HE WAI, HE MOKU, HE KANAKA Iune (June) 2018 | Vol. 35, No. 6 FIRE & WATER THE LIVING WATER OF OHA www.oha.org/kwo RAGING WATERS, FIERY FLOW HAWAI‘I’S CHAnGInG LAnDSCAPe RAGING WATERS CRISIS PAGe RAGING WATERS, 14

Catastrophic fl ooding on Kaua‘i and an explosive eruption on Hawai‘i Island have destroyed homes and upended lives. - Photos: Kı¯lauea fi ssure. - Mario Tama/Getty Images; Kaua‘i fl ooding. - Courtesy Kaua‘i Community Where did OHA spend the $14 million cited in the recent state audit?

These funds went to programs providing housing, educational and elderly services to the Native Hawaiian community. Programs receiving funds included:

$3 million to 17 Hawaiian- $6 million focused charter schools to DHHL for affordable housing infrastructure

$1.15 million for college scholarships for Hawaiians

$896,232 to Nā Pua No‘eau for $597,468 educational programs to Lunalilo Home to help kūpuna

These funds helped meet some of the most urgent needs of our beneficiaries. This is money well spent. Of these funds, $13.1 million was approved by the OHA Board in public meetings that are subject to the state’s Sunshine Law. Moreover, nearly $10.9 million of the $14 million went to support historically underfunded state programs serving Native Hawaiians.

Get the full details and read the list of $14 million in OHA spending at Empowering Hawaiians, Strengthening Hawai‘i www.oha.org/oha-audit/. MNPV | www.oha.org follow us: /oha_hawaii | /oha_hawaii | fan us: /officeofhawaiianaffairs | Watch us: /OHAHawaii iune2018 3 ‘O¯lelO a Ka lUna HO‘OKele MeSSAGe frOM tHe CeO reSponDinG in timeS oF critical neeD Aloha mai ka¯kou, org/kauai and oha.org/puna. The situation in Puna is still evolving. At the time of publication, e’re often asked how the Offi ce of Hawaiian Affairs improves the explosive eruption showed no signs of stopping. Thousands of conditions for Native Hawaiians. How we respond is now more residents have been forced to evacuate as the lava fl ow entered resi- critical than ever, as communities on either end of the main pae dential subdivisions, cut off highway access and sent toxic volcanic ‘äina cope with catastrophic events and uncertain futures. ash and gases into neighboring areas. There’s an immediate need for Historic fl ooding along Kaua‘i’s north shore and an explosive transitional and permanent housing, and we need to provide other types Weruption in the Kïlauea East Rift Zone on Hawai‘i Island call for distinctly different of support to help people cope mentally and emotionally during this approaches. Collectively, however, they’ve forced thousands of residents to evacu- traumatic time. As we did in Kaua‘i, we’ll be sending a team to Hawai‘i ate, and an untold number of homeowners and renters will have nothing to return Island to hear directly from Puna benefi ciaries. to. We have a duty to respond to the staggering needs of these communities – of our In addition to relief dollars, OHA can invest time and leverage resources. people – and do what we can to help them resume a sense of normalcy. We can work with service providers, such as Helping Hands and Cath- We’ve hit the ground running in Kaua‘i, where an intense, record-setting olic Charities, who administer the OHA-funded Pünäwai Program deluge in April dumped 28 inches of rain on the Waipä ahupua‘a over a 24-hour that provides emergency fi nancial assistance for Native Hawaiians. period. At the time, some 300 homes were evacuated. While most of the island We can advocate for our benefi ciaries before state agencies and has recovered, the hardest-hit areas continue to suffer. OHA responded immedi- nonprofi t organizations. We can put people on the ground to really ately by donating fuel, then followed up in the fi eld when our benefi ciaries raised understand and address the unique needs in each community. And concerns that weren’t rising to the media’s attention. In May, a team from OHA’s we can commit for the long haul and go the extra mile to help administration and Trustee Dan Ahuna’s offi ce went into these remote areas to residents kükulu hou, to rebuild. see the damage fi rsthand and talk with community members on the ground to Benefi ciaries on Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i Island have set an assess how OHA can contribute in a meaningful way. example by coming forward to help their neighbors in these Hä‘ena, Wainiha and Hanalei residents have shown tremendous resiliency and times of crisis. We need to follow their lead, step out of the initiative, coming together to help with the clean up, run donation centers and box and step up to the challenge. ¢ operate shuttles in and out of areas where highway repairs restrict access. But we need to meet them more than halfway, which calls for out-of-the-box think- ‘O au iho nö me ke aloha a me ka ‘oia‘i‘o, ing to cut through bureaucracy and address immediate needs. I will be working closely with our Board of Trustees to direct much-needed OHA resources to both Kaua‘i and Puna. Plans include $500,000 in relief aid; additional funding through our emergency, home improvement and business loan programs; and Kamana‘opono M. Crabbe, Ph.D. OHA staff outreach. We will be posting updates on our support efforts on oha. Ka Pouhana/Chief executive Offi cer

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Kamana‘opono M. Crabbe, Ph.D. Ka Pouhana, MO‘OLELO NUI | COVER FEATURE STEM scholar, Jessie HO‘ONA‘AUAO | EDUCATION Chief executive officer Wallace. - Photo: communitY enGaGement Recovery slow after Courtesy OHA supports STEM scholars PAGE 5 Nicole Mehanaokala¯ Hind Director flash flood PAGE 15 bY STerliNg wONg DiGital anD print meDia bY TreeNa SHaPirO OHA Higher education Scholarships support alice Malepeai Silbanuz students majoring in science, technology, Digital and Print Media Manager remote communities along Kaua‘i’s northern coast Treena Shapiro engineering and mathematics (SteM), including editor-in-chief/ are still struggling after record-setting rains caused recent graduates from uH Maui College, uH Ma¯noa Communications Specialist extensive damage to homes and roads. and Kapi‘olani Community College. Nelson gaspar Communications Specialist Kaleena Patcho ‘A¯INA | LAND & WATER Communications Specialist MO‘OMEHEU | CULTURE Kawena Carvalho-Mattos PAGE 17 Digital Media Specialist In Pele’s Path Kamehameha Day Celebrations Jason lees bY TreeNa SHaPirO Digital Media Specialist bY NaNea arMSTrONg-waSSel Kı¯lauea volcano has sent lava flowing into email/WeBSiteS Kamehameha Day celebrations honor the founder of the a residential subdivisions in an explosive [email protected] Hawaiian Kingdom in a tradition that dates back to 1871. www.oHA.org and awe-inspiring display of Pele’s power. www.oha.org/kwo @oha_hawaii Published monthly by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Telephone: 594-1888 or 1-800-468-4644 ext. 41888. Fax: 594-1865. @oha_hawaii Email: [email protected]. World Wide Web location: www.oha.org. Circulation: 64,000 copies, 55,000 of which are distributed by mail, and 9,000 through island offices, state and /officeofhawaiianaffairs county offices, private and community agencies and target groups and individuals. Ka Wai Ola is printed by O‘ahu Publications. Hawaiian fonts are provided by Coconut Info. Advertising in Ka Wai Ola does not constitute an endorsement of products or individuals by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Ka Wai Ola is published by the Office of Hawaiian /ohahawaii Affairs to help inform its Hawaiian beneficiaries and other interested parties about Hawaiian issues and activities and OHA programs and efforts. ©2018 Office of Hawaiian Affairs. All rights reserved. 4 iune 2018 www.oha.org/kwo | [email protected] n A tive HAWAiiA n » neWS | feA tureS | eventS Hawaiian language ‘Moana’ premieres June 10

