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OFFICE OF More than $5 million is available annually for Kamehameha and non.. Kamehameha high school graduates to attend college or other accredited Volume 8, 12 "The Living post.. high school programs. Eligibility requirements: • Hawaiian ancestry • Financial need • Full .. time enrollment at an accredited post.. high institution Applications available in January at all Hawai'i high school and college counseling offices, and from the Kamehameha Schools Financial A id Office, Kapalama Heights, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96817. For more information, ·please call the Post.. High School Financial • A id Programs at 842 .. 8216, 842 .. 8668, 847 .. 0599 or 842.. 7601. KAMEHAMEHA. SCHOOLS/BERNICE PAUAHI BI HOP ESTATE. Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS 711 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 500 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 alikimaka a ............ the Tru 0/ Hawaiian Studies of the biology, cultural history of Kaho'olawe costs of removing the unexploded ordnance from the island are now underway. Kaho'olawe cleanup cost studied • by Deborah l. Ward comment, which will be analyzed and noted in the The Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance Editor, Ka Wai ala a aHA final commission report. Commjssion was established by Congress "to Studies of the cultural history, biology, and In July the commission completed and sent to study and recommend terms and conditions for projected costs of removing ordnance from the Congress its interim report which included a returning Kaho'olawe Island from the United island of Kaho'olawe are now being conducted by summary of testimony received at eight statewide States to the State of Hawai'i." It also provided the Kaho olawe Island Conveyance Commission. public hearings held earlier this year. The report funding to study the potential for a marine The results of these studies will become part of the also contained general information on plants and sanctuary in offshore waters of Kaho'olawe. commission's final report which will be presented wildlife on Kaho'olawe and spelled out the duties Now underway are studies on the foll owing to Congress in December 1992. of the commission under the establishing subject areas: An initial proposed draft of the final commission legislation. Military target bombing of Kaho'olawe • Documenting history of Kaho'olawe as a report will be developed about the end of August was halted for two years during the length of the chronological record from legendary times to Dec. 1992 and will be made available for public commission's investigation. continued page [1 OHA trustees visit Tonga by Christina Zarobe conference which includes the five "metropolitan The list of participants attending the 31st South powers" that established the commission more Pacific Conference in October on Tonga read like than 40 years ago, according to Keale. a who's who among foreign dignitaries. OHA representatives attend the session with Over 300 ministers, governors, ambassadors official observer status although both Keale and from around the globe congregated on the small Aiona are lobbying for OHA to become a island nation to discuss issues ranging fro m ocean full-fledged delegate. Previously, the president of warming to chemical weapons disposal. the U.S. has appointed a representative from But for Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Hawai'i to accompany the U.S. delegation. Past Moses Keale, Sr. and Abraham Aiona who representatives have included Honolulu also traveled to the session the conference was an Councilman John Henry Felix. emotional journey back to the culture of the South "There's not a Hawaiian presence there and Pacific islands. that's what OHA brings," said Keale who has "We're Pacific Island people. We're very much a served as an OHA trustee since the organization's part of the Pacific Island families. So for me it is a inception a decade ago. return -back to our origin which is Polynesian," For Trustee Aiona, his first time to the said Keale who has a ttended the meeting every conference and to Tonga was a powerful year except for three since 1982 when OHA was experience. His memories of the trip and facts first invited. about the island kingdom led by Taufa'ahau "Secondly, we all share the same ocean Tupou IV spill over one another as he talks about continent so to speak. I like to think of the Pacific the conference. Ocean as a continent ami our islands as cities. "This being my first trip to the South Pacific as What affects them affects us. We share the an OHA trustee it was really kind of a humbling same concerns." experience as well as an eye-opener," said Aiona. The South Pacific Commission was founded by "It was a meshing of people of the South Pacific the governments of the United States, France, basin ... and we consider ourselves as brothers Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand after and sisters. There are a lot of things that are very "Listen to the Forest" Director