 We reached out to her to ask her what are some of her concerns. I was born on the island of Oahu and I was raised on the island of Hawaii. The average home on Oahu is $1 million. Native Hawaiians can't even make that not in one year, not in 10 years. The living wages are unreachable. Even most high-paying jobs are not granted to local people and corporations have dominated the islands. And then they take over restaurants, they take over everything.