By Ka Wai Ola Staff Auli‘i Cravalho voices World Oceans Day Celebration the title character in isney’s first Poly- > June 10, 4 to 9 p.m. both the original and nesian princess will Celebrate World Oceans Day, ‘o¯lelo Hawai‘i ver- sions of Disney’s speak ‘ölelo Hawai‘i Papahänaumokuäkea and Höküle‘a’s when a Hawaiian animated film Mahalo Hawai‘i sail at Ko Olina “Moana.” - Photo: language version of Resort. “Moana” in ‘ölelo Hawai‘i “Moana” premieres on World Courtesy University D debuts at sunset on the beach. Free. Oceans Day. of Hawai‘i Auli‘i Cravalho, who was www.KoOlina.com/events. a freshman at Kamehameha Schools Kapälama when she was (pictured) served as musical director. cast as the titular character, will reprise the • UH Mänoa Director of the Institute of Hawaiian lead role as Moana. Wai‘anae’s Nicole Scher- Language Research Puakea Nogelmeier (pictured) zinger also returns to voice Sina. University and his team translated the original script from of Hawai‘i Mänoa student Christopher Kaip- English to Hawaiian. ulaumakaniolono “Kaipu” Baker steps into • UH Mänoa Theatre and Dance Kumu Tammy the role of Maui. Haili‘opua Baker (pictured) oversaw casting and “I can’t wait for everyone to experience directed the dialogue. this beloved movie in ‘ölelo Hawai‘i, giving • Honolulu CC MELE recording faculty member us all the opportunity to watch something that Jon Ross supervised the student recording engi- we already know and love in a language that neers. is so special to us,” said Scherzinger in a UH Re-recording “Moana” in the Hawaiian language brought together fac- • UH Mänoa ACM graduate Kaliko Mai‘i was release in April. ulty and staff from UH-West O‘ahu, UH-Ma¯noa and Honolulu Commu- associate producer. The University of Hawai‘i’s Academy for nity College. - Photo: Courtesy University of Hawai‘i Creative Media System announced plans In a statement when the ‘ölelo Hawai‘i version for an ‘ölelo Hawai‘i version of “Moana” was announced, Cravalho said, “I am so deeply in November. The redubbed film will be used as proud of my Hawaiian roots. To perform the role a Hawaiian language educational tool, but creat- of Moana, acting and singing in the Hawaiian lan- ing it with professionals from Disney Animation guage, is so deeply humbling and exciting.” has already provided valuable experience to those Other voices include Kelikokauaikekai Hoe as involved. Ali‘i Tui, Kalehuapuake‘ula Kawa‘a as Puna Tala The University of Hawai‘i’s updates on the proj- and Kamakakehau Fernandez as Tamatoa. Another ect included Baker’s perspective on the experience: two dozen ölelo Hawai‘i actors and singers were “Just the level of technology and the profession- also cast in the re-recording. alism that everybody had throughout the project Disney’s animated feature has already been To maximize made it feel that we were making a very strong and Kaipu Baker is the voice of Maui in the ‘o¯lelo Hawai‘i version of translated into Mäori and Tahitian. The “Moana” choices of concerted effort to really put forth the best project “Moana.” - Photo: Courtesy University of Hawai‘i re-recording is the first time a Disney film is being life and work, for our people.” Honolulu Community College’s Music and Enter- translated into Hawaiian. Native Baker also pointed tainment Learning Experience (MELE) program, “We are so thrilled that we have the opportunity Hawaiians out that education will where students and alumni worked on the audio to make a Hawaiian version of the film, especially will gain help Native Hawaiians engineering. UH highlighted some of the project’s with the incredible Auli‘i,” said “Moana” producer advance: “Be what our key players: Osnat Shurer. “To now make a Hawaiian language knowledge ancestors were, which was version, after recently collaborating on Tahitian and and excel in really smart, literate, amaz- • Chris Lee, founder and director of Academy Te Reo Mäori language versions, goes beyond any educational ing scholars in their own right, for Creative Media (ACM) System, served as dreams we had for the film’s impact within com- opportunities and we can apply that to virtually executive producer. munities that deeply inspired the movie.” at all levels. every field and every walk of life so • Rick Dempsey, SVP Creative, for Disney The premiere will be part of Ko Olina Resort’s I think the University of Hawai‘i Character Voices International (DCVI), provided second annual World Oceans Day event on June is a really critical base to achiev- oversight for the project for Disney along with 10, a collaboration with Aulani, a Disney Resort ing that.” DCVI Executive Director Bryan Monroe. and Spa, UH, NOAA, the Polynesian Voyaging The project pulled together five • Heather Haunani Giugni, a Native Hawai- Society and other community partners. The event UH programs and was recorded at ian filmmaker and cultural specialist for UH also features ocean education and sustainability West O‘ahu’s ‘Ulu‘ulu, Hawai‘i’s Moving Image activities and live entertainment. The film will also Disney’s animated “Moana” Archive, and Sharla Hanaoka, director of creative be screened on June 23 at Bishop Museum, as part became a successful blockbuster media at UH West O‘ahu, produced and supervised of Ua Ao Kaiwi‘ula: Celebrating ‘Ölelo Hawai‘i, hit. - Image: Walt Disney Anima- UH West O‘ahu ACM students. Wayfinding and Culture. ¢ tion Studios • UH West O‘ahu ethnomusicologist Aaron Salä follow us: /oha_hawaii | /oha_hawaii | fan us: /officeofhawaiianaffairs | Watch us: /OHAHawaii HO‘Ona‘aUaO iune2018 5 eDuCAtiOn praise God for carrying me through “Being older, college was a much road,” he said. “Graduation hasn’t OHa supports STeM scholars this journey.” different experience for me,” said hit me yet. I’m super stoked, but Nahina, now 31. “I had some life you know, I’ll probably cry.” By Sterling Wong students who started at the same time Nathan Nahina under me, and I was taking school as her graduate. The school work Nathan Nahina thinks big. But serious. I had something to prove.” Dennis ramos raduation day is spe- itself was challenging but reward- big thinkers sometimes take a little College allowed Nahina to bring In 2015, Dennis Ramos was 36 cial for every college ing. She did an internship with the longer to fi nd their path in life. his big ideas to life. At UH, he met years old and unsure about future. student. But for non- Federal Aviation Administration A longtime sponsored skate like-minded people who also wanted The 1997 Mililani High School traditional students who and completed her seven-month boarder, Nahina‘s creativity and to bridge Hawaiian culture and tech- alum entered the workforce before enroll in college later in free spirit took him nology. Having long wanted to make he even graduated. For years, he Glife and frequently have children, from job to job after his own version of the popular game worked two jobs, as a truck driver their often-complicated journeys during the day and in the restaurant to their diplomas makes graduation industry at night. But a back injury day especially meaningful. was preventing him from sitting for Below we share the stories of extended periods and he could no three non-traditional Native Hawai- longer shift his truck’s clutch, mean- ian students who, with the help of ing his days as a driver were over. the OHA Higher Education Schol- “It was a shock for me,” Ramos arships, graduated from college in said. “I had no idea how I was going May. OHA has provided $500,000 to support my wife and stepdaugh- to UH to provide approximately ter. I was ready to give up.” 200 scholarships to Native Hawai- Running out of options, he returned ians over the next two years. The to school. A Pell Grant, a Kame- program is intended to support hameha Schools scholarship and an non-traditional students pursuing OHA Higher Education Scholar- degrees in Science, Technology, ship helped him pay for school. He Engineering and Mathematics. Dennis Ramos and his proud family. - Photo: Courtesy slammed his schedule with 15 to 17 Jessie Wallace alongside with her children. - Photo: Courtesy credits a semester, taking diffi cult Jessie wallace and competitive science and medical Jessie Wallace sees her children Flappy Birds, he was classes. He went to summer school. watching her. i wanted to show able to participate in a “Once I told myself I was getting my The 31-year old single mother workshop that devel- degree, I was going to do whatever I knew that her return to school my kids that they oped He Ao Hou: A possibly could to get it.” wasn’t just about fi nding a better New World, a Hawai- In May – after just two years in paying job to support her 10-year can go to college ian language video school – Ramos graduated from old son and six-year old daughter. It and do anything game. He hooked up KCC with an associate degree in was about setting an example. with Purple Mai‘a, a medical assisting, a growing indus- “I wanted to show my kids that they want.” non-profi t that teaches try with job opportunities. He’s they can go to college and do any- coding and computer planning to attend UH West Oahu thing they want,” she said. “I want — Jessie Wallace, graduate science to Hawai‘i’s to earn his bachelor’s in health care them to know that you don’t give and OHA Higher Educa- youth. Through the administration and has already up, you have to push through until tion Scholarship recipient program, he teaches received job offers to work while you’re done.” at the Boys and Girls he fi nishes his degree. So she made sure that her chil- Club and at Änuenue, Grateful for all the assistance dren saw her studying in her room long capstone project: building a Nathan Nahina and his family. - Photo: Courtesy a Hawaiian language that got him to this point, his goal late at night. She made her son do lighted, dancing water show, like a immersion school in is now to give back. He served as a his homework while she did hers. mini-version of the fountains at the Pälolo. KCC tutor and mentor, and wants to “If I gotta do it, so do you,” she Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. graduating from Leilehua High In May, Nahina graduated from eventually develop a clinic for keiki would tell him. After four years, Wallace gradu- School. He was admittedly “wild” UH Mänoa with a bachelor’s in com- battling illness. Wallace had previously earned ated in May with her associate in his younger days. puter science. He’s already received “This has been a real journey,” her associates in culinary and degree in electronics and com- Nahina fi nally decided to buckle an offer for a reliable job in his fi eld Ramos said. “But it’s encouraging, worked at Mama’s Fish House, puter engineering technology. Her down and return to school. But still, that will bring him closer to his dream considering where I came from. near Pä‘ia. She decided she needed degree will bolster her resume as his eight-year path through college of owning a house for his family. Now I want to return the support a new profession and enrolled at she applies for a promotion. wasn’t without some unexpected But that’s not enough for Nahina. every chance I get.” UH Maui College. She chose to The day before her graduation turns. He made a connection with He wants to continue his work with The UH-OHA Higher Edu- study technology after hearing that she wasn’t ready to think about his culture (“that wasn’t planned”) Purple Mai‘a and plans to establish a cation Scholarship Program there weren’t a lot of women in the pursuing her bachelor’s degree. She and about halfway through college, business to foster Hawaiian culture- application period for the school industry. “I had no idea what I was just wanted to appreciate what she’d he became a father (“my son gave based media and technology. year 2019-2020 begins on getting myself into,” she said. accomplished. “When I walked out me a focus I never had before”). In the week leading up to his grad- November 1. For more informa- Being a single mother and work- of my last class, I couldn’t believe I And in many ways, he began to see uation, Nahina had been too busy to tion about the program, contact ing full-time while going to college was fi nally done,” she said. “I was himself differently, especially next properly square his emotions. Dr. Joshua Kaakua at (808) 956- was diffi cult. She saw many of the at the end of the tunnel. I did it! I to many of his younger classmates. “This has been a really long 3252 or ohastem@hawaii.edu. ¢ 6 iune2018 naOlaKinO¯ Hanana www.oha.org/kwo | [email protected] YOureventS HeAltH nAtive HAWAiiAn » neWS | feAtureS | eventS Kamehameha Schools to build community learning center in Na¯na¯kuli Submitted by Kamehameha Schools a project of the Nänäkuli Hawaiian Homestead Community Association. amehameha Schools (KS) Upon its completion, the Cope Center will continue its commit- will become another community hub ment to the Wai‘anae Coast of learning along with well-known community by building the resources already in Nänäkuli, such Agnes Kalaniho‘okaha Cope as the Boys & Girls Club, the new KCommunity Learning Center (Cope Nänäkuli Public Library, and both Center) in Nänäkuli. DOE and public charter schools. The Hawaiian Inter Club Council of Southern California is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its annual ho‘olaule‘a, this year themed The Cope Center will serve as a The Cope Center will encompass “Onipa‘a” to commemorate Queen Lili‘uokalani’s stand against the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy. - Photos: Courtesy place for gathering and learning with approximately 6,800 square feet an emphasis on health, education and with a large multi-purpose room that ‘äina (land). The Wai‘anae Coast can divide into three smaller spaces. The Hawaiian Inter-Club Council of Region is home to the third-largest Covered länai will allow for hybrid concentration of Native Hawaiians indoor/outdoor gathering areas, and in the state with upwards of 28,000, ample outdoor space with minimal including nearly 10,000 in Nänäkuli landscaping will allow for community Southern California celebrates 40 years alone. mäla (gardens) to be incorporated. By lono Kollars, Pelekikena to get things going. Al Pelayo rep- HICCSC has no individual mem- KS is investing $10.9 million for The learning center is named for resented our community before bers but currently has 26 member the construction of the learning center and honors the professional legacy or four decades, Hawaiian the City of Los Angeles, which clubs that provide direct service at the three-acre site, and will engage of Dr. Agnes Kalaniho‘okaha Cope, clubs and nä hula hälau has jurisdiction over North Hol- to our Native Hawaiian and other the local community in the coming known fondly by many as “Aunty from Southern California lywood Park, the ho‘olaule‘a’s Pacifi c Island communities here months leading up to the planned Aggie,” a longtime Nänäkuli resident and Nevada have joined in Southern Cali- groundbreaking in 2019. The Cope and champion for Native Hawaiian together for an two-day fornia. For these Center is slated to open to the public health, education, culture and the Fho‘olaule‘a in Los Angeles that member clubs, the in the summer of 2020 and will arts. Dr. Cope was a founder of com- attracts tens of thousands of annual ho‘olaule‘a feature an innovative design-build munity-owned and -driven Wai‘anae attendees each year. is their biggest planning, permitting and construc- Coast Comprehensive Health Center, The original ho‘olaule‘a con- fundraiser. tion process as part of KS’ approach and also served as Board Chair for cept, “Sharing the Heritage, So We have 15 to functioning as a high-performing both Papa Ola Lökahi and Ke Ola That It May Live On,” was pre- food booths that Native Hawaiian organization. Mamo. sented by the late Kumu Hula sell a variety of “Nänäkuli is home to a rich learn- “Employment trends suggest that Wayne Kahoonei Panoke during island foods (no ing environment both in and out of health, education and agriculture are a table discussion with commu- duplicated menus), school. Kamehameha Schools is com- emerging industries in West O‘ahu. nity leaders about fundraising to over 200 craft and mitted to doing our part to bring the Our core programming will cater to support the organizations’ various boutique vendors, community’s long-held vision for this young adults and offer career devel- activities, programs and scholar- Club members perpetuate Native Hawaiian heritage even if game booths for site to life,” said KS Wai‘anae Coast opment classes as well as learning ships. they aren’t on the ‘a¯ina. - Photo: Courtesy the children, and Regional Director Kalei Ka‘ilihiwa. opportunities in those areas,” said In 1978, Hui O Hawaii O San fi rst venue. Pelayo would also be courtesy booths for organizations “We committed to this project back Ka‘ilihiwa. “These programs will Fernando Valley hosted the fi rst instrumental in securing Alondra providing service to the commu- in 2010 and fi nally have lift off! We give our young people a leading edge ho‘olaule‘a in Southern Califor- Park, the present day site of the nity. The Los Angeles County look forward to talking story with the in the work place. The Cope Center nia at North Hollywood Park. ho‘olaule‘a, with help from the Sheriff’s Department estimates community as our plans progress. We will provide platforms through which The wood booths and stage were late Los Angeles County Super- the crowd size at about 40-50,000 are so grateful for the support of the students can realize that post-second- constructed on site and previ- visor Kenneth Hahn and Gardena people over the two-day period. community to date, and look forward ary education is not only attainable, ously owned carpet was laid on Councilman Mas Fukai; many Mahalo to Sam Rosero, Ray to working closely with residents to but leads to real career opportunities the fl oor of the stage so that the other club members volunteered Patacsil and John Kaulukukui for bring this center to life.” in communities they live in.” entertainers would not have to to get things started. their refl ections of how HICCSC To build the center, KS has enlisted The community can connect with worry about splinters. The 30-foot The Hawaiian Inter-Club started. the support of the Department of KS by calling the project hotline at stage backdrop featured one-of-a- Council of Southern California On our 40th anniversary year, Hawaiian Homelands to secure a 843-9655, visiting www.ksbe.edu/ kind Hawaiian scenery across the (HICCSC) was formed for the we are excited about our accom- lease for the site in Nänäkuli. Neigh- waianae_coast/cope_center, or email- stage, painted by Moana & Bob sole benefi t of Hawaiian clubs in plishments and acknowledge the boring projects include the newest ing [email protected]. ¢ Smith. Southern California and Nevada, work of our community leaders to satellite location for the Wai‘anae Melvin Prestige and Ron Togu- and took on the kuleana to preserve and share our Hawaiian Coast Comprehensive Health Center chi provided $4,000 in seed money administer the ho‘olaule‘a. The heritage. ¢ and the Nänäkuli Commercial Center, follow us: /oha_hawaii | /oha_hawaii | fan us: /officeofhawaiianaffairs | Watch us: /OHAHawaii iune2018 7

This new publication examines important issues impacting Native Hawaiian females from keiki OHa releases report on the to kupuna, including mental and emotional well- being, suicidality, physical health, chronic diseases, maternal and child health, intimate partner violence, health of Native Hawaiian women incarceration, economic wellness, poverty rates, under- By Offi ce of Hawaiian Affairs Staff represented occupations, gender wage gaps, and much nesians, Micronesians and Asian Americans. more. The report also underscores the importance Haumea builds upon Känehö‘älani: Transform- of investing in community and culture as a source he Offi ce of Hawaiian Affairs launched ing the Health of Native Hawaiian Men, OHA’s of resilince and well-being for Native Hawaiians. Haumea: Transforming the Health of 2017 report on the well-being of Native Hawaiian Haumea includes system-wide recommendations for Native Hawaiian Women and Empow- men. This year’s Haumea report is grounded in data policy and programmatic consideration to help elevate ering Wähine Well-Being, a 150-page gleaned from various state departments, federal women’s well-being as a priority in Hawai‘i. report on the well-being of Native survey systems, among other sources. However, OHA is developing a similar report on the health HawaiianT females at Ka Waiwai on May 4. what sets Haumea’s apart from previous research of Native Hawaiian ‘ohana, slated for release in About 100 leaders and representatives of vari- is its wide-ranging scope and cultural emphasis 2019, which will feature a focus on families, ous Native Hawaiian-serving organizations, state toward solutions and systems advocacy. including transgender non-binary research, data To restore agencies and not-for-profi t organizations attended “OHA’s goal with this report is to raise the and recommendations. pono and the launch event, which included presentations profi le of the health challenges and inequities To view Haumea: Transforming the Health ea, Native and speeches about the importance of the study’s facing our native women so we can have an of Native Hawaiian Women and Empowering Hawaiians fi ndings as well as discussions on recommen- open discussion within our community, with the Wähine Well-Being, please visit www.oha.org/ will achieve dations and next steps. Haumea coincided with broader public and with decision makers about wahinehealth. Asian/Pacifi c American Heritage Month, when how to move forward with solutions,” said Dr. To view Känehö‘älani: Transforming the self-gover- communities across the United States celebrate Kamana‘opono Crabbe, OHA Chief Executive Health of Native Hawaiian Men, please visit nance, after the unique cultural heritage of Polynesians, Mela- Offi cer/Ka Pouhana. www.oha.org/kanehealth. ¢ which the ¯ assets of [QuoteS From Wahine] OHa will be Kealoha fox Diane Paloma leina‘ala bright transferred Ka Pou Ka¯ko‘o nui (executive Manager first female CeO, lunalilo Homes Cultural Health Specialist, Waima¯nalo to the new to the CeO), Office of Hawaiian Affairs Diane is a contributor to the chapter on Health Center governing Kealoha led the research process in leadership and Civic engagement in the leina‘ala is a contributor to the chapter entity. gathering and compiling the data within Haumea report. on Physical Health in the Haumea the Haumea report, and was the lead report. author of the report. “So my perspective on the things that we can do now to create better health and well-being for “You know, when you look at the big picture and you “the Haumea report is a pretty comprehensive initiative Hawaiian women is really some critical things that really look what’s going on to our culture and our people, it’s and it started with in-depth research and discussion with don’t have to do a lot specifically with health in terms of just so sad. And so going from there, looking at our community leaders and experts that are really interested disease management or illness, but it’s things like equity – women involved in the criminal system and all the horrible in helping to address the health and well-being of native salary equity, respect for women, respect for our ku¯puna, things that are happening, i decided to go down into the Hawaiian women and girls. And so the report itself is six respect for our mothers – these are so critical in building family. And we start with our family and we start with different chapters and they each have a unique identity this long pipeline of wa¯hine leaders and mana wa¯hine our women. You know, the women, we’re the piko of that touch on really specific areas where we can make who are in the community doing their work every day, the family. When we start making slight changes, it just concrete improvements, make policy changes, and create no matter what industry you’re in. And i think that if we blossoms through the family and the healing grows from collaborative solutions that will improve the health and elevate those elements of mana wa¯hine, that’s how we get there.” well-being of wa¯hine, not just for this generation but we to native Hawaiian health and well-being.” hope for generations to come.”

