Alameda is challenging incumbent Mitch Roth. Does a political newcomer have what it takes to unseat the mayor? Or does Roth hold the edge in the race? Roth shared what he's accomplished so far in office, plus his goals for a possible second term.
By: Catherine Cruz
HPR recently spoke to the two candidates running for mayor on the Big Island. Kimo Alameda is challenging incumbent Mitch Roth. Does a political newcomer have what it takes to unseat the mayor? Or does Roth hold the edge in the race?
By: Catherine Cruz
This week marks 20 years since floods ripped through the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus, causing millions of dollars in damage and changing the way UH thought about resilience. UH President David Lassner sat down with HPR to reflect on the crisis and his past 11 years as president.
By: Catherine Cruz
Over 20 companies make up the Hawaiʻi Harbor Users Group, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2025. It's been planning for rising seas and bigger vessels — all part of becoming more efficient and resilient due to Hawaiʻi's dependency on harbors for goods and services.
By: Catherine Cruz
Shaun Moss, the executive director of Hawaiʻi Pacific University's Oceanic Institute, shared the latest on an upcoming release of several hundred juvenile yellow tang in the waters off Windward Oʻahu.
By: Catherine Cruz
This week marks 20 years since floods ripped through the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus. As a result, many other state offices have stepped up measures to prevent massive flooding. The Conversation spoke to state Comptroller Keith Regan about the efforts.
By: Catherine Cruz, Russell Subiono
State archivist Adam Jansen discusses safeguarding historic documents and artifacts from future floods; HPR speaks with the longest-serving city worker in Honolulu
By: Catherine Cruz
Sixty years ago this month, a young Howard Okamura applied to be a clerk typist at the Honolulu Division of Motor Vehicles soon after graduating from Farrington High School.
By: Catherine Cruz
HPR talked to Hawaiʻi State Archivist Adam Jansen about what’s being done to protect valuable government documents and artifacts in the Hawaiʻi Capital Historic District.
By: Lillian Tsang, Catherine Cruz, Maddie Bender, Russell Subiono
Today on the Conversation, we're re-airing a selection of interviews that focus on World War II.
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