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Volume 14, Number 4 'Apell/o (April) '97

Enrollment is limited. Any student entering Performing Arts Academy grades 6-12 may apply; preference is given to Hawaiians. Cost is $300. Explore the Arts! Explore and in crease Financial aid is also available to your appreciation of performing arts this Hawaiians hased on need. Airfare to and summer. from O'ahu will be paid for all neighbor Sign up for courses in band, chOir, island students accepted to the program. orchestra, dance, Hawaiian ensemble and No boarding is available. more during the Six-week, half-day sessions To apply, call 842-8295 or the beginning June 18. (12:30 pm-4:15 pm). Kamehameha Schools Neighbor Island Regional Resource Center on your island.

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Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA, Office of Hawaiian Affairs 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Suite 500 Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813-5249

Special pullout I OHA's EYES ON THE LEGISLATURE - .,

Volume 14, Number 4 'Apelila (April) 1997 State auditor report: OHA invests beneficiary llloney wisely

by Deborah l. Ward OHA Chairman Clayton Hee said, "We take seriously our commitment to strengthening this financial competence and soundness as these are just-comPleted state legislative auditor's critical prerequisites for achieving future goals report has concluded that the Office of and objectives." A Hawaiian Affairs has much to be proud Under Chapter 10, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, of in its handling of long-term investments and OHA is the principal public agency in the state has established a foundation of sound invest- responsible for the performance, development ment policy and investment and coordination of programs management." ...... and relating native The legislative audit states, Hawallans and Hawallans, "OHA's long-term investment "We take seriously except for programs adminis- policy has significantly . tered by the Department of improved, and its present invest- our commitment to Hawaiian Home Lands. OHA ment strategy (investing long- strengthening this was established under the state term assets in a diversified com- .. constitution as a corporate body bination.of equity and fixed financial and self-governing agency sepa- income securities and reinvest- competence and rate from the executive branch, ing the dividends and interest whose mission is to better the payments received from those soundness as these conditions of all persons of investments) is reasonable for are critical Hawaiian ancestry. the time being." OHA has more State law requires the audi- than $245 million in cash and prerequisites for tor to conduct an audit of OHA investments. achieving future at least once every four years. The 59-page audit just com- Previous audit reports were pleted was intended to describe goals and objec- issued in December 1993 and in and assess OHA's management tives. " February 1990. The auditor also noted that "OHA needs better controls over its programs, its - Clayton Hee cash and short-term invest- working relationships and clear- ments, and its long-term invest- er directions for its programs." .. The report said OHA's trustees • ments. The audit concludes that OHA should build on its investments, and plan and staff "need to rise above internal discontent strategically to link investments to programs and discord that could compromise OHA's mis- which better conditions for Hawaiia,ns. It called sion, and move ahead to meet challenges in pro- for OHA to develop a comprehensive strategic gram planning, monitoring, evaluation and bud- plan for the use of its long-term investments, geting." including specific strategies for assisting native The legislative audit contains detailed rec- Hawaiians, and decisions on which long-term ommendationsfor improving OHA's working programs will be supported. relationships and providing program direction. Monument to Tahitian healers respected. "JII"/ . by Barbra An PJeadwell ':JA

Inside this Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA our large stones sit 30 feet away Waikiki Police OHA Tutorial Conference 2 PIn KuhlO Beach Park. TheIr signifi- cance is explained by a nondescript Apple snails & the taro industry 3 plaque. The stones are a monument to four Letters to the Editor 5 legendary healers from Moa'ulanuiakea Administrator's column 5 in Ra'iatea, Tahiti who came to Hawai'i long before the reign of Kakuhihewa, Fishing tales 7 Chief of O'ahu. Improvements proposed by Queen Emma Foundation and sup- Kahana: cultural park 8 ported by the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation aim to restore respect for the Community and Hawaiian agencies and organiza- SPECIAL PULL OUT SECTION: monument. tions honored No Pohaku Ola Kapaemohu a OHA Eyes on the Legislature A 1 - A8 Formerly called the "Wizard Stones," Kapuni monument (formerly called the "Wizard they have been renamed Na Pohaku Ola Stones") last month with ho'okupu at a blessing by Kapaemahu a Kapuni by Papa Henry Papa Henry Auwae. Pictured above is a special Auwae, respected traditional healer and ahu for the ceremony. Nutrition column 9 herbal medicine practitioner. The monument is part of a Waikiki Historic Waikiki District. Board of Trustee columns 9 - 11 Trail that a public-private partnership is build- The stones are being placed on a platform 25 Hawaiian language column 14 ing to restore a native Hawaiian presence to inches high, a fence is enclosing the monument, Waikiki. Eventually, the trail will mark 21 sites native plants are being added, and additional Calendar & reunions 15 of Hawaiian historical significance in the No Pohaku continued on page 6

