--- title: Kaniela Ing | TIME description: Ing is a co-founder of Our Hawai’i, National Director of the Green New Deal Network, former state legislator, and a seventh-generation Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) from Maui, Hawaiʻi canonical: https://time.com/author/kaniela-ing/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/kaniela-ing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kaniela Ing ## Kaniela Ing Ing is a co-founder of Our Hawai’i, National Director of the Green New Deal Network, former state legislator, and a seventh-generation Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) from Maui, Hawaiʻi ## Kaniela Ing *  Jul 9, 2025 ### ['Shark Whisperer' Villainizes Native Hawaiians](https://time.com/7300868/shark-whisperer-villainizes-hawaiians/) "'Shark Whisperer' claims to honor marine life, but it often confuses reverence with control," write... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 9, 2024 ### [The Unshakeable Resilience of Lahaina](https://time.com/7009538/maui-wildfires-resilience-essay/) One year after the wildfires, Lahaina has pioneered a new model for disaster recovery, writes Kaniel... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 17, 2023 ### [Where Maui Must Go From Here](https://time.com/6305817/maui-wildfires-climate-change-colonialism-essay/) "The wildfires of Maui, while devastating, have also ignited a spark in us," writes Kaniela Ing. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kaniela-ing/","name":"Kaniela Ing"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kaniela-ing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kaniela-ing/"},"name":"Kaniela Ing","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ing is a co-founder of Our Hawai’i, National Director of the Green New Deal Network, former state legislator, and a seventh-generation Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) from Maui, Hawaiʻi","url":"https://time.com/author/kaniela-ing/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```