Hawaii approved controversial ‘FCKBLM’ license plate. It can’t get it back. By Christine Hitt , Hawaii Contributing Editor Updated Jan 13, 2023 12:21 p.m.

New Hawaii license plates could look different in 2025 “It really was intended to reinforce Hawaiian language and Hawaiian culture,” said Kim Hashiro, Honolulu Director of Customer Services.

Question : How did we run out of the new license plates so fast ? Didn’t they just start adding the okina this year ? Answer : An Oregon-­based vendor faced unforeseen trouble making the ...

Odquina, 49, had requested the license plate in January 2021. When a Honolulu city services employee contacted him to ask its meaning, Odquina claimed it was an acronym for his business’s name.

Hawaii is known as the Aloha State and officials are hoping to show their love for the Hawaiian language with a new requirement to include the ʻokina on new license plates.

There’s no timeline yet on when new plates will be issued and it’s not clear how the process of choosing a new design will work. The city says it will soon retire the iconic rainbow license plate.

1976 Hawaii License Plate (Courtesy: Darrell Tanaka) “Surprisingly, it was hugely rejected by the local population at the time, because it was said that the artist wasn’t local and the plate ...

Hawaii license plates are also known for the rainbow in the background, which has been a part of Hawaii license plates for more than 30 years. However, ...

HONOLULU (Island News) - The beloved rainbow-themed state license plates are confirmed to remain unchanged for the foreseeable future. The city has clarified that there are no immediate intentions ...

Some consider the Hawaii license plate to be iconic with the rainbow design having been used for more than three decades. Now, all new state license plates have the okina in Hawaii, a subtle ...

About 350,000 new license plates are issued each year in Hawaii, Nedd said, and there is no Hawaii company that can produce them. Nedd emphasized that existing, ...