Eddie World War II to deal with economic and social similar." Kamae and Kahu David Kaalakea issues. The mandate of the commission was to The trustees had little free time during their stay prepare for the Hawai'i International the islands of the region ravaged during but what they saw of life on Tonga clearlll left a Film Festival slated for Dec. 1-14. World War II. strong impression. Story begins on page 7. Currently, 27 nations send delegates to the continued page 8 ,,' > '. ',. NEXT ISSUE by Christina Zarobe January 1 Assi,stant Editor NEWS & ARTICLES DEADLINE: December 10 The OHA Board of Trustees held its Oct. 23 'Iwi O'ahu, Mike Luce and written testimony, a Please submit articles business meeting in the OHA conference room in press conference held later in the board meeting, well in advance of Honolulu, O'ahu. Trustee Akana and the Governor's Council news deadline to: Present were Chairman Clayton H.W. Hee, meeting, legislators and museums on preservation Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA vice-chairperson Rowena Akana, and trustees council positions, and Trustee Aiona and the 711 Kapiolani Blvd. Abraham Aiona, Moanikeala Akaka, A Frenchy Hawaii Community Services Council. Suite 500 DeSoto, Louis Hao, Kamaki A Kanahele, III, Unfinished Business Honolulu, HI 96813 Thomas Kaulukuklii, Sr. and Moses Keale, Sr. Trustee Aiona moved while Trustee Kanahele Chairman's Report seconded a motion to adopt the report and second ADVERTISING DEADLINE The chairman reported on the following items: a reading of the revisions to the OHA By-laws December 10 thank you letter from Frank Cassidy and Heather articles II, VII, and X. To advertise in Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA, Kucheran for participation in the Delgamuukow However, Trustee Akana was opposed to the call Dave Chun at conference, and the selection of both Steven motion because of the procedure followed to bring Innovation, 943-8599 Harris to provide custodiaVtrustee services for the issue to the floor. She recommended the for ad rates and OHA's investment portfolio and Greg Kowal who board obtain a second opinion from the state advertising particulars! wi ll provide brokerage services for OHA's attorney general. Advertise in investment portfolio. Speaking in support of the motion, Trustee Ka Wai Ola OOHA Other topics reported by the chairman were the Keale said it is within the board's purview to termination of Trustee Akana's administrative amend the motion in whichever way it decides. Support Our Advertisersl aide, Trustee Aiona and the Council of Energy The board acts as the final authority of the Office Resource Tribes, Charlene Aina with a of Hawaiian Affairs, he said. clarification of the Sunshine Law, Sol The motion passed 7-2. On the Cover: Kahoohalahala and the OHA position on Lana'i, New Business View of Waipi'o Valley, story on page 10. the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Trustee Aiona moved while Trustee Kanahele Photo by lynn lee. Enforcement Act of 1989, and Don Malcolm and seconded a resolution congratulating Trustee the workshop, "Cultural Values in the Age of Kaulukukui for receiving the 1991 David Malo Technology." award from the West Honolulu Rotary Club. The $1,221 for name plaques. Other matters presented by the chairman were resolution passed unanimously. Trustee Aiona moved and Trustee Akana Trustee Kanahele and a Hawaiian in Israel, Committee. Reports seconded a motion to adopt the "development Trustee Aiona and a policy on use of OHA Budget, Finance, Policy and Planning and preparation of support to justify the fa ci lities, Richard Paglinawan and the A motion was moved by Trustee Aiona and establishment of trustee salaries with the contract NHCAP/ Kualoa Park, Gary Okamoto offering seconded by Trustee DeSoto to approve the not to exceed $25,000." thanks for the Grand Hyatt Wailea donation, appropriation of $50,000 in special funds to the The motion, which is in response to the Trustee Kaulukukui and nominations to the Native Hawaiian Legal €o r p . to provide legal legislature's commissioned study, passed Affordable Housing Program Advisory Council, representation to Na tive Hawaiians who have filed unanimously. and trustees and the trade with KHNL TV station. claims before the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Another motion, moved by Trustee Aiona and Issues also reported by the chairman were Claims Review Panel. seconded by Trustee Kaulukukui, was Donna Wong and resolution 90-559, SMP for The motion was amended to add "and to unanimously passed to adopt the "Administrative Pohakupu subdivision, Vaasatia Poloma Kom iti represent beneficiaries in their claims relating to and Financial Manual of Guides, Title 4 - and the 31st South Pacific Conference, Martin Hawaiian Home Lands." Payments and Receipts, Chapter 2 - Petty Wilson and the South Pacific Congress Trustee Keale questioned whether the Cash." The motion was amended to read "in the Conference, Trustee Keale and KHNL TV station appropriation would allow beneficiaries to sue the case of employees." funds, Gov.