Lead researcher Dr. Kealoha Fox speaks at the Haumea report launch. - Photo: Nelson Gaspar Photo: Sen Akaka’s service/Kawena

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aloha ‘oe, Senator aKaKa OHA Trustees and Administration gathered to pay their respects to the late Senator Daniel K. Akaka at the state Capitol with a kanikau and makana. Mahalo nui e Senator Akaka for your service for our La¯hui. - Photo: Kawena Carvalho-Mattos

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To watch from your mobile/tablet devices, download the Ustream app from GooglePlayTM or App StoreSM. 10 iune2018 OlaKinO www.oha.org/kwo | [email protected] YOur HeAltH n A tive HAWAiiA n » neWS | feA tureS | eventS oping Type 2 diabetes and coronary weight gain and obesity. heart disease. There are other risks A reasonable goal is to stay Concerns about overweight associated with severe overweight, close to your weight at about 20 but these are three important ones. years of age…provided you had in estrogens in older women. In abdominal fat was lost, but leg fat My concerns for overweight an optimum body weight. Slight addition, overweight increases the remained. And, additional weight occurring in adolescence includes weight gains show how easy it is likelihood of pancreatic, kidney and loss did not assure that leg fat was emotional entanglements that are to gain weight. Unfortunately, the colorectal cancers that are associ- lost. Some fat cells are reduced hard to overcome. Overweight subject of personal weight gain and ated with increases in insulin levels in size with weight loss, however during the teen years is associated severe overweight are always sen- with obesity. Older women with they remain in the body. This makes with self-image difficulties, adding sitive subjects to discuss. By early increases in both estrogen and insu- regaining weight much easier. unnecessary stresses to teenagers. adulthood, everyone should know By Claire Ku‘uleilani Hughes, lin have 2.5 times the risk of cancer Thirdly, an oversized waist, even Then, if dieting is too severe during reasons that overweight and severe Dr. PH., r.D. compared to those with lower with a “healthy weight” can be a the adolescent period of active overweight are to be avoided. Then, estrogen levels. Another important problem, especially among men. growth, it can detract from the final we can expect it to be our kuleana ecently, a friend asked concern is that excess weight can Most problematic are waists that growth in height. I worry that most (responsibility) to maintain our which health problem con- lead to chronic, low-level inflam- increase by about two inches, even youngsters have no idea of these seri- health and control our weight. cerned me most. Without mation that increases cancer risk, in people who are not overweight. ous risks of becoming overweight. Kawena Pukui notes several funda- hesitation, I answered over- such as adenocarcinoma of the An oversized waist is a sign of vis- And, sadly, they are frequent targets mental points of importance related weight, particularly among esophagus (throat). ceral fat storage (fat buried deep in of fatty and sugary food sales that to life and one is, “rigorous concern Ryoung adults and teenagers. My second concern is that once the belly) that is more harmful than cause unhealthy and rapid weight for soundness of body is a primary When she asked why, I explained new fat cells are formed, they are fat deposited just under the skin. gain. Eating saturated fat causes a consideration throughout physi- my concerns. First, weight gain difficult to lose and some resist loss. Visceral fat is closely linked to devel- gain of more visceral and liver fat. cal life.” As parents, teachers and increases cancer risks. Some doc- Researchers found that rapid A high sugar consumption seems health care professionals, we must tors, like Harvard epidemiologist weight gain creates new fat cells. to increase liver and deep belly do our best to discuss maintaining Walt Willett, say cancer is a 99 These new fat cells are added fat in teens. This can lead to non- a healthy weight throughout life percent certainty with overweight, mostly in the abdomen, while alcoholic fatty liver disease and with our children and young people involving a dozen different cancers. some are added in the leg. When inflammation, over time. These within our personal reach, and for Breast cancer is one of the most weight loss occurred by reduc- risks are related to adolescent whom we have kuleana. likely cancers, due to increases ing calories and adding exercise, Illustration: Nelson Gaspar

Läna‘i residents unable to travel to acteristics, seasons, flora and fauna alama methodologies informed Learn to make your own Maui may register to participate in resource behaviors, and social and their research. Holt-Padilla’s select sessions via distance-learning political changes to a point where address will encourage participants facilities at UHMC’s Moloka‘i and they have been able to adapt and to ponder the question, “What kind kaulana mahina at ‘Aimalama: Läna‘i education centers. survive efficiently in their own of ancestors do we want to be?” “We aim to make impact on a environments. Collectively, they Many Pacific societies are cur- community level by encouraging have become their own specialized rently reviving and reconnecting A Mauliauhonua Experience people not just to rely on contem- experts of their own geographical with their ancestral lunar calendar By Malia nobrega-Olivera of Hawai‘i Maui College (UHMC) porary science and technology to locations. ‘Aimalama’s goal is to to restore wisdom of agricultural campus in Kahului. Attendees will measure what’s happening around provide tools on how to become productivity, marine and forest gath- s coastal and island com- be guided on how to create their us. We want to empower them to mauliauhonua for families and ering, resource management, health munities in the Pacific own kaulana mahina (Hawaiian ‘be the app,’” said Kalei Nu‘uhiwa, communities in order to success- and healing, and daily practices that and around the world lunar calendar) specific to their a Hawaiian lunar practitioner and fully and collectively adapt and provide sustenance for the health experience rising sea local environments, strengthen their one of ‘Aimalama’s founders. “We survive the changing climate. and well-being of communities. levels and ocean tem- kilo (observation) skills and lever- are excited to build on the successes Keynote speakers include Hi‘ilei ‘Aimalama seeks to attract lead- Aperatures, more extreme weather age best practices for recording of our community-based workshops Kawelo, founder and executive ers and innovators operating at the and changes in the timing of once- site-specific natural events. and 2015 conference to help island director of Paepae o He‘eia fish- intersection of ancestral knowledge predictable natural events, turning ‘Aimalama is open to the public residents and leaders craft solutions pond, Dr. Rosie Alegado, assistant and technological transformation to to contemporary science and poli- and includes keynote addresses, to help us all thrive and survive the researcher in the Department of identify common ground to respond cymakers for solutions isn’t the hands-on breakout sessions and a changing climate.” Oceanography at the University to community, regional and global only option. selection of huaka‘i (guided day The term “mauliauhonua” is of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, and Hökül- challenges. For millennia, Native Hawai- trips) to organizations and com- a reference made to a family or ani Holt-Padilla, director of the Ka ‘Aimalama: A Mauliauhonua ians and other Pacific Peoples have munity programs on Maui that community that has resided in a Hikina O Ka Lä student scholarship Experience is sponsored by the relied on lunar calendars to mea- incorporate lunar calendar knowl- particular location for multiple program at UHMC and kumu hula Kama‘aha Education Initiative, sure the cycles of the natural world edge and traditional observation generations. Mauliauhonua have (hula teacher) and founder of hälau University of Hawai‘i Maui Col- and guide cultural, community and practices in their endeavors. personal collective experiences hula Pä‘ü O Hi‘iaka. Kawelo and lege, Hawai‘inuiäkea School of resource management praxis. ‘Aim- Registration is available online by from their surroundings that have Alegado will discuss their 12-year Hawaiian Knowledge at the Uni- alama: A Mauliauhonua Experience visiting aimalama.org and attendees informed their methods of survival. study at the fishpond, discoveries versity of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, Office is a three-day conference taking can save $100 per person if they reg- Mauliauhonua communities have made regarding El Niño and La of Hawaiian Affairs, Mo‘olelo place Aug. 9-11 at the University ister before June 15. Moloka‘i and learned about the winds, rains, char- Niña, and how integrating ‘Aim- Mahina and The Kohala Center. ¢ follow us: /oha_hawaii | /oha_hawaii | fan us: /officeofhawaiianaffairs | Watch us: /OHAHawaii KO¯KUaKUA laLA¯HUiHUI iune20182018 11 GRANTEEGrAntee UPDATESuPDAteS

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yellow skirts, white waists ing Roman sculpture, took creative liberties and fashioned his Kamehameha Day celebrations and straw hats encircled statue of Kamehameha the Great in the likeness of a Roman with ‘ilima lei. god. The sculpture was then sent to Paris to be cast in By nanea Armstrong-Wassel Each rider wore a black bronze. sash, bearing the word “Ka‘önohiokalä,” (“the eye of the sun”) The statue was boarded on a ship bound for Hawai‘i in n Dec. 22, 1871, King Kamehameha V, Lot stitched in gold. The procession arrived at Washington Place 1883 but soon thought lost when the ship wrecked near Kapuäiwa, proclaimed by royal decree that the elev- at 10:30 a.m. where Puahi saluted Queen Lili‘uokalani, who the Falkland Islands. Because it was insured, a second enth day of June would henceforth be celebrated was seated on the länai, surrounded by friends and retainers, casting was quickly made. Before the second statue could to honor his illustrious grandfather Kamehameha with a few appropriate words. be sent, however, the original was recovered by some Falk- I, founder of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The next point visited was the statue land islanders and eventually resold to Gibson for $875. O of Kamehameha I in front of the judi- Now Hawai‘i had two statues. The original stands in Kamehameha Day Celebrations ciary building —Ali‘iölani Hale. The front of the North Kohala Civic Center near Kamehameha‘s The first Kamehameha Day was celebrated with enthusi- statue was decorated with lei and after birthplace in Kapa‘au, Kohala, on the island of Hawai‘i. asm and aloha, and multiple programs were held throughout a short address by Puahi, the riders sang The re-ordered statue stands in front of Ali‘iölani Hale the islands. “Hawai‘i Pono‘ï,” their old national in Honolulu. On Maui, memorial-themed speeches were given during a anthem, with Hawaiians in the vicinity A third statue was commissioned when Hawai‘i holiday program and feast in Wailuku. In Lahaina, speeches, chiming in. attained statehood and was unveiled on April 15, 1969 songs, and prayers were delivered at a gathering. in Washington D.C. Shortly after Hawai‘i-born Following the formal program, the crowd made its way to Kamehameha Statues Barack Obama was nominated as the Demo- Keawaiki for a day of festivities that included boat, mule, and The well-known tradition of draping cratic Party’s candidate for the presidency swimming races; as well a pig chase! There was even an event the Kamehameha statues with lei is said in 2008, this replica was moved from a in which tins were filled with molasses, and competitors had to have started in 1901. Today, there dark, back row of Statuary Hall to a promi- to use their tongues to find a dollar buried inside. are four main statues that are nent position in Emancipation Hall at the On Hawai‘i Island, Hulihe‘e Palace was the nucleus of the adorned annually in com- capitol’s visitor center. day’s events in Kona. The palace was home to Princess Ruth memoration of the life of King A fourth Kamehameha statue stands Ke‘elikölani, great-granddaughter of Kamehameha I and then Kamehameha I. in Hilo, Hawai‘i at the north end of the governor of the island. The first Kamehameha I Wailoa River State Park. The 14-foot Over the years, Kamehameha Day has been celebrated with statue was commissioned by sculpture was created by R. Sandrin in commemorative ceremonies, carnivals, fairs and races of every Walter Murray Gibson in 1878. Vicenza, Italy in 1963 and erected at this kind, almost always ending with some sort of ho‘olaule‘a Ironically, he wanted the statue site in June of 1997. (large communal gathering). to commemorate the 100-year 146 years after Kapuäiwa’s proclama- anniversary of Captain Cook’s tion designating Kamehameha Day as Kamehameha Day Parades arrival in the Hawaiian Islands. a kingdom holiday, Hawai‘i continues The first official Kamehameha Day Parade was held in 1914. The legislature appropriated to honor and memorialize the ali‘i who There were, however, other floral and pä‘ü parades held in pre- $10,000 for the project, and established the Hawaiian Kingdom with vious years honoring Kamehameha on this holiday, like that of Gibson hired Thomas Gould of aloha for its people and lands and who pä‘ü riding society Hui Holopä‘ü Maile Ali‘i in 1906. Boston as his artist. The original statue of King Kamehameha I, in Kapa‘au, North helped usher Hawai‘i into a new era as it In that parade, about 30 riders gathered at the residence Gould, who was living Kohala. Sculptor: Thomas Ridgeway Gould. - Photo: Karl made its way onto the global stage. I mua of Kainana Puahi in Waikïkï. Their costumes consisted of abroad in Florence, Italy study- Magnacca/Wikipedia käkou! ¢ follow us: /oha_hawaii | /oha_hawaii | fan us: /officeofhawaiianaffairs | Watch us: /OHAHawaii HO‘Ona‘aUaO iune2018 13 eDuCAtiOn other district students at Kaimukï Students deliver High School to participate in the Ho‘oulu scholar shines at Chaminade non-competitive speech event. By treena Shapiro speeches in The Änuenue students entered the speech festival’s storytelling freshman biology course ‘O¯lelo Hawai‘i category and presented Hawaiian at Chaminade University language speeches on the Pele and ignited Hulali Kinilau’s By Sterling Wong Hi‘iaka mo‘olelo. passion for science, but “The goal of the festival is to also took her out of her or the fi rst time in its 30-year encourage students to develop Aelement. Her classmates didn’t look history, the Texaco/Hono- their language arts and speaking like her, and they didn’t sound like lulu District her, either. Elementary “I didn’t see my people,” she Speech Festi- recalled of her early classes in Hulali Kinilau, at far left, graduated with two STEM degrees in May. - Photo: Courtesy Fval included student STEM subjects: science, technol- tinued wave toward re-embracing people for the program. Have faith in speeches done in ogy, engineering and mathematics. who we are, where we come from yourself and what you can do and what ‘Ölelo Hawai‘i, con- “It made me feel like maybe I was and why we’re here. We’re not so you’re willing to do to get where you tinuing a trend of in the wrong fi eld.” far from our past today and it’s our want.” Hawaiian language But the next year she had a biology future, like we have in Hulali, that’s Last month, Kinilau graduated immersion students class with Dr. Chrystie Naeole, and going to ensure that we don’t forget from Chaminade University with receiving the same OHA recognized speech contest participants at Ke Kula another with Dr. Jolene Cogbill the and we continue to perpetuate.” two STEM degrees, one BS in opportunities to ¯ year after that. “They’re Native Hawai- An internship with cultural cellular biology and a second in participate in educa- Kaiapuni o Anuenue. - Photo: Kawena Carvalho-Mattos ian females in STEM and I was like, enrichment coordinator Kahoali‘i environmental studies. This month, tional platforms as ‘Okay, maybe my people are already Keahi-Wood helped Kinilau she left for the University of North their English-speaking counter- skills,” said Carina Tagupa, Com- in grad school or something.’” understand how Native Hawai- Carolina’s 12-month Postbaccalau- parts. munications and Community Professors Naeole and Cogbill ian practices and protocols can be reate Research Education Program In late April, seven fi fth graders Engagement Manager for Island became Kinilau’s mentors as well applied in a western setting, and from Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Änu- as her role models, helping her deepened her understanding of See CHaMiNaDe on Page 22 enue joined approximately 450 See SPeeCHeS on Page 22 navigate through college in every lä‘au lapa‘au. “He made it so it was respect. “If we have problems with a combination of culture and sci- home life or school, we can always ence,” she said, describing how he go to them. If we don’t understand taught students to identify medici- a certain class, they have funding nal plants and their uses, and how for tutoring,” Kinilau described, to make plant-based cleansers, eye adding that her mentors were also washes and topical creams. good mediators when issues arose Kinilau followed his example in with other professors. integrating culture and science as Chaminade’s Offi ce of Native she designed educational modules Hawaiian Partnerships and its for Chaminade’s “I Am a Scientist” Ho‘oulu Scholarship Program program for grade school students, offered in partnership with Kame- which focuses on inspiring the next hameha Schools provide Hawaiian generation of scientists. students additional resources and Education wasn’t a priority for support services. As a Ho‘oulu most of Kinilau’s extended family Scholar, Kinilau received full tuition members but her mother had assistance and had the opportunity attended college and expected that to attend biomedical research con- Kinilau would, as well. “I didn’t ferences that changed her outlook have the same faith that she did, so on STEM, and on being Hawaiian I was like, ‘Yeah, I’ll go to college and female in a science fi eld. but I don’t know how long I’ll stay,’” “As a Native Hawaiian serving insti- Kinilau recalled. tution, we know investing in the success But her mother wasn’t the only of students like Hulali is critical to our one who wanted to see Kinilau suc- long-term success in the future, for all ceed in college – she was surprised of us,” explained Chaminade scholar- with a partial scholarship to Cham- ships manager Dawn Johnson. inade during her 2012 graduation “There’s a darker part of our recent from Aiea High School. past where we were ashamed of who Kinilau advises Hawaiians consid- we are and where we come from and ering higher education to “apply to she’s part of that change,” Johnson anything and everything. Don’t put continued. “She’s part of that con- yourself down and say there’s better 14 iune2018 mO‘OlelO nUi www.oha.org/kwo | [email protected] COver feAture nAtive HAWAiiAn » neWS | feAtureS | eventS

Flood waters rushed under beachfront homes near Hanalei Pier, causing them to buckle at the foundation. - Photo: Treena Shapiro FIERY FLOW HAWAI‘I’S CHAnGInG LAnDSCAPe RAGING WATERS

At right,the road into Haena state park closed due to fl ood damage. - Photos: Kawena Carvalho-Mattos

Far right, Pa‘ula Chandler. Water rush- ing through a culvert carved a ravine through Chandler’s driveway and lined OHA Community Engagement Director Mehana Hind comforts Tyson Gomes. her yard with po¯haku. - Photo: Kawena Carvalho-Mattos follow us: /oha_hawaii | /oha_hawaii | fan us: /officeofhawaiianaffairs | Watch us: /OHAHawaii iune2018 15

Kaua‘i: Recovery slow after flash flooding RELIEF EFFORTS The Offi ce of Hawaiian Affairs is committed By treena Shapiro to sustained support for benefi ciaries recovering government resources, plans to compensate the from fl ood damage on Kaua‘i, as well as those month after historic fl ooding devastated volunteers have fallen through – despite the fact coping with an ongoing eruption at Kïlauea FIERY FLOW Kaua‘i’s north shore, access remains that they’re already doing the work and shoul- volcano on Hawai‘i Island. severely limited; fl ood damaged items dering the cost of equipment. Demonstrated skill OHA Trustees and administration are working are piling up on the side of the road; doesn’t carry as much weight as a contractor’s to direct resources to both Kaua‘i and Puna, and recovery efforts are largely led by license, they’ve been told. Dr. Mehana Vaughan including $500,000 in immediate aid for both ‘ohana in Hä‘ena, Wainiha and Hana- of Kalihiwai compares the current situation to HAWAI‘I’S CHAnGInG LAnDSCAPe communities, and anticipate providing far lei who are helping the community recover as they wait for the govern- more in the new fi scal year beginning July 1. ment to step in with more assistance. The disaster relief will be provided through A torrential downpour in late April was a combination of direct funding, grants and Kaua‘i’s worst since Hurricane Iniki in 1992, fi nancing through the Native Hawaiian Revolving and also fl ooded Waimänalo and Hawai‘i Kai Loan Fund. The agency will also partner with on O‘ahu. The catastrophic fl ooding this year other organizations to maximize critical resources likely set a record for rainfall, with 28 inches for our benefi ciaries. RAGING WATERS OHA will provide more than fi nancial relief; of rain falling over a 24-hour period. In the end, the unrelenting deluge washed out roads, forced the agency will be present to assist in recovery evacuations, submerged vehicles and destroyed efforts and to serve as a community advocate homes. A month later, most of the island is back before government agencies and nonprofi t to normal but some homeowners and renters in organizations. the northernmost part of the pae ‘äina remain A delegation representing OHA’s administra- displaced and local residents can only drive tion and Trustee Dan Ahuna’s offi ce met with in and out of the area at certain times of day. fl ood-impacted residents, nonprofi t leaders Garbage pickup has been slow to resume, and and county offi cials on May 16 to listen to their huge piles on the side of the road speak to the concerns and assess the extensive damage tremendous amount of property damage. in communities along Kaua‘i’s northern coast. “Wainiha” means raging waters, but resident Hawaiians represent 30 percent of the population Pa‘ula Chandler said she’d never experienced Tyson Gomes and his daughter sit in front of their home, which in remote Wainiha and Hä‘ena, which have been anything like the intense April rains. The tor- suffered extensive damage during the fl ash fl oods despite nearly isolated by highway damage, rockfall and rential downpour fl ooded her property almost being raised on stilts. - Photos: Kawena Carvalho-Mattos instantly, and then surging water “just kept mudslides. coming and coming and coming.” The terrify- old-time Kaua‘i when “each community had to Trustee Robert Lindsey will travel to Puna ing experience kept her up all night, and she take care of themselves.” with another OHA delegation to meet with said all she could do was surrender. Two sagging beachfront homes near Hanalei benefi ciaries and identify where assistance would When the rains fi nally stopped, Chandler Pier demonstrate the extent of the destruction. most effectively meet the needs of Hawai‘i Island discovered that water rushing through a culvert Water rushing beneath the houses wrecked their benefi ciaries impacted by lava fl ow, volcanic ash that emptied onto her property had blown out a foundations, causing the structures to buckle. and toxic emissions. section of her driveway and carved a ravine in The fl ooding was so severe that even homes Emergency relief assistance for Native her yard, The storm also forced pöhaku through on stilts suffered fl ood damage, signaling the Hawaiian Households impacted by the heavy the culvert, so a new stream fl ows over a bed need to elevate all homes that need to be rebuilt. fl oods on April 14 in the County of Kaua‘i, please lined with dozens of small boulders and hun- It’s expensive proposition and one that doesn’t go to www.oha.org/kauai for more information. ¢ dreds of rocks, some larger than basketballs. address current needs, particularly for renters The highway suffered such extensive who have to fi nd new shelter so their landlords damage that it took six days for members can fi x the water damage. To compound matters, representing nonprofi t organizations met with of Hui Maka‘äinana o Makana to get heavy the state says half the homes are uninsured. government offi cials and an OHA delegation equipment through to the worst-hit areas. Even now, people are sleeping in cars and to talk about recovery efforts in May. Commu- Hui members steward the fi rst offi cially des- tents, even those whose homes survived the nity members have come together to address ignated community-based subsistence fi shing storm. In some areas, thundering waterfalls the crisis and Mark Zuckerberg, Dwayne “The area (CBFSA) in Hä‘ena, and have expertise ripped through the highway. Extensive road- Rock” Johnson, Jack Johnson and others have in resource management. The hui has put its work keeps the roads closed except for few pledged signifi cant monetary donations but it’s work on hold to assist in recovery efforts, clear- times a day when one lane is opened to let resi- not known whether the people on the ground ing rockslides that blocked roadways, pulling dents through. Some people who work outside have the capacity and skill sets to perform the some 20 vehicles from Hanalei River and taking the community get off too late for the last road necessary labor. In addition, most residents are chainsaws to fallen trees. “We did all the rough opening, and have to wait until morning to line volunteers and can’t stay out of work indefi - stuff and opened up the road pretty wide,” said up with other drivers trying to get home. nitely. Mike Olanolan. North Kaua‘i has a signifi cant Hawaiian Impacted residents feel like they’ve been OHA Community Engagement Director Mehana Hind comforts Tyson Gomes. However, while community members are population, representing about 30 percent of res- - Photo: Kawena Carvalho-Mattos doing the bulk of the work as they wait for idents. Offi ce of Hawaiian Affairs benefi ciaries See Kaua‘i flOODS on Page 16 16 iune2018 ‘a¯ina www.oha.org/kwo | [email protected] lAnD AnD WAter nAtive HAWAiiAn » neWS | feAtureS | eventS Kaua‘i flOODS Helicopter overfl ight of Kı¯lauea Volcano’s lower East Rift Continued from page 15 recent releaSeS zone on May 19, 2018, around 8:18 AM, HST. ‘A‘a¯ lava fl ows emerging from the elongated fi ssure 16-20 form COMMUNITIES IN forgotten; some communities channels. The fl ow direction in this picture is from upper weren’t even assessed and by FIERY FLOW center to the lower left. - Photo: U.S. Geological Survey mid-May hadn’t yet been targeted in outreach efforts. George Costa, HAWAI‘I’S CHAnGInG LAnDSCAPe representing the county, said resources were sent in immedi- CRISIS ately after the storm. “From what RAGING WATERS I understand, we’re kind of back to normal. I don’t know who’s still there to help.” A week later, however, Gov. David Ige and Kaua‘i Mayor Bernard Carvalho estimated they’d need an initial $31.2 million for repairs to roads, bridges and parks, and signed an agreement to release $25 million immediately. FEMA had earlier denied a request for disaster aid, saying 117 impacted households fell short of the threshhold for assistance. It’s unknown how many people still need help. About 100 people reported damage immediately after the fl ooding but no follow-up has been conducted to see if they’re still displaced, or if others have discovered they need assis- tance after all. Businesses have also been affected, leaving some farmers and ranchers coping with heavy crop and livestock losses. Moving forward, some com- munity members say they want to rebuild to better weather another fl ooding event like this. There is an opportunity, but residents need organizations to partner with and provide more direction. “No one is out there with a strategic plan saying ‘This is what needs to be done,’” said Mina Morita, board president of the nonprofi t Hale A Puna home falling into a sinkhole created by a fi ssure. - Photo: Courtesy Tiana Wong Halawai, which runs a donation center in Hanalei and provides other support to fl ood victims. Referring to the community at large, she said, “These guys are going full blast trying to get things done as soon as possible but the funding isn’t there. We don’t want to lose the momentum and need to fi nd a way to transition them and point them in a direction that is more long-term.” ¢ Kahealani Walker’s house before lava reached the property (above), and after (right). Photos: - Courtesy Kahealani Walker follow us: /oha_hawaii | /oha_hawaii | fan us: /officeofhawaiianaffairs | Watch us: /OHAHawaii ‘a¯ina iune2018 17 lAnD AnD WAter one will want to rebuild in Puna. But Kaimü the experience even more harrowing – her can inspire those who want to return, as her family couldn’t tell if their home was still PUNA: IN THE PATH OF PELE ‘ohana did in the ‘90s. “We decided to grow standing until Puna resident Ikaika Marzo By treena Shapiro again, we just decided to plant again. We posted video of lava fountaining in back of stand in front of the stone altar, she explains, decided to live again. We decided to do all the house. Editor’s note: Historically, Puna on “What we pule for is our ‘äina, the longev- those things,” she says. On Kahea’s last trip into Leilani Gardens, Hawai‘i Island was known as Keahialaka. ity of our land, even if it means we have to Whatever decision Puna residents make, lava fl owed on both sides of her house and the The place name translates to “the fire of detach. But for the long-term, for our kids and Lei says, “At the end you’ll have this experi- street was impassable from the front, forcing Laka,” who is identifi ed in some mo‘olelo as their kids, the ‘äina will be here. And as long ence to speak of and stand on.” Kahea and her sister to cut through bushes the child of volcano goddess Pele. The name is as the Pele is going, it speaks to longevity.” and cross a vacant lot to reach their property. fi tting for a community that can be reclaimed These words are even more profound when Pa¯HOa iNTerMeDiaTe Kahea didn’t enter the house but was able to by Pele at any moment. we consider them in Kaimü. & HigH SCHOOl rescue a dog that had jumped out of the car An Offi ce of Hawaiian Affairs Digital and We leave the calm of Kaimü and head during the evacuation. Print Media team traveled to Hawai‘i Island KaiMu¯ back to Pähoa to talk with staff and students “We’re slowly becoming okay with the idea on May 15 to talk with residents in Puna Our destination is at the end of Old Kala- at the After-School All-Stars program, which that if she does take the house, it’s okay,” she affected by the ongoing eruption at Kïlauea pana Road, across the street from Uncle receives grant funding from the Offi ce of says. “In Hawaiian culture, the land doesn’t that began on May 3. At the time, 19 fis- Robert’s Awa Bar and Farmers’ Market and Hawaiian Affairs. The school is open the day belong to us as kanaka, it belongs to our gods sures had opened and 37 structures had been we’re there but dangerous and goddesses so we’re okay if Pele decides destroyed, including 27 homes, and the erup- levels of volcanic emissions she wants to take our house.” Pele did, less tion was still ongoing. At the time of publica- have closed the campus than a week later. tion, 23 fi ssures had opened, at least 82 struc- before and after our visit. tures had been claimed, more than 2,000 res- Site coordinator Tiana Pu‘uHONua O PuNa idents had evacuated and lava covered more Wong estimates only one- In Pähoa, Pu‘uhonua o Puna has become than 1,700 acres. third of students have a hub for donations, displaced residents and First-hand accounts from Puna benefi cia- returned to school since the volunteers. A regular fi xture there is Ikaika ries are featured in the ‘Öiwi Voices of Puna eruption began. “The ones Marzo, whose camerawork has helped Lei- video series on OHA’s YouTube Channel: who do come to school and lani Estates residents, and the rest of the www.youtube.com/OHAHawaii. Emergency they tell us their stories, it's world, fi nd out what’s happening in that relief information will be posted at www.oha. really hard to hear. It’s heart- neighborhood. org/puna. breaking. We’re a family The 34-year-old lava boat tour operator eialoha “Lei” Kaleimamahu was 17 here at school, even in the started monitoring conditions when a series when a lava fl ow burned through Kala- Leialoha Kaleimamahu stands on ‘a¯ina created when a lava fl ow fi lled in a after-school program. To of earthquakes signaled a possible eruption. pana in 1990, stopping just short of her popular black sand beach and surf break in Kaimu¯ in the late 1980s and early see them going through this “From a normal person perspective, the feel- ‘ohana’s compound in Kaimü. When ‘90s. The current eruption could change Kaimu¯’s landscape once again, so Lei at such a young age, it's just ing is excitement,” Ikaika says, noting that the her family returned after evacuating a is documenting the area as it is today to preserve memories for future genera- really sad,” says Tiana, who eruption is more explosive than he’s used to Lcouple miles upcountry, Kaimü was no longer tions. Lei’s mom did the same when she wrote the mele “Aloha Kaimu¯,” which lives in Hilo. seeing. “You don’t see this anywhere in the the beachside community they remembered. gives Lei’s nieces and nephews a spiritual connection to a place buried under Twelve-year-old Naiah world. It’s awesome being next to that.” Lei has graciously offered to take us into more than 50 feet of lava. - Photo:Kawena Carvalho-Mattos Pacarro-Friend has been But it’s an emotional time for Puna resi- deep Puna to see how the community has staying with her grandmother dents, especially those who lost homes. adapted three decades after Pele destroyed over a shimmering expanse of hardened in Kurtistown since her ‘ohana evacuated “They still need help, information, updates more than 200 structures and created 443 pähoehoe lava. from Leilani Estates. When we talked with about what’s happening in their communities. acres of new ‘äina between July 1986 and We’ve just started following a red cinder Naiah, her house was still standing but unin- People keep asking me what’s going on. It February 1992. Puna residents can’t con- path that winds through the lava fi eld when habitable. “There’s big huge cracks around came to the point where I was the No. 1 guy trol Pele’s movements, but Kaimü gives us Lei mentions the land is only about three the whole entire house and underneath the for our community.” a glimpse of what can happen after the lava decades old, created when Pele fi lled in a house,” she says, describing an emotional It’s an honor, but Ikaika points out that Puna hardens. popular black sand beach and Left Point surf scene that brought her to tears. “Our house residents need answers from the government. “We’re giving the next generation an oppor- break. We’re still several minutes from the was sinking and there’s vents coming out of “I’m not a state offi cial but people are asking tunity to see this time,” Lei says. “Through new coastline. the driveway still.” me, so I’m trying to give the best answers I that scope, through our eyes now, what do The walk takes us past young ‘ulu and niu Lenissa Morante, also 12, lives outside can come up with,” he says. “We need answers we want them to see? What else do we want that were planted by Lei’s ‘ohana and ‘ama‘u of the evacuation zone but her grandfather’s from our government. We need government them to hope for? That’s what we gotta write. ferns that have taken root in the cracks all on house in Leilani Estates is gone. She and cooperation. To me, that’s what’s required.” That’s what we gotta sing.” their own. Lei stops at a small ‘öhia, a plant other family members pitched in to hurriedly Pi‘ilani Ka‘awaloa, who grew up in Kala- that usually takes a long time to establish, pack up the house as lava approached. “All pana and continues to live in Puna, volunteers MOKuHulu especially on fresh lava. “This is inspiring I was doing was grabbing the things they at the pu‘uhonua when she can. Many of the Our fi rst stop is in Mokuhulu, where Lei’s because it tells me something is going on needed and every time I would walk through community’s immediate food and hygiene family stayed as the Pele’s (magma) move- in the ‘äina,” Lei says. We’re reminded that the house, I would always feel upset and pic- needs are being met. When we’re there, bat- ment buried Kalapana. There’s volcanic Puna’s vast ‘öhia forests grew out of similar ture all those happy memories I had there,” teries, tents, dog food, fi rst aid supplies and activity nearby but it’s hard to tell in this lush, lava fi elds, helping us imagine a Kaimü as she recounts. respirators are still in demand but the hub is at verdant space, dense with trees bearing ‘ulu, green as Mokuhulu. Her aunt Kahealani Walker, who works at capacity for women’s clothes, diapers, shoes noni, mango, lemon and lychee. Lei doesn’t want to belittle the hardship the Pähoa school, lived in the house for 28 and children’s toys. Lei leads us to a kuahu in her great-great- of those who have been displaced or lost years and was grieving its loss even before the great-great grandmother’s yard and as we homes, and she recognizes that not every- lava claimed it. 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KAPU‘UOLA HULA FESTIVAL June 30, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. This festival celebrates the oratory and performing skills of Native Hawaiians past and present through hula and chant. It also aims at empowering composers and choreographers of mele to preserve Hawai‘i’s unique form of storytelling through proper use of language and performance. Free. Kapolei Regional Park, www.facebook.com/ kapuuolahulafestival. Proudly sponsored by the Offi ce of Hawaiian Affairs.

HULIAU YOUTH ENVIRON- SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER KAILUA-KONA AN UNCOMFORTABLE MAUI KAMEHAMEHA DAY MENTAL FILM FESTIVAL WELLNESS KICK-OFF KAMEHAMEHA DAY TRUTH PÄ‘Ü PARADE & HO‘OLAULEA June 2, 7 to 8:30 p.m. June 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PARADE AND HO‘OLAULE‘A June 13, 5 p.m. June 16-17, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Environmental education non- Blue Zones Project Wahiawä kicks June 9, 9 to 11 a.m. Dr. Keanu Sai from the Univer- Honor Ali‘i Nui Kamehameha I profit Maui Huliau Foundation off a community-wide wellness ini- The annual parade features pä‘ü sity of Hawai‘i will speak about and his ‘ohana with Nä Kamehameha presents seven short fi lms made by tiative with fi eld activities, gardening riders on horseback, hula hälau, “An Uncomfortable Truth: Hawaii Commemorative Pä‘ü Parade and students ages 12-18. $15. Historic demonstrations, more than 40 edu- equestrian units, marching bands, has been in a State of War with the ho‘olaule‘a featuring hula, Hawaiian ‘Ïao Theatre, www.mauihuliau cational exhibits, workshops and horse-drawn carriages and more. U.S. since 1893,” as part of the Na music, exhibits and more over two foundation.org. informational booths. Free. Ka‘ala Free. Historic Kailua Village, www. Moolelo lecture series. Free. ‘Iolani days. Free. Under the Banyan Tree, Elementary School, Wahiawä. konaparade.com. Palace, Kanaina building, www. kamehamehafestival.org. PAN-PACIFIC FESTIVAL 2018 iolanipalace.org. June 8-10 KAUA‘I KING’S PARADE WORLD OCEANS DAY KAULANA ‘O NÄ WAI This three day festival includes & CELEBRATION June 10, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. PAUKUKALO MAKAHIKI ‘EHÄ (FESTIVAL) a ho‘olaule‘a, parade, performing June 9, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. This family-friendly event GAMES June 23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. arts showcases, a hula festival and The annual fl oral parade features celebrates World Oceans Day, Pap- June 15, 1 to 5 p.m. Celebrate Nä Wai ‘Ehä streams a street dance fest. Free. Waikïkï pä‘ü island horse units, fl oats, walking ahänaumokuäkea and the Mahalo Look into Hawai‘i’s past through and agriculture at a community and Ala Moana, www.pan-pacifi c- and riding units and more, and ends Hawai‘i Sail and includes the pre- games and competitions the island’s event featuring great entertainment, festival.com. with a ho‘olaule‘a featuring Hawaiian mier of the Hawaiian-language ancestors participated in to show ‘ono food, speaker panels and pre- entertainment, craft booths, food and version of “Moana” (see story on respect for the land. Free. Pauku- sentations, ku‘i ‘ai, a community THE ROAD TO cultural demonstrations. Free. The page 4). Free. Ko Olina Resort, kalo Clubhouse, Maui, bgcmaui. kalo dish contest, crafter and cul- SUSTAINABLE LIVING parade starts at Vidinha Stadium and www.KoOlina.com/events. org. Proudly sponsored by the tural demonstrations. Free. Maui June 9, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ends at the Historic County Building, Offi ce of Hawaiian Affairs. Tropical Plantation, www.huion- This workshop aimed at Native kauaifestivals.org. HILO KAMEHAMEHA awaieha.org. Proudly sponsored by Hawaiian renters interested in FESTIVAL ROYAL ORDER OF the Offi ce of Hawaiian Affairs. becoming homeowners will help O‘AHU KAMEHAMEHA June 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. KAMEHAMEHA I MOKU them prepare to purchase a home, DAY FLORAL PARADE Celebrate Kamehameha and the O KOHALA FUND- KAU KA IWA, while covering credit scores, AND HO‘OLAULE‘A memory of King Kamehameha RAISER CONCERT HE LA MAKANI fi nancing and home maintenance. June 9, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Day at a festival featuring mele, June 16, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 27, 5 p.m. Free. Nänäkuli Housing Corpora- The 102nd fl oral parade begins hula, art and craft vendors and Support the Kohala Chapter’s Dr. Lorenz Gonschor of Atenisi tion Baseyard Hawai‘i, 520-2607, at 9 a.m. at ‘Iolani Palace and pä‘ü ono food. Presented by the Royal scholarship program at a concert fea- University in Tonga, will speak [email protected]. riders, fl oats, horse-riding units and Order of Kamehameha, Mämaloa. turing slack key and ‘ukulele masters about “Kau ka iwa, he la makani: Proudly sponsored by the Offi ce of vehicles will make their way to Free. Moku Ola (Coconut Island), and vocalists, a silent acuction, food A genealogy of the Royal Order of Hawaiian Affairs. Kapi‘olani Park for a ho‘olaule‘a kamehamehafestival.org. and drink. $30. Kahilu Town Hall, the Star of Oceania,” as part of the featuring entertainment, food, Waimea, kahilutheatre.org. Na Moolelo lecture series. Free. craft booths and more. Free. ‘Iolani Palace, Kanaina building, Downtown Honolulu to Waikïkï, www.iolanipalace.org. ¢ kamehamehafestival.org 2. Book roundup 1. Get Out the Vote

follow us: /oha_hawaii | /oha_hawaii | fan us: /officeofhawaiianaffairs | Watch us: /OHAHawaii na¯ pUKe iune2018 19 BOOKS RECENT BOOK RELEASES 1. light in the Queen’s Garden: ida May Pope, Pioneer for Hawai‘i’s Daughters 1862-1914 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 By Sandra E. Bonura University of Hawai‘i Press Originally from the midwest, Ida May Pope was an educator in Cedric Yamanaka. Grouped by published his memoirs just months ciated with the remote Moloka‘i last reigning monarch decade by Hawai‘i during a pivotal time in his- theme, the mix of nostalgic and before his passing in April. Akaka colony for Hansen’s disease decade. tory. Sandra E. Bonura draws from contemporarily-set pieces offer a was the fi rst senator of Hawaiian patients, incorporating kanikau, or recently discovered primary sources sense of life in the Islands from ancestry and spent his nearly four lamentations, and interviews with 7. Poems from to put together a biography of Pope, plantation days to the 21st century. decade political career working Kalaupapa residents. who became a close friend of Queen to improve conditions for Native a farmer Lili‘uokalani and founding princi- 3. life of the land: peoples, veterans, consumers and 6. lili‘uokalani: A By Victor C. Pellegrino pal of the Kamehameha School for the residents of Hawai‘i. Open End Publishing Company Girls. The events surrounding the Articulations of a royal Album 1893 overthrow are viewed through native Writer 5. Kalaupapa By Allen Seiden Retired professor and author the eyes of Pope’s students during Mutual Publishing Victor Pellegrino shares poems this turbulent period. By Dana Naone Hall Place names inspired by his experiences as a King Kaläkaua and Princess ‘Ai Po¯haku Press By John Clark Published 100 years after Queen farmer on family land in Maui’s Ka‘iulani also appear in this biogra- Activist and poet Dana Naone Lili‘uokalani’s death, this volume central valley, the environment and University of Hawai‘i Press phy, as does Lili‘uokalani’s daughter Hall explores the connection uses photographs and designs from concerns over humankind’s treat- Lydia Aholo, who attended Kame- Native Hawaiians have with the John Clark shapes a history of the queen’s own photo albums – ment of nature. ¢ hameha. Events covered in the book land through poetry, essays, tes- Kalaupapa using place names asso- illustrating the life of Hawai‘i’s include Queen Lili‘uokalani’s con- timony and photos that chronicle troversial visit to Kalaupapa to meet her decades of advocacy for Native Mother Marianne Cope, now known Hawaiian and environmental issues, as Saint Marianne of Moloka‘i. particularly in Maui. Naone Hall was a founding member of Hui 2. the Best of Alanui o Mäkena, which fought the closing of Old Mäkena Road, Aloha Shorts including the ancient trail known Edited by Sammie Choy, Craig as the King’s Highway Pi‘ilani Trail. She was also at the forefront Howes and Phyllis S.K. Look of the movement to protect ‘iwi Bamboo Ridge Press küpuna buried in the sand dunes From 2008 to 2012, Bamboo in Honokahua, Maui, which led to Ridge Press and Hawai‘i Public better protections for Native Hawai- Radio co-produced “Aloha Shorts,” ian burial sites and the creation of a radio program that brought writ- Island Burial Councils. ers, actors and musicians together Life of the Land spans more than for a half-hour each Tuesday to 30 years of advocacy at the county, celebrate local literature. The Best state and federal levels, using poetry, of Aloha Shorts features poems and anecdotes, insight and analysis to stories published by Bamboo Ridge bring küpuna voices to the forefront that were performed before a live and continue fi ghting for protection audience in HPR’s Atherton Studio. and restoration of Hawai‘i’s cultural The collection also covers the and historic sites. show’s history, including behind- the-scenes details. 4. One voice: My life, The result is an anthology that features writing by some of times and Hopes Hawai‘i’s best-known writers, including Nora Okja Keller, Darrell for Hawai‘i H.Y. Lum, Lee Cataluna, Lois-Ann By Daniel K. Akaka and Jim Borg Yamanaka, Punani Burgess, Keola Watermark Publishing Beamer and “Aloha Shorts” host U.S. Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka 20 iune2018 pOKe nU¯HOU www.oha.org/kwo | [email protected] neWS BriefS n A tive HAWAiiA n » neWS | feA tureS | eventS Ki‘i Kü donated to Bishop Workshops offered by Museum malia craver hula competition Nänäkuli Housing A carved wooden ki‘i represen- The Nänäkuli Housing Corpora- tative of the Hawaiian god Kü has tion has announced the schedule for been donated to Bishop Museum. upcoming workshops that prepare Salesforce CEO Marc Benihoff renters for homeownership. and his wife Lynne purchased the The workshops cover credit and 20-inch ki‘i at an auction at Chris- financing, and also teach participants tie’s Paris last November. Little is how to do some home maintenance known about the figure, which was to avoid costly repair bills. obtained by Paris-based art dealer > Financial literacy workshops will Claude Vérité be offered: in the 1940s. • June 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., The ki‘i, Nänäkuli Library carved from • June 7, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., ‘öhia, is a Wai‘anae Library human figure • June 9, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., in a warrior Kalaeloa pose with its • June 19, 4 to 8 p.m., Kalihi knees bent, Library draped with • June 23, 8:30 to 2 p.m., a headdress Mid-Pacific Institute brought 89 students to perform a hui ‘ia hula at the 2018 Malia Craver Hula Kahiko Competition at Saint Louis School Kalaeloa Wooden ki‘i. - Photo: in the classic on May 19. The competition gives secondary school students the opportunity to showcase their achievements in ancient hula and dance, • July 10, 4 to 8 p.m., Nänäkuli Bishop Museum “Kona style” as well as learn about culture, dances and traditions of old Hawai‘i. - Photo: Courtesy Queen Lili‘uokalani Keiki Hula Competition Library of images carved during Kame- • July 12, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., hameha I’s reign. Windward location TBA “We felt strongly that this ki‘i Corporation, where he helped raise Moloka‘i program • July 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., belonged in Hawai‘i, for the educa- more than $2 million for the Kapo- cultivates leaders Nänäkuli Library tion and benefit of its people” said lei Heritage Center. • July 28, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Marc Benioff. “As a part of Bishop “This is an exciting time for A new education program developed Kalaeloa Museum's permanent collections, CNHA,” Michelle Kauhane said by the nonprofit ‘Äina Momona is offer- > Home maintenance workshops the ki‘i will be cared for in perpetuity in a release announcing Lewis’s ing high school graduates on Moloka‘i are scheduled for: and will be shared with future gen- selection. “Kühiö understands opportunities for further education • June 9, 2 to 4 p.m., Kalaeloa erations of the people of Hawai‘i.” well the top issues in the Hawai- while working in the community. • June 23, 2 to 4 p.m., Kalaeloa Bishop Museum researchers will ian community and is a recognized ‘Äina Momona’s new Aloha ‘Äina • July 28, 2 to 4 p.m., Kalaeloa study the carving, which will be a next generation leader in Hawai‘i. Maui-grown pineapples will be featured in Fellows program will support up to Visit www.baseyard.com for centerpiece in a Bishop Museum He brings with him a vast net- student meals this May as part of the ‘Aina 16 emerging young leaders, who will more details. Nänäkuli Housing exhibit opening in February 19 at work of organizations to grow and Pono Hawai‘i State Harvest of the Month participate in leadership capacity- receives grant funding from the the close of the Makahiki season. strengthen CNHA’s membership program. - Photo: Department of Education building. The fellowship includes Office of Hawaiian Affairs. coalition. I look forward to the next training and skill-building oppor- Lewis named CEO of CNHA phase of CNHA’s growth under ‘Aina Pono Hawai‘i State Harvest tunities in community organization Homeless count shows Kühiö’s leadership.” of the Month program developed and planning, natural and cultural statewide decrease Joe Kühiö Lewis has been selected Hanalei Aipoalani, CNHA Board scratch-cooked recipes that incorpo- resource management, professional to succeed Michelle Kauhane as CEO Chairman added, “It’s a new day. rated fresh pineapple to give students writing, presentation making, finance Hawai‘i’s homeless population has of the Council for Native Hawaiian A bright new beginning for CNHA, healthier lunches and support local and politics. Fellows will earn col- decreased two years in a row, accord- Advancement, effective June 1. its members, and coalition partners agriculture. School lunches in prior lege credit and receive a stipend. ing to Partners in Care and Bridging The appointment means Lewis to build upon common ground to months have featured locally grown “We are thrilled to give our young the Gap’s 2018 Statewide Point in will leave his advance Native Hawaiians.” beef, banana, papaya and ‘ulu. leaders the chance to work with the Time Count conducted Jan. 22. role as Commu- The transfer of leadership will be “Instead of serving pineapples as community,” says Moloka‘i resi- Key findings were highlighted in nity Outreach formally acknowledged at the 17th fresh fruit on the side, our schools dent Pülama Lima of the University a state news release when the data and Engagement Annual Native Hawaiian Convention will be using locally grown Maui of Hawai‘i, Maui College, a partner was presented in May. According to manager for the scheduled for October 8-10. Gold pineapples in scratch-cooked of the program. “This gives these the state, the count revealed: Office of Hawai- student lunches statewide,” said young professionals vital commu- ian Affairs, Schools serve Maui- Albert Scales, program administra- nity-based work experience that > An almost 10 percent decrease in where he focused grown pineapples tor, School Food Services Branch. can lead to important career oppor- homeless individuals from 7,220 Joe Ku¯hio¯ Lewis on advancing the “We experimented with different tunities. It also creates a valuable persons in 2017 to 6,530 persons agency’s civic engagement initia- Maui Gold pineapple hand- recipes and found the pineapples opportunity for Moloka‘i to come in 2018. tives. Lewis is also a beneficiary picked on the slopes of Haleakala worked well as a main dish in our together at an essential time to • Kauai: 28.9 percent decrease of the Hawaiian Homes Commis- was featured in public school Sweet and Sour Pineapple Pork.” shape our own future. It creates • Hawaii Island: 8.8 percent sion Act and past president of the lunches across the state in May. The recipe can be found at space for intergenerational learn- Kapolei Community Development The Department of Education’s goo.gl/GfZAhf. ing and communication.” See NewS briefS on Page 21 HO‘OlaHa leHUleHU iune2018 21 PuBliC nOtiCe E Hele Mai… Come Learn & Play with us! Keiki O Ka ‘ ina Family Learning Centers PUBLIC INFORMATION The existing Kaluanui Stream MEETING FOR KALU- Bridge, originally built in 1926,

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movement,” said Babä Yim, the CHaMiNaDe SPeeCHeS po‘okumu of Änuenue. “Thirty PuNa lava NewS briefS Continued from page 17 Continued from page 13 years ago, immersion schools Continued from page 17 Continued from page 21 were established to help save (PREP) for minority college gradu- Energy, the parent company of what many considered to be a The needs aren’t all material. sents neighbor islands. “This is a ates interested in pursuing doctoral Texaco. “Being confident in dying language. Now our goal Pressing concerns include air quality, continuing trend, not a one-time studies in biological and biomedi- speaking, regardless of whether is to make sure the language access where lava has flowed across thing.” cal sciences. She has her eye on it’s in English or Hawaiian, thrives and that Hawaiian lan- roads, and housing – both tempo- “In the last few years, our home- Marshall University’s biomedical can have far-reaching, positive guage speakers have the same rary and permanent – for those who lessness service providers have science program after completing impacts on a child’s success in opportunities as everyone else.” have been displaced. Pi‘ilani hopes made tremendous strides in using the PREP program. life.” OHA has been supportive of FEMA will provide assistance and data and evidence-based prac- “Being Native Hawaiian reminds The addition of ‘Ölelo Hawai‘i these ‘Ölelo Hawai‘i advance- that land will be donated to those tices to address homelessness,” me of what my values are and what to the speech festival follows ments. For the last two years, who need to rebuild, as happened stated Heather Lusk, vice chair my responsibilities are as a person,” efforts to include Hawaiian lan- OHA has provided awards to after the lava flow in the 1990s. of Partners in Care and executive she said. “It’s self-realization: guage projects in science fairs recognize the Hawaiian lan- Insurance companies are already director of the Life Foundation knowing who you are, knowing across the state. At least one guage immersion students who coming in to help, Pi‘ilani says, and and CHOW Project. “We know where you’ve been and knowing Hawaiian language science proj- have qualified for the state sci- she’d like to see financial institu- the Point in Time Count doesn't where you want to go.” ect has advanced to the Hawai‘i ence fair. For the speech festival, tions follow. Community members give us an exact number of the It also makes her want to come back. State Science and Engineering OHA provided three Hawai- also want to tap into the relief dollars number of people who are cur- “All of the scholarships I’ve been on Fair since 2015. ian language judges, helping to they’ve heard are being accepted at rently homeless, but this is an talk about giving back to the commu- Änuenue School has been address one of the main obstacles banks and through other organiza- indicator that we are gaining nity, whether it’s something small like at the forefront of pushing the for the inclusion of Hawaiian tions, she says. momentum. For the sake of the community service or whether it’s big, boundaries of ‘Ölelo Hawai‘i, language in new forums. In The eruption has galvanized the individuals and families affected like donating your time. I think that’s with its students competing in addition, OHA participated in community. “It will change the by homelessness, and our broader what I need to do.” science fairs for years and now a ceremony at Änuenue School dynamic of how people think and community, we need to continue to Learn more about Chaminade’s entering the speech festival. following the speech festival to how people feel,” Pi‘ilani says. quicken our pace in building upon Ho‘oulu Scholarship Program at “What we are doing is the celebrate the achievements of “This is the true essence of aloha the foundation we’ve laid.” ¢ https://finaid.chaminade.edu/schol- natural progression of the these students. ¢ kekahi i kekahi, mälama kekahi i arships/hooulu-stem-scholarship. ¢ Hawaiian language revitalization kekahi, and helping out people.” ¢ uniting to rebuild oha

OHA Trustees At-Large Paid for by Friends of Makana Paris | 1110 Nu‘uanu, Ave #6 | Honolulu, HI 96817 | [email protected] Paid for by Committee to Elect Pohai Ryan | 150 Hamakua Drive, PMB#824, Kailua, HI 96734 | [email protected] leO ‘elele iune2018 23 truStee MeSSSAGeS A history of civic engagement s we refl ect on this year’s time. The Hawaiian Civic Club move- legislative session and ment began 100 years ago, founded BOARD Of TRUSTEES the inaction by by Prince Kühiö, in and of GET the Legislature itself a major component on bills cham- of civic engagement and pioned by OHA and the advocacy for our lähui. REGISTERED Note: Trustee columns represent the views A of individual trustees and may not refl ect Native Hawaiian com- Native Hawaiians have the offi cial positions adopted by the Offi ce munity, I am reminded set historic milestones of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees. more than ever of the need when it comes to holding TODAY! Colette Y. Machado for a civically engaged high elected offi ce. The fi rst community. I have been Native governor of any state Chair, Trustee, Colette Y. Moloka‘i and La¯na‘i a longtime advocate of was Governor John Waihe‘e Tel: 808.594.1837 grassroots movements and Machado III in 1986. The fi rst Native Fax: 808.594.0212 direct advocacy with law- Hawaiian to serve in the Email: [email protected] makers, but a major way to Chair, Trustee United States Senate ————— make our voices heard is Moloka‘i was U.S. Senator Daniel Dan Ahuna through our votes. and La-na‘i Kahikina Akaka, appointed Vice Chair, Trustee This is a huge election to the Senate in 1990. Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau year with seats open In 1900, Hawai‘i Tel: 808.594.1751 at the local, state, IMPORTANT DATES sent its fi rst del- Email: [email protected] and national levels. egate, and first ————— Coincidentally > Deadline to register for the Native Hawaiian, Leina’ala Ahu Isa, Ph.D. this is also Ke Au primary election: July 12 Robert Wilcox, Trustee, At-large Hawai‘i, the Year of > Deadline to request a mail to Congress. Wil- Tel: 808.594.1877 the Hawaiian. What ballot: August 4 cox’s immediate Fax: 808.594.1853 better way to cel- > Early walk-in voting: July successor, Prince Email: [email protected] ebrate who we are 30 – August 9 (check your Kühiö, would ————— than by showing up county locations) become the second Rowena Akana in record numbers > Primary Election: August 11 Native Hawaiian in A Native Hawaiian Registry Trustee, At-large and being the decid- Register to vote or check your Congress in 1903. Card offers... Tel: 808.594.1860 ing voters in these registration at: https://olvr. Hawai‘i’s fi rst two Fax: 808.594.1883 hawaii.gov Email: [email protected] races? Our primary representatives in #HQTOQHXGTKƒECVKQPQH0CVKXG*CYCKKCP ————— elections are just Congress were CPEGUVT[+PFKIGPQWU5VCVWU Keli‘i Akina, Ph.D. around the corner, with early walk-in Native Hawaiians, and this was before Trustee, At-large voting beginning at the end of July. Hawai‘i even had a vote in Congress. (CUVGTCRRNKECVKQPRTQEGUUHQT Tel: 808.594.1859 Primary elections hold a great impor- An informed and engaged voting 1*#.QCPU)TCPVU Email: [email protected] tance in Hawai‘i, where the outcome populace has the potential to encour- ————— of some offi ces can already be deter- age more candidates for office 'NKIKDKNKV[HQT1*#5RQPUQTGF2TQITCOU Peter Apo mined during the primary. – hopefully more Native Hawaiian CPFHQTXCTKQWUQTICPK\CVKQPUVJCVUGTXG Trustee, O‘ahu The fi rst step in this process is candidates and candidates who are 0CVKXG*CYCKKCPU Tel: 808.594.1854 to make sure you are registered to supporters of issues important to the Fax: 808.594.1864 vote. Timely registration with the Native Hawaiian community. Email: [email protected] Offi ce of Elections will ensure that Addressing an audience at Washing- ————— your vote is counted on election ton Place in 1900, Queen Lili‘uokalani Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey day. Although same-day registra- said: “We have no other direction left for more information Trustee, Maui tion is available during early voting to pursue, except this unrestricted right Tel: 808.594.1858 and at your assigned polling place to vote, given by the U.S. to you the please visit Fax: 808.594.1864 on election day, a timely registra- lähui, grasp it and hold on to it. It is up Email: [email protected] tion is required in order to request an to you to make things right for all of www.oha.org/registry ————— absentee ballot. If you are voting by us in the future.” Robert K. Lindsey Jr. absentee ballot, pay close attention Our beloved Queen provided Trustee Hawai‘i to instructions and deadlines. This these words of wisdom more than a Tel: 808.594.1855 year, the deadline to register for the century ago, yet we still struggle to Empowering Hawaiians, Fax: 808.594.1883 primary election is July 12. make our voice heard. Email: [email protected] Strengthening Hawai‘i ————— Civic engagement has had a long Let’s celebrate the Year of the John D. Waihe‘e IV role in our history. The 1897 Petition Hawaiian in the most appropriate Trustee, At-large Against the Annexation of Hawai‘i, way possible by making our Hawai- Tel: 808.594.1876 also known as the Kü‘ë Petitions, was ian vote the loudest it has ever been. Email: [email protected] signed by 21,269 Hawaiians, which Register, and cast your vote, begin- was a majority of the population at the ning with the primary election. ¢ 24 iune2018 leO ‘elele www.oha.org/kwo | [email protected] truStee MeSSSAGeS nAtive HAWAiiAn » neWS | feAtureS | eventS Ethics Commission needs to be challenged Senator Daniel Akaka: Proud to be no‘ai kakou… As you may as out kupuna who aren’t familiar with the Hawaiian and Proud to be American have heard in the media internet, our Trustee Columns in the Ka Wai recently, the Hawaii Ola are the only way that they can rom the time I was a teen- again, acknowledged his pride in State Ethics Com- learn what Trustees are currently ager and throughout my being Hawaiian and American. mission has alleged working on and what is going on years in various careers, “I am proud to be the fi rst Native ‘Athat I inappropriately spent my internally at OHA. every opportunity to meet Hawaiian ever to serve in the trustee allowance. For years, It is a Trustees’ right to keep our or talk with the late Sena- Senate, just as I am so proud to be the Commission has threatened benefi ciaries properly informed. Ftor Akaka left a deep and lasting one of the three U.S. Army World elected offi cials by telling them As long as a Trustee does not write impression upon me. War II veterans who remain in the to pay fi nes for alleged offenses anything slanderous or falsely When I took a group of youth Senate today,” Senator Akaka said. or they will take them to court or accuse someone or breaks the law, leaders to visit his offi ce while “The United States is a great coun- increase their fi nes. This needs to Rowena it is protected as Free Speech and on a trip to our nation’s capital, Keli‘i try. One of the things that makes be challenged and I will demand Akana should be printed. I was impressed with the gentle- Akina, Ph.D. us so great is that though we have that the Ethics Commission hold OHA’s Administration should ness and warmth he extended. It made mistakes, we change, we cor- a full hearing about their allega- Trustee, be spending their time working on was just as if these youth were Trustee, rect them, we right past wrongs.” tions. At-large more important matters than look- visiting their own “tutu kane.” At-large “In Congress and in our nation, ing for ways to harass me. They Back home in Hawai‘i, during we are truly all together in the ON aNOTHer NOTe defi nitely should not be looking This article is not the original one I sub- for ways to restrict a Trustee’s ability to mitted to be printed. I had to cut major communicate with benefi ciaries. portions of it in order to satisfy our Admin- istration, who argued that my article “could fiNal NOTe be reasonably seen as seeking privileges, This will be my fi nal column until after the advantages, or treatment for yourself in November election since all Trustees who are your dealings with the Ethics Commis- running for re-elections must suspend their sion.” I asked them to point out where in monthly columns while they are campaign- my article I was “seeking privileges” but at ing. However, look for my op-eds in the the writing of this article I have not received Star-Advertiser and other media outlets. a response. Aloha Ke Akua. ¢ This is the second article in a row that OHA’s Administration has used the State Interested in Hawaiian issues & OHA? Ethics law to stop me from communication Please visit my website at www.rowenaa- with our benefi ciaries through OHA’s own kana.org for more information, including newspaper. an archive of all my past articles, or e-mail For many of OHA’s benefi ciaries, such me at [email protected].

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a conversation we had at the Pacifi c Club, same canoe,” Senator Akaka continued. “If I had the opportunity to pick the Senator's we paddle together in unison, we can travel brain. We talked about his upbringing in a great distances. If the two sides of the canoe Christian home, his World War II military paddle in opposite directions, we will go in service, his years as a teacher, and his dis- circles. I urge my colleagues to take this tinguished career as a United States Senator. traditional Hawaiian symbol to heart, and In all these roles, it was clear that Sena- put the American people fi rst, by working tor Akaka bridged two worlds. He was a together.” Hawaiian, loved being a Hawaiian and was At a time when it is so easy for people to proud of it. And he was an American, loved be divided over many issues, we can look to being an American and was also proud of an example in Senator Akaka of the power it. Perhaps more than anyone else I know, of bringing people together in the spirit of Senator Akaka brought together the essence Aloha. of being an American and being a Hawai- E Hana Käkou / Let’s work together! ¢ ian, not just in words, but in the very life he Sign up today for a FREE monthly lived and legacy he has left. Trustee Akina welcomes your com- digital or print subscription at In his December 2012 farewell address, ments and can be reached at Trustee given on the fl oor of the U.S. Senate, Sena- [email protected]. www.oha.org/kwo tor Akaka bid aloha to his colleagues and follow us: /oha_hawaii | /oha_hawaii | fan us: /officeofhawaiianaffairs | Watch us: /OHAHawaii leO ‘elele iune2018 25 truStee MeSSSAGeS OHA for the People Diane Maka‘ala Kaneali‘i inspires through service loha kakou e nä po‘e aloha childhood obesity at the Kualapu‘u Public loha nui käkou! I would like to board member of Value Growth Associates; ‘äina, Conversion Charter School on Moloka‘i fi rst extend my aloha to all who and an active participant on the KCA Emer- I am sometimes asked, through the Project Pü‘olo with are facing extreme gency Response Team. “What does OHA do for a grant of $135,256. This par- situations in Puna and us?” What is OHA’s mis- ticular program helps to educate all throughout our pae Let me share just a few of the Asion? In the Admission Act of 1959, not only the students, but the A‘äina. Our hearts and pule are signifi cant milestones or accom- the people established a public trust families as well in making better with you. Please know that we plishments reached on behalf of which included among other respon- health and nutritional decisions. are trying to do what we can to the Kailapa Hawaiian Homestead sibilities, betterment of conditions OHA has continued to fulfi ll its kökua along with other state and community. for native Hawaiians. In 1978, the commitment to the Department county agencies. E kökua aku ä people of the State of Hawai‘i reaf- of Hawaiian Home Lands with kökua mai! • 501(c)3 non-profi t designa- fi rmed their solemn trust obligation Carmen “Hulu” a grant of $3,000,000 per year. Robert K. tion and responsibility to native Hawai- Lindsey This money will go toward the In times of challenge or as Lindsey, Jr. • Community entrance sign ians by establishing the Offi ce of debt service on the bonds issued some would say “opportunity,” • Ala Kahakai Trails Associa- Hawaiian Affairs to address the Trustee, Maui by DHHL that went into estab- I often look right in front of me Trustee, Hawai‘i tion and UH anthropology class needs of our Hawaiian people. lishing infrastructure support for on Hawai‘i Island, on Moku O partnership that resulted in an OHA has always kept this pur- housing. OHA was able to grant Keawe, to fi nd inspiration. Many archeologic survey of historical pose in mind. There are many ways $221,500 to Goodwill Industries of our neighbors, both yours and lands to carry out that purpose, and there is great of Hawaii, Inc. where they help support mine, often have their own challenges, their • 14.33-acre fence protection from need in our communities. Chapter 10 of the Native Hawaiians earn and obtain higher- own “opportunities.” As I watch them over- ungulates and native plant revegetate with Hawaii Revised Statutes goes more in to wage employments. We believe economic come these challenges and proceed forward support from DLNR and NOAA detail on how OHA should manage its trust development can go a long way to support- to the best of their ability, I am often amazed • Native plant propagation and out- and with whom we should engage, but one ing our lähui and furthering their lives. As a at what is accomplished. This month, I would planting to decrease erosion and sediment of the many services that we provide for the land steward ourselves, we must put forth our like to share one such person with all of you entering the ocean with help from the Wai- community for which I am proudest are the efforts to supporting initiatives that help the and share a little bit about what she tries to koloa Dry Forest Reserve grants and sponsorships that serve nonprof- land. Kako‘o ‘Öiwi was granted $103,018 to do for her community. • Implemented community planning ses- its that directly serve our communities. go towards supporting their efforts in farm- sions in partnership with a UH Department I’d like to highlight for you the follow- ing lo‘i kalo in the ‘ahupua‘a of He‘eia. The Her name is Diane “Maka‘ala” Kaneali‘i of Urban and Rural Planning class that ing. In FY 2017, OHA awarded a total of aforementioned grantees are just to name a and she was born on O‘ahu in the mid-fi fties. became the foundation to the 14.33-acre $9,040,270 that went to serve our commu- few and I want to commend each and every She was raised between Pu‘u Hue Ranch in Master Plan nities in the following categories: Culture, grant recipient this year and encourage you Kohala and Volcano agriculture lands. She • Children's playground installed in part education, health, housing, income, and to holomua with your great work to support graduated from Hilo High School and con- by community volunteers land. We were able to help notable nonprofi t our people and communities. tinued her education at Hawaii Community • Fire Wise Certifi ed Community organizations like Känehunamoku Voyaging OHA is able to support other initia- College where she received her Licensed • 3,200 sf. Community Pavilion con- Academy, who support the learning of our tives in our communities by way of Fiscal Practical Nurse (LPN) credentials. She structed in part by community volunteers ancient wayfi nding navigation skills. They Reserve. In the past we were able to give then continued to achieve a Bachelor of • 25 x 100 ft greenhouse constructed provide a critical platform for our youth to nearly $500,000 to Lunalilo Homes to help Science in Nursing from the University of by volunteers to support food security via learn and perpetuate the ancient ways in with capital improvements of their facil- Phoenix. aquaponics with assistance from Waimea order to connect with our küpuna. $500,000 ity to bring further comfort to our küpuna. and Papakolea Hawaiian Homesteaders went to serve the University of Hawaii Another notable grant was given to the She wed her husband, Roger “Maha” • Annual Kawaihae Na Kilo Aina Camp – Offi ce of Research Services that will Polynesian Voyaging Society to support Mo‘ikeha Kanealii Jr., in 1985. Together, implemented since 2012 (resource manage- support scholarships for higher education their efforts of circumnavigating the globe, they raised fi ve children and are now proud ment and sustainability) in partnership with opportunities for the Native Hawaiian Sci- putting Hawai‘i on the map and advocating grandparents of twelve mo‘opuna. Na Maka O Papahanuamokuakea ence and Engineering Mentorship Program. to the world to commit to sustainability. $1.5 million was given to the Hawaiian To be able to support our people at a local After retiring as a nurse of thirty-eight All these things and more were accom- Charter Schools to help sustain them. We and even global level is humbling. It is truly years, her dedication turned to helping her plished through patience, dedication and were able to support the efforts to prevent my honor to be a part of serving our lahui. ¢ community grow and bringing parity to her most importantly…ALOHA. She is some- Hawaiian Homes community. Since 2014, one who I truly believe does everything with she has served as the Kailapa Community aloha. When a new problem, challenge or Association (KCA) Executive Director “opportunity” arises, she and “Maha” have from mauka and Project Manager. Prior to her current a discussion and next thing you know, she position, she served nine years on the KCA is off and running. to makai… Board. Her community work also extends to serving as the County of Hawaii Com- Her hope is that our Hawaiian community munity Development Action Committee reaches self-reliance, so we can THRIVE, and online! Chair; member of Na Maka O Papahanau- not just survive. Mahalo nui e Maka‘ala for mokuakea, Kai Kuleana Network, and all your service to your community and to Stay connected. South Kohala Coastal Partnership; advisory our people. 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2018 Medeiros). Musician volunteers are needed and at Punalu‘u Beach park in Ka‘u, Hawai‘i. one son named Frank. I have known G-Uncles Kuemono (original name is Goemon) came monetary donations are welcomed. Funds will Please bring a dish to share. Join us and help John & Antone since they lived on Maui where from Tosa, Japan and he naturalized to the KALEOHANO/WENTWORTH – To all be used for picnic tables, tents, paper goods. make this a memorable event. Family, Food, we grew up. The only G-Uncle we did know Kingdom of Hawai‘i on Jan 10, 1845. He descendants of (h) Apela married (w) Waiolae, For more information contact family represen- and Fun. RSVP by June 1, 2018 or direct is Joseph who lived on O‘ahu. I cannot find lived in Honouliuli as a farmer from 1847 children are: Kaiapa Apela, (h) James W. tative: Ramona “Bully” DiFolco (808) 263- questions to Heidi - robinsfamily808@gmail. any information on Maria and Manuel, unless and seems to married to a Hawaiian lady Kaleohano (w) Kekipi. Tutu Kekipi’s parents 0121 or cell (808) 282-8921. com. Kim - [email protected] or they passed away on the Albergeldie coming “Hina” on May 20, 1851 according to mar- are: (h) Keawe (w) Poaimoku, whose chil- 808-929-7130. here. My G-Grandmother Wilhelmina married riage record. I am also looking for descen- dren are: (w) Kuaana (h) Peahi Kealakai, (h) LOVELL-HOLOKAHI – Joseph Lovell a Antone Lopes and had Henry, Louis, Sonny, dants of Kolaimo, who’s original name is Hawila (w) Alice Wentworth, (h) Holualoa me Mary Mele Holokahiki Family reunion, VERA CRUZ-KAHALEPAIWI – The Peter & William then remarried my Grandfather Toraemon of Tosa, Japan and naturalized to (w) Keawehaku Kaholi, (h) HolHolua (w) July 12-15, 2018 Kohala Coast, Hawai‘i Island, descendants of Lui Vera Cruz & Philomena Antone Haleakala and had: Manuel, Evelyn & the Kingdom of Hawai‘i on Feb 13, 1847. He Keawehaku Kaonohi, (h) Apela (w) Kamela to honor Kupuna Mele Holokahiki who was Haili Kahalepaiwi will be gathering on Kaua‘i Frank (my father). So this is the line I am try- worked as a carpenter under Mr. Heart, married Kaula (h) Howard Hawila Kaleohano & (w) from Pololü Valley. We need your kökua: Friday June 29, 2018- Sunday July 1, 2018. ing to research. E-mail: annette913@yahoo. to a Hawaiian lady and died in O‘ahu. Please Alice Ale Wentworth, There will be a fami- please serve on a committee, donate, and most Their children were all born in Lïhue, Kaua‘i com. Mahalo. contact Harry (808) 777-9187 or harrypor ly reunion July 7 and 8, 2018, in Kailua-Kona important – plan on attending. Fill out the ques- between 1881-1887. They are Caroline Line [email protected] Mahalo! at the Old Kona Airport. Descendants of Ella tionnaire form ASAP to help our planning. (Henry Awailua), Annie Mauna (William KAIWA – Looking for descendants or relat- Kawailani Wentworth (Obed Naukana Kaiawe), There are a few rooms left at Kohala Village Adolpho; John Kamakau), Louis (Henrietta ed ‘Ohana Members of ‘BILL KAIWA’, aka KEKUKU APUAKEHAU – Looking for Moses Moke Wentworth (Annie Kaapa/Ilima Inn – contact Makalapua at kaawa@hawaii. Nicholas; Elizabeth Kaliko; Cecilia Kahue; ‘SOLOMAN ANI. Please contact ROBERTA lineage from Joseph Kekukupena Apuakehau, Uhai Hao). Alice Ale Wentworth (George K. edu. Contact us at the family email: lovell.holo- Flora Aki), Benito (Emma Lake), and Joseph BOLLIG 320-248-3656 or flh63kb@ yahoo.com 1857-1936, and Miliama “Miriam” Kaopua, Beck Sr.), Louisa Kekipi Kaleohano (James [email protected] or call Teri 808-494-5384. Moekahi (Hattie Pomaikai; Flora Aki; Mary MAHALO! 1857-1919, to Kalaimanokaho‘owaha also Kealaiki Sr.), Annie Kaleohano (Annum Y. Saito). Please email Angela Neller at hii- known as Kana‘ina nui (Big Island Ali‘i), circa Kealamakia), Adeline Waialoa Kaleohano MAKUAOLE – To all descendants of [email protected] for registration information KALAUPAPA – Are you looking for 1778, to Alapa‘i Nui (Big Island King, 1725- (Moses Keale Sr./Joseph Kahale), Sophia Samuel Makuaole Opuweuweu (1852-1917) to be sent to you. The deadline for registra- an ancestor at Kalaupapa? Ka ‘Ohana O 1754). Any and all information will be great- Kapono Kaleohano (Daniel Huakanou Kaiawe), and daughters, Rebecca ‘Kapeka’ Makuaole tion, t-shirts, and family group sheets is April Kalaupapa, a nonprofit organization made ly appreciate. Mahalo! Please send email to Smith Kaleohano (Louisa Kawale Kaupu), (1883-1975) and Mary ‘Mele’ Makuaole 30, 2018. up of Kalaupapa residents, family mem- Miriam: matar02@Hawai‘iantel.net. Howard Hawila Kaleohano (Mabel U. Kahale/ (1884-1942), of Hakioa, Makaweli, Kaua’i; bers and friends, might be able to help. Lily Kanohea), Daisy Kauwana Kaleohano There will be a Makuaole Family Reunion on VICTOR – The descendants of Kamukai We have information on more than 7.000 KINA-LINCOLN-BAILEY-JOYCE- (Acho Young), Mary Haulani Kaleohano (W. the island of Kaua’i in 2018. The Reunion dates Wikoli and Amelia Akoi, collectively known people sent to Kalaupapa. Contact ‘Ohana LAFORTUNE-NUI-KALEO – We are Kurishige/J. Valera) are all invited to this event. are July 5, 6 & 7, 2018 at Lucy Wright Park in as the Victor ‘Ohana, will be holding its Coordinator Valerie Monson at vmonson@ looking for the descendants of the unions of For registration and more info, contact Dean Waimea, Kaua’i. All descendants who have not 2018 reunion at the Nani Mau Gardens in kalaupapa ohana.org or call 808-573-2746. Meleana Kaimuali‘i Kina (Moloka‘i) and Kaiawe (808)987-3229, Sonya Fukushima yet been contacted and are interested in attend- Hilo from 17-19 August. Information and reg- George Walter Lincoln, Nellie Lihue Lincoln – Looking for descendants or (808)323-3574, Christine Mendoza (808) 430- ing the Makuaole Family Reunion are encour- istration forms will be available online at KAMAKAU and Charles Anson Bailey (Maui), Nellie related family members of Ellen P. Kamakau. 5547 or visit the Kaleohano/Wentworth fam- aged to contact us for more information. Please www.victor-ohana.org or www.facebook. Lihue Bailey (Maui) and John Domingo Joyce, Born at Kaopipa/Kaupipa, Maui on September ily page on Facebook for updates. kaleohano. submit your contact information (Name, fam- com/the.victor.ohana. Email dwight@ Pearl “Peachie” Marie K. Bailey (Maui) and 3, 1850. Since, deceased. Please contact [email protected]. ily line, adresses, phone numbers and e-mail victor-ohana.org with questions. Mahalo! West LaFortune, Meleana Wahineho‘ohano addresses) to [email protected] 808-366-0847 or [email protected]. Nui (Maui/Moloka‘i) and Samuel Moewale KAUAUA – Kauaua ‘Ohana reunion 2018 or contact Mahe (Lacro) Vegas, daughter of ZABLAN – 80th Year of the founding of our Kaleo (brother to Charles Lui Ko‘oko‘o and will be held on Kauai at the Lydgate Park, HUI O ZABLAN. The Hui O Zablan Picnic KA MEKONA/ LOA/KA H A W A I Annie (Apo) Lacro (808.651.1197); or Ikaika –Searching for genealogy, family mem- Kunewa Moewale). We are planning a reunion Wailua on June 22 to 24, 2018. Information will be from 9:00am-4:00pm on Sat., 4 Aug Rosa, grandson of Grace (Makuaole) Acain bers, foster or hanai records for my Great for Oct 2018. Please contact us at: oct2018. and registration form can be found on web- 2018 at Magic Island, Ala Moana Park, Section (206.356.3235). Grandmother, ROSE HIWA KAMEKONA, [email protected] or call Phyllis @ 291- sites KauauaOhana.com; KauauaOhanaKauai. 30, the mauka section closest to the street. It is born June 15, 1909, 1st marriage to George 5826, Kanani @ 674-6679, or Moana @ 744- com; and Facebook-KauauaKauai. Plan early PUA – The descendants of David Kaluahi Pua a Potluck. Bring your own chairs. The Hui O Loa 1927 (one child with/Rose Loa/now Rose 9901. NALAUAI – Looking for genealogical to reserve your accommodations and rent-a- and Maria Kini are planning a family reunion Zablan Reunion T-Shirts: Deep red shirt with Lani) , 2nd marriage to Francis Kahawai 1928 information on Kamala Kali Nalauai (possi- car. Call Clarence Ariola Jr. (808) 639-9637 on August 31 - September 2, 2018, at Punalu‘u a gold Hawaiian shirt design, and a golden- - 1929 (three children with), deceased 1935. I bly Naluai?) b.abt.1870 (I have no other infor- or email [email protected] for more Black Sand Beach, Ka‘u, Hawai‘i. We have rod yellow shirt with a red Family Crest design am the grand-daughter of Rose Loa/Lani, great mation at this time on Kamala) who married information. secured the pavillion area for the 3 days. David again features Cousin Kimo Zablan’s art work. grand daughter to ROSE HIWA KAMEKONA. Lui Kapi‘ioho b. abt.1854 or 1864. They had 6 and Maria had eight children, all of whom pro- Cousins Jimbo and Tammy Correa Beaumont known children together. Lui Kapi‘ioho is the KUAKAHELA-KALIMAONAONA – duced descendants. They were Violet (Pua) are producing the shirts at a very resonable Please call/lv mess/text Luana @ #(808) 450- 0103 or email [email protected]. brother of Hika‘alani Kapi‘ioho b. Aug.1858, The descendants of Kuakahela and Keaka Waltjen, Caroline (Pua) Kauwe, Samuel Pua, price. Shirts will be available for purchase for twins Kou & Kamai Kapi‘ioho b. Nov. 8,1861, Kalimaonaona is scheduled for July 28 and David Pua Jr., Abigail aka Pake (Pua) Kaupu, a reasonable price at the Picnic, Bring your – Looking for genealogy records or ALL said children of Maunalei (w) & Kapi‘ioho 29 2018 in Kailua-Kona at Makaeo Events KEAWE Mary Mae aka Fat (Pua) Kaupu, Donald Pua kala. Call Cousin Susan Victor 988-1272, if family members for my grandmother Hannah (k) who were married 1847 in Ewa, O‘ahu. Pavilion. Children: Naiheauhau, Kealohapauole, and Eugene Pua. For more information, please you have any late additions to Family Album. Keawe born 1875 in North Kohala, HI. Married Seeking more information on Kapi‘ioho ‘Ohana Kaunahi, Kaaihue, Kamau, Kimona (Simeona), contact Ala Kawaauhau at 808-345-5440 or Annual Family Reunion Luncheon will be held my grandfather Henry K. Iaea born 1880 in as well. Please contact Mapuana - usinewa@ Malia, Wahinelawaia and J. K. Kuakahela. by email at [email protected]. in the fall. Date and time to be announced. The Ka‘u, HI. Married 1901 Hon. Territory of gmail.com. Please come and join us to plan this 2-day Please write “Pua Reunion” in the subject line. Hui O Zablan hope to see all you Joaquin and Hawai‘i birth 1896-1909. Index by name of event. Please contact Agnes if you have ques- You may also visit the David Kaluahi Pua a me Ane Nahaku Keaweamahi and Joaquin and mother Keawe Hannah, father Henry K. Iaea - MAIELUA – We are hoping to update the tions 808-987-1884. Maria Kini ‘ohana facebook page for updates. Maria Bothelo descendants and our Extended child Elizabeth Kalua born 7/19/1898 in North 1995 genealogy book of the Maielua Ohana, Families. Come help us celebrate our 80th! Kohala. Please call Ned Iaea 808-979-1800 or originating out of Lahaina, Maui. Our com- LOPES – The descendants of Seraphine PUHI – The 2018 Puhi Reunion will be held 808-426-1061. Mahalo! mon ancestors are Solomon Nukuhiwa Maielua Lopes & Pakele Kaluahine Kahumoku “2nd the last weekend of June 2018, at the Hawaiian and Koana Kenolio Nehemia (or Nehemia Ohana Reunion” is being held on July 29 FAMILY SEARCH Home Hall in Waimea, Kamuela, Hawai‘i. – We are Kenolio). Please contact J. Maielua by email - 29, 2018 at Swanzy Beach Park, 51-489 – Looking for genealogy records KINA/LINCOLN/BAILEY Return to the Big Island for our 20th year! CULLEN looking for the descendants of the unions at:[email protected]. Kamehameha Hwy., Ka‘a‘awa, O‘ahu. The for my great grandmother on my father’s This reunion will recognize the descendants of Meleana Kaimuali‘i Kina (Moloka‘i) and reunion gathering day is Saturday, July 28, side. Mary Cullen 1869-1920 married John of Keawe and Keluia, the parents of Eddie George Walter Lincoln, Nellie Lihue Lincoln WAIOLAMA – Searching for family mem- from 10a to 9p. Please join us for lunch and Fernandez 1860-1939. Their daughter Madeline Kenao Puhi, Jack Keawe Puhi, Walter Keawe and Charles Anson Bailey (Maui), Nellie Lihue bers and genealogical records of George dinner, bring a main dish w/ dessert. ‘Ohana Fernandez Colburn. Please call or text Pauahi Kaleikini, Esther Kaiona Keene and Helen Bailey (Maui) and John Domingo Joyce, Pearl (‘Ainaahiahi/Kaaniaahiahi) Waiolama born will have music, games, talk story and gene- Colburn at 722-8400. Mahalo nui. Kalahiki Rickard. Pickup of registration will “Peachie” Marie K. Bailey (Maui) and West about June 5, 1892 in Kahakuloa, Maui. alogy updates during the reunion. Camping is start from Friday evening, come for dinner and LaFortune, Meleana Wahineho‘ohano Nui Mother: Kawao Kaainaahiahi Kahakuloa, allowed on July 27 - 29, but you must obtain ESTRELLA/SOEIRO – My G-Grandparents some wala‘au. Saturday morning will be our (Maui/Moloka‘i) and Samuel Moewale Kaleo Maui. Father: (George Sr.) Waiolama of a C&C of Honolulu camping permit. The 13 Arsenio de Sousa Estrella & wife Carolina de family event (roadtrip!), and later meet up for (brother to Charles Lui Ko‘oko‘o and Kunewa Wailuku,Maui. George Jr. is a half brother of descendants of Seraphine Lopes & Pakele Jesus Soeiro came from Ribeira Grande, Sao the pa’ina Saturday evening. Sunday will be our Moewale). We are planning a reunion for my grandmother Elizabeth “Lizzie” Leialoha Kaluahine Kahumoku are: Seraphine Jr., Louie, Miguel, Azores. They arrived on O‘ahu in 1883 closing and wrap-up. Join our Facebook page October 2018. Please contact us at: oct2018. Cook. Also, family members of Waiolama on Tom, John (Violet Makia), Thomas (Annette on the ship “Albergeldie” with their two chil- 2018 Puhi Family Reunion. Or, email Daviann [email protected] or call Phyllis @291-5826, O‘ahu, Helemano area, who was a brother in Bogdanoff), Frank (Christina Bogdanoff), Eben dren Manuel & Maria.They then went to work Kama or Ella Waiwaiole at puhireunion@ Kanani @ 674-6679, or Moana @ 744-9901. law of 3x great uncle Konohiki Namahana “Nahi” (Maria Torres), Charles (Annie Ale on the plantation in North Kohala, Hawai‘i gmail.com for more info. Aloha mai! Kuemo (-no)/Kolaimo – Looking for descen- (Mahoe) (if this is the one and same Waiolama Kaleleiki Apana), David (Hannah Higgins), and had Joseph, Wilhelmina, John & Antone. dants of Japanese drifters who came to O‘ahu family?). Please contact Sissy Akui at kealoha- Jenny (Nahi Kukui), Mary (George Schutte), ROBINS- FRIEDENBURG – Thomas Somehow Arsenio left the family and where is in 1841, much earlier than the first Japanese [email protected]. Mahalo! ¢ Carrie (Joseph Keoki Paoa), & Girlty (George Robins/Victoria Friedenburg family gather- unknown. Carolina then went to Wailuku, Maui ing on July 14, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. till pau and married Christino Lorenzo (Lawrence) and immigrants came to Hawai‘i. Kuemo or ma¯KeKe iune2018 27 tHe MArKetPlACe

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