He ʻahahui hoʻonaʻauao ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi ʻauhau ʻole ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo (ʻAPL) i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1983 e pahu ikaika ana i ka hoʻōla ʻia o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. ʻO ka ʻīkoi o kāna papahana ka mālama ʻia o nā kula kamaliʻi kaiaʻōlelo he 12. He alakaʻi ka ʻAPL i ka hoʻōla ʻōlelo ʻōiwi ma ʻaneʻi a puni ka honua.

Ua ʻākūloia ʻia nā Pūnana Leo a pau ma ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo e ka World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC) ma Mei 2014.