b 'Ao '00 'Eluo Ka Wai 010 0 OHA 'Ape/llo (AprtD '97

Educators share benefits of student tutorial programs funded by OHA

by Kelli Meskin BOARD OF TRUSl'EES

ClaytonHee Chairman & Trustee, O'ahu ilo High School has 60 students who are native Abraham Aiona Hawaiian. Through OHA's Tutorial Program, and Vice-Chair & Trustee, ¥gui funds from Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center- Rowena Akana H -Lili'uokalani Trust, those students have raised their grade Trustee-At-Large average, tome to 5:0 andbigher. when they are not. Billie Beamer Trustee-At-Large Last month, OHA's Lucy Meyer, a genealogy researcher who spoke at the A. Frenchy DeSoto Education Division held a confer- conference, explained some of the approaches needed to Trustee-At-Large ence to recognize schools receiv- trace ancestral documentation. She says it's difficult to find Haunani Apoliona ing tutorial program support ancestors sometimes because the name on the record may Trustee-At-Large fromOHA. be different. They may have changed their name or they Moses K. Keale, Sr. Thirteen schools from across may have been called by one name and recorded under Trustee, Kaua'i & NJ'lhau the state met to show what they another. Hannah Kihalani Springer had accomplished with support "As an educator if you don't know who you are or Colette Pi'i'pi'i Machado from OHA. They showed videos where you come from it's difficult to teach this to chil- Trustees Elect of their reading programs and displays all, reflecting posi- dren," Meyer said. -'''' tive results in students' grades and confidence levels. It is important to know history, math and English ADMINISTRATION The OHA tutorial program awards money to schools when doing ancestry research in order to read and under- and community projects to conduct educational programs stand the time your ancestors lived in, she said. Knowing Linda Colburn and tutoring for Hawaiian youths. the history of different places helped her in finding docu- Administrator The program is only for Hawaiian students. The tutor- ments she needed to find other family members. Sesnita A. Moepono Deputy Administrator ial program is now asking that three generations of docu- The education division also works with OHA's Martha Ross mentation be submitted by each student to prove they are Operation 'Ohana Ancestry Registry program. There is no Deputy Administrator Hawaiian. cost or age limit to register and Operation 'Ohana has Rona Rodenhurst, OHA's education officer, explained helped families gather background for genealogy research. Published by the OffIce of HawaIIan that this is necessary because people today are marking For more information call OHA's Planning Division at AffaIrs Public information OffIce- down on birth certificates that their children are Hawaiian 594-1960. Barbara Hastings Public Information Officer Deborah Lee Ward Ho'ornalu 'Elua rna Kualoa - April 18 & 19 Publications Specialist Kelli Meskin Gathering for peacemaking continues Barbta Plead well Public Editors O'omalu rna Kualoa, a second gathering of • who plan to camp during the weekend should register Hawaiians to reach unity on Hawaiian sovereign- with Kamali'i, preferably in advance, to allow assignment Ka Waf 0Ia 0 OHA "The Living Water of OHA" H ty, is planned April1S-20 at Kualoa Regional Park. of camping sites. A registration fee of $2 is requested of all Published monthly by the Office of Hawaiians Coordinator lGna'u Boyd Kamali'i said all Hawaiians are participants, regardless of whether they plan to camp or Affairs, 71 1 Kapl'olanl Boulevard, 5th floor, invited to the weekend unity gathering to continue a dia- not. Meals are the responsibility of individual partici- Honolulu, Hawal'l 96813. Telephone: 594-1 888 or 1-800-468-4644 ext. 41888. Fax: 594·1 865. E- logue to forge understanding and agreement, healing, pants, their family group or organization. mail: [email protected]. World Wide Web trust and commitment to shared principles. "We hope For information about Ho'omalu Elua rna Kualoa, or address Is http://planet-hawall.com/oha. everyone will come," Kamali'i said. "We will listen to all to register or make donations, contact lGna'u Boyd Circulatlon Is 67 ,CXX) copies, 6O,CXX) of which are distributed by mail. 7,(XX) are distributed mana'o (thoughts, opinions) brought forward." Kamali'i at 941-4946. through Island offices, state and county "Ho'omalu Elua," is based on the idea of "ho'omalu: offices, private and community agencies and target groups and Individuals. Ka 0 to bring under the care and protection of, to rule over, OHA Is printed by RFD Publications. • govern, make peace between warring parties; to preside, Office of Hawaiian Affairs Hawafian fonts are provided by Coconl;lt Info. as at a meeting." A number of Hawaiian organizations Advertising in Ka Wai 010 0 OHA does not constitute an endorsement of products or indi- ) which have differed strongly in the past on issues related Change' of Address form viduals by the Of c e of Hawaiia n Affa irs . to Hawaiian sovereignty and Hawaiian rights are sharing Grophlcs are om Click Hawaiian Art, © 1996 Varez/CI. in the planning and expenses. A previous gathering held Feb. 7-9 drew 560 partici- Ka warole 0 '0t1A is published by the Office of Hawaiian ffairs to help Inform its Hawaiian pants. Expenses for rental of meeting tents, sound system beneficiaries and pther Interested parties and portable toilets ran to about $1,600. Contributions by about HawaiiOfl issues and actlvitles. and OHA participants raised about $2,000, said Kamali'i, so there is programs and efforts. some "seed money" to begin to cover expenses of the sec- Notice fo ond unity gathering. In addition to a main tent, several Ka Wai OIa 0 OHA will accept for considera- smaller tents will be rented, she said, to provide more tion contributed news releases and letters to space for participants, and additional areas for meetings. the editor on topics of relevance and interest to OHA and nattve Hawaiians. as well as cal- A letter is being sent to a list of organizations and families endar event and reunion notices. Ka Wal 0 10 who previously participated, to invite their participation o OHA reserves the right to ec:nt all material for length and content, or not to publish as avail- and donations in any amount. able space or other considerations may "Last time, we did a process of agreeing to agree on City ----:f7'--- State ___ ZIP_--,-_ ,- require . Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA policy Is not to acc ept unsol1cited manusctipts . Deadlines some issues," Kamali 'i said . "This time we will have the are strictly observed. opportunity to go back to refine the palapala 'aelike (con- sensus statement). We will also discuss the things not A c o py of the newspaper is mailed each agreed upon at the last Ho'omalu, such as election of del- month to the oldest registered OHA voter at City __-""'-- __ each address. to be shored by the household. egates to a Hawaiia n con-con, ceded lands, ali 'i trusts." To keep receiving Ka Wai Oia 0 OHA, please remember to vote In each election. Our mali- A master camping permit has been obtained . Those ing list Is based on the OHA voter lists and when the City and County c lerks purge the list Phone Number: ___ _ of non-voters. our list is a lso affected. Mahalol Ka Wai ala a aHA Deadlines For advertising rates and information, call OHA Are you an OHA registered voter? Yes __-... at 594-1980. Next issue will be out May 3 Deadline for articles: AprilS © 1996 Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Deadline for classified ads: April 10 Social Security Number: ______All rights reserved. Deadline for advertising reservation for May issue: April 1 Deadline for advertising reservation for June issue: May 1 •

