Noe Tanigawa
Noe Tanigawa covered art, culture, and ideas for Hawaiʻi Public Radio. Noe began working in news at WQXR, the New York Times' classical station in New York City, where she also hosted music programs from 1990-94. Prior to New York, Noe was a music host in jazz, rock, urban contemporary, and contemporary and classic Hawaiian music formats in Honolulu. Since arriving at HPR in 2002, Noe has received awards from the Los Angeles Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists Hawai'i Chapter, and an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for coverage of the budget process at the Hawai'i State Legislature. Noe holds a Master's in Painting from UH Mānoa. She maintains an active painting practice, and completed a 2015 residency with the U.S. Art in Embassies program in Palau. Noe is from Wailupe Valley in East O'ahu.
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Affordable housing, angst over tourism, safeguarding resources, disputes with the military — Hawaiʻi faces many of the same issues today that it faced about a generation ago, during the Hawaiian Renaissance. HPR's Noe Tanigawa begins a look back at the issues and music of that time in the 1970s, with this perspective from former Gov. John Waiheʻe.
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Arts and culture lovers will find plenty to like Friday night during the First Friday of February 2022. Masks are required, temperatures will be checked, but there is a range of family friendly activities planned within walking distance in downtown Honolulu. HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports.
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As efforts continue to address conditions in Honolulu's Chinatown, a look back to the 1980s shows there has been definite improvement. For perspective, and a sense of what people find so special about Chinatown, HPR's Noe Tanigawa walked the district with a noted architect.
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On Kauaʻi, work continued through the pandemic on a new art center at the corner of Rice and Kress streets in Līhuʻe. HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports project developer Mark Gabbay has plans for an exhibition and performance venue, a community workspace, and a fun place to eat.
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So many key events in Hawaiʻi's history happened in January. For a sequence of events and a sense of the times, we turn to Zita Cup Choy. She is ʻIolani Palace historian and says Honolulu in the 1890s was a bustling international seaport.
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Architect Glenn Mason takes us on a tour of Chinatown to open our eyes to some of its charms. HPR's Noe Tanigawa took a walk through Chinatown's long and varied history.
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The Honolulu Department of Community Services director explains the strategy for improving conditions in Chinatown; a Honolulu architect walks through Chinatown to open our eyes to some of its charms; ʻIolani Palace's historian takes us back to the 1890s when Honolulu was a bustling international seaport; and an investment manager on Kauaʻi discusses the art center he's developing in Līhuʻe
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For years, Honolulu officials have tried to clean up the Chinatown area. As HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports, some residents are cheering an announcement they think will change the dynamic of their neighborhood.
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State lawmakers returned to do the people's work as the 2022 legislative session kicked off this week. Among the top priorities is Hawaiʻi's housing crisis. HPR's Noe Tanigawa joined The Conversation to talk about that and how Hawaiʻi could learn from Singapore's "social housing" system.
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A storied history is evidence of the rich cultural area threatened by leaks from the Navy's tanks, which sit 100 feet above Oʻahu's freshwater source. HPR's Noe Tanigawa spoke with Kahu Roddy Akau, the konohiki of Moanalua, about the historical and cultural significance of the Red Hill area.