Why native Hawaiians are being "pushed out of paradise" in their homeland

Doreen Hall is among the thousands of native Hawaiians who decided to leave the state with her family because of rising prices in the area. Each year, 15,000 native Hawaiians leave the state for the mainland, which now boasts a larger Hawaiian population than Hawaii itself. There are fears that rebuilding from the wildfires that ravaged Maui over the summer will lead to even more displacement. 

Hall was born and raised in Pearl City, Oahu moved to Las Vegas. Hall can return to the state for short vacations, but she said it's not the same.  "This is where my heart is, you know?... This is where my mom and dad are laid to rest," Hall said. 

Unlike city dwellers priced out to the suburbs, native Hawaiians aren't just leaving their homes. They are also leaving their home land as rampant development, an influx of mainlanders moving to the state, and growing tourism price them out of the islands.