'Apellia Ka Waf-Ola 0 OHA 'Ao'oo 'Ekolu CApri) '97

Apple Snail study stirs up controversy Apple snails Last November, the Ka Wai Ola they live between two and five • cause big o OHA ran a story about apple years. problems for taro snails that sparked some debate in The apple snail poses a major farmers, . the taro-growing community. The threat to aquatic vegetables like but some are mak- story focused on a University of watercress, ung choy, and lotus as ing Hawai'i Sea Grant Extension well. In the Philippines they are the money off the Service study of apple snails infest- number one rice pest. aquatic ing Hawai'i's wetland taro lo'i. The pest. study explores the marketability of the apple snail as Hawaiian escar- got to upscale restaurants. Is it too late for eradication? The apple snail, while a poten- Raising apple snails for escargot vs. getting rid of them tial cash crop, is also an aquatic pest. In an hour's time, apple snails . While some taro farmers have purposely infested their by Barbra An Pleadwell lo'i with apple snails to raise them for profit, others want can digest a taro lau (leaf) leaving nothing to do with the mollusk. And for some, there only the he (stem). The study hasn't been a choice. annually, according to a 1994 UH study. Compare this to a Two years ago a taro farmer in Waipi'o Valley on the full time industrial worker estimated to put in about 2,000 explores ways of controlling the Big Island planted apple snails in his lo'i to raise them for hours of labor per year. apple snail, and analyzes their profit. Because the aquatic pest can float and move down- Poi prices were up last year as a result of a taro short- stream very quickly, mapy farms in this area are now age last year. The shortage is blamed on a number of potential as a crop. infested. Professors with the U.H. College of Tropical things including an increase in apple snail infestations. In Since it was released, U.H. pro- Agriculture found that the snails have even made their the past two years the price of a one-pound bag of poi has way down to a beach at the base of the valley. They also gone up 10 to 15 cents. Average prices in 1996 ranged fessors involved with the study have charted slow movement of the snails upstream. Once they from $3 to $4 for a pound of poi. received a great deal of feedback reach the fork of the stream, it is assumed the snails will infest the entire valley. Apple snail infestations are a prob- Apple snails continued on page 6 from farmers and others in the taro lem in taro patches on industry. While there are some most islands (except farmers who report success with the Moloka'i to date). "Everything possi· twcrcrop strategy, many feel ble should be done to strongly at · pro otio could prevent their further read amun th devastate Hawai'i's taro industry. islands, including peo- The apple snail (Pomacea ple raising it for food," says Robert Cowie, a canaliculata) is native to South snail expert with America and is found in the Bishop Museum. For the large Ph ili ppines and Taiwan. According majority of taro farm- to Robert Cowie, a snail expert with ers, apple snails are unwelcome pests that Bishop Museum, the apple snail mean disaster for taro was introduced to Hawai'i in 1989 lo'i. Farmers have by farmers in Ke'anae, Maui. They attempted many eradi cation methods includ· planted apple snails in their 10 'i ing ducks (they eat the hoping to raise them as a second snails), copper sulfate (kills the snails), drain- crop. But, unlike other aquatic ing the lo'i (causes the snails that feed on algae, the snails to burrow in the mud away from the apple snail feeds on aquatic crops, taro), and trapping. making for a less than ideal two- But some farmers are raising and marketing THE CHECKING ACCOUNT wrTH WINGS.8M crop system. Since then, apple the snails as Hawaiian If you want to travel the world, then you'll want the Mileage snail infestations have become a escargot, and say they Access Card! It works with your Bankoh Checking Account", are making good problem on every island except and when you use it to make a purchase, you earn Mileage money. Moloka'i. It is estimated that there Last year apple Access points good towards FREE airfare: are 98 million snails in Wailua Valley snails increased labor • On ANY A1RUNE. for Kaua'i taro farmers in Ke'anae. That's 13 snails per by 50 percent, said • To anywhere. square foot. 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Now that he u.s. should address Pacific human rights momentarily unpleas- has brought our fiscal Much high-profile applause for Nation has been subject to genocide ant, but worth the division up to Secretary Df State Madeline Albright in for over a century, as have the Lakota, relief in the long run. almost full her quest to make an American state- the Navajo, the Shoshone and almost capacity we ment on human rights in Asia. Truly every other First Nation where the Consistent with this analogy, the will generate many Dppressive conditions exist in U.S. has set its flag. I am also inferring state audit team recently cQmpleted a mQre regular China, and the annexation of Tibet is that every American citizen who is comprehensive assessment of OHA's balance nothing short of systematic genocide, here in Hawai'i benefitting frDm this management controls over its pro- sheets and Linda Colburn deserving punishment. illegal and injurious occupation of a grams, cash, as well as short and long Qperating OHA Administrator However, before Secretary sovereign Kingdom is, as Article III term investments. This exercise statements fQr Qfficers' and Trustees' Albright can remove the shards of states, complicity in the act of ongoing involved examination of program use. freedom from a bloodied empire genocide. As I said, the whole world files, funding sources, internal corre- Perhaps the most welcome find- across the Pacific, the world would is watching our colonial white faces to spondence, news articles, board and ings by the auditor's team are fQund expect an address of the DbviDUS gauge our sincerity and awareness. committee meeting minutes, planning in the conclusion Qf Chapter 3 of the inequities here Dn American territ-or.ial . 'I '"[)w generatiDns surround us in spirit documents, accounting documents, audit report. ..." The Office of claims. and in deed. and budget documents. Hawaiian Affairs has much to be AlthDugh many First I offer this letter as evidence of the Marion Higa's audit staff met proud Df in its handling Qf long term Nations/Native struggles within protest of (we) the people, of these with OHA trustees, the administrator, investments. OHA has established a United States territory deserve recog- Sovereign States of the Americas, deputy administrators, divisiQn and foundation of sound investment PQli- nition and resolutiDn, the American against the Dppressive actions of the office heads, and selected staff mem- cy and investment management... " imperial conquest Df the Hawaiian U.s. federal institution in relatiDn to bers. They even observed a Board of These excerpts CDme from the Kingdom sets a significant example for First Nations peoples. I also urge all Trustees meeting conducted on the auditDr'S report which examined the current Congress and constituents gODd readers of this letter to write island of Lana'i. OHA management controls over its Df the U.S. federal institution. your protest, using these references, to This process was comprehensive, programs from 1994-1996. No. significant redress (or even Secretary Albright, President ClintDn, involved and demanding. A separate Deloitte and Touche apDIDgy)* has been made fDr these and the U.S. CDngress. When the audit was over, how- Df audit Df OHA financial statements fQr events of a century ago., which enabled An invitatiDn is given to. all