"Producing a license plate is actually a pretty complicated process, and we are also disappointed by the unforeseen delay in the delivery, but we are working closely with our vendor and doing ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — 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.

The Honolulu Police Department and the state Department of Transportation ... About 350,000 new license plates are issued each year in Hawaii, Nedd said, and there is no Hawaii company that ...

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 updated license plate ...

Now, all new state license plates have the okina in Hawaii, a subtle change that started this year. “It really was intended to reinforce Hawaiian language and Hawaiian culture,” said Kim ...

Hawaii has seen the addition of the ʻokina and other Hawaiian diacritical marks added to street signs in recent years, they are even required in official State and County letterheads and websites.