 Chimwe chinhu chinokosha chakabuda muHawaii State Constitutional Convention ya1978 kwaiva kugadzwa kweHofisi yeHawaiian Affairs, inozivikanwa zvikuru seOHA. Nhume dzaisanganisira nyeredzi dzomunguva yemberi dzezvematongerwe enyika dzeHawaii Benjamin J. Cayetano, John D. Waihee III, naJeremy Harris vakagadzira matanho akarongerwa kugadzirisa kusaruramisira kune vagari vemuHawaii kubvira pakugumburwa kweHumambo hweHawaiimuna 1893. OHA yakatangwa sechivimbiso, chinotarisirwa nomurairo wokuvandudza migariro yavaHawaiian vomunzvimbomo pamwe chete nenzanga yeHawaiian yose zvayo. OHA yakapiwa masimba pamusoro pemamwe matunhu ehurumende, uye inoramba ichiwedzera nzvimbo dzayo kusvika nhasi munguva pfupi yapfuura neWaimea Valley, yaimbova Waimea Falls Park. 