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KA WAI OLA THE LIVING WATER of OHA OFFICE of HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS • 711 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500 • Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813-5249 ‘Apelila (April) 2006 30th Anniversary return to Tahiti Vol. 23, No. 04 Mauna ‘Ala Caring for the royal resting place page 12 Waimea Valley Settlement negotiations continue page 09 Wiliwili woes Native tree threatened by tiny wasp page 11 Celebrating Hawai‘i’s ‘Songbird’ page 19 Interview with NAˉINOA THOMPSON Page 14 www.oha.org • Current business opportunities for Native Hawaiians The Office of Hawaiian Affairs • Info about the SBA 8(a) certification presents the program to access sole source contracts Hawaiian Business Conference & Economic Expo • Skills development and training May 18-19, 2006 workshops Hawai‘i Convention Center, Honolulu • Partnering opportunities with government REGISTER NOW FOR EARLY BIRD RATE and major contractors For information, conference fees and to register, visit online at www.oha.org or call the University of Hawai‘i Pacific Asian Center • Economic trade fair with exhibitors for Entrepreneurship and E-business at (808) 956-5083; fax: (808) 956-5107; e-mail: [email protected] • Inspirational keynote speakers EXCELLENT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES STILL AVAILABLE • Networking receptions SPONSORS: Maile: Pakalana: Northrop Grumman Corporation American Savings Bank Council for Native Hawaiian Pikake: Advancement Bank of Hawai‘i Lockheed Martin Central Pacific Bank Patton Boggs LLP, Attorneys at Law Russell Investment Group U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NOW IN PROGRESS Attention all Hawaiian-owned businesses: the Office of Hawaiian We are in the process of updating the more than 300 listings Affairs is seeking to identify Hawaiian-owned businesses in from a previous Hawaiian business directory and would like to Hawai‘i for a directory to be published later this year and to be significantly increase the volume with new Hawaiian businesses. available online. Our goal is to provide you greater visibility and We need your help. to help increase your business. The Native Hawaiian-Owned Business Directory will also be an excellent tool for networking. For additional information on the directory, call 808.594.1752. Visit online at www.oha.org to register and to participate in this publication. There is no cost to you. Office of Hawaiian Affairs Logo Specifications Sheet This document is a guide to the correct use of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) logo. All use of the OHA logo should follow these guidelines. No manipulation of the logo is permitted ( beveling, drop shadow, color change etc.) without authorization by the OHA Publication Specialist. - KA LEO KAIHAWAIIANAULU • LETTERS • ENGLISH TO THE EDITOR Color Logo: Two color logo PMS 574 (green) PMS‘APEL 282ILA (blue).200 Logo6 | can3 be used with or without "Office of Hawaiian Affairs" text. 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The abun- NASA’s Hubble Spy Scope has discov- the household is more effective against dant plant life is used for many things Tel: 808.594.1886 ered a 12th planet in our solar system. repeat crimes than corporal punishment. besides food, such as medicine and cloth- Fax: 808.594.1875 Email: [email protected] The celestial body, dubbed HAYN86 or However, no one is ostracized from the ing. They even refine a super-powerful HAYN for short, was found to be teeming Reve rsed Out Logo: The logo can be reproduced reversed out in any color as long as the logo remains family unit except for serious wrongdo- fuel from a fermented fruit called noni. while. Logo can be used with or without "Office of Hawaiian Affairs" text. with an intelligent life form. The planet, ings such as murder, rape and joining the Scientists also discovered a vast garland John D. Waihe‘e IV Vice Chair, Trustee, At-large as well as the creatures living on it, was Frank Delima fan club. of bio-thermal energy that surrounds the named after the original inhabitants of the There are three distinct castes in the tiny world. The HAYNs call this ethereal Tel: 808.594.1838 Hawaiian Islands, long since extinct due population: the ruling class, the common- belt “Ah-Low-Ha,” which our linguists Fax: 808.594.0208 Email: [email protected] to poor health and self-genocide pacts ers and government workers or “untouch- loosely translate as “love,” a noxious during the “crabs-in-a-bucket” political ables.” The most corpulent HAYNs are emotion that was genetically weeded out wars of 2007. Rowena Akana worshiped as models and celebrities. of the human genome decades agoFor due additional to information contact the OHATrustee, Publications At-large Specialist at 594-1888 The Hubble Spy Scope has revealed The environment is revered by the all the misery it caused on Earth. many things about the inhabitants of inhabitants. Natural resources are strictly Tel: 808.594.1860 HAYN. Crime is practically nonexistent Fax: 808.594.0209 rationed, but the locals still manage to John Kapanui Email: [email protected] as family structures are so strong as to share their last morsels with stellar tour- Honolulu, O‘ahu Dante Keala Carpenter Trustee, O‘ahu Tel: 808.594.1854 armband. When will they know at Hälawa Correctional Facility. Please help me in my quest Fax: 808.594.0210 Hijacking heritage that our culture is not for sale, Yet I have been made aware that for an answer that would justify Email: [email protected] cannot be hijacked and that any letters written in other languages, such reasoning. In KWO’s Malaki 2006 issue, derivative of it does not produce such as Vietnamese and Samoan, Donald B. Cataluna I read bruddah DeBolt’s letter to a magical blood quantum. are accepted through the mail Symphaeni Pesamino-Kumuko‘a, Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau the editor, “Made in Hawai‘i.” I am Kanaka Maoli; it is process. I would love to gain Kahili Keohuhu and Tel: 808.594.1881 I totally agree with his point. unwise to consider me other- more information as to why this Tilionapuanani Keohuhu Fax: 808.594.0211 Moreover, I am angered by the wise! is so. 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Trustee, Maui or authenticate their place in stunted in the growth of my Tel: 808.594.1858 our land. ancestral culture, as it seems Send letters to: Fax: 808.594.1864 I was more deeply disturbed that I am not allowed to send Ka Wai Ola Email: [email protected] when I went swimming and saw any correspondence in ka ‘ölelo 711 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500 Honolulu, HI 96813 a young haole boy flaunting a Hawai‘i to my significant other, or email [email protected] Oz Stender tätau niho manö in a full-on who is presently incarcerated Trustee, At-large Tel: 808.594.1877 Fax: 808.594.1853 Published monthly by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 711 Kapi‘olani Boulevard, Ste. 500, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813. Telephone: 594-1980 or 1-800-468-4644 ext. 41888. Fax: 594-1865. Email: [email protected]. World Wide Web location: www.oha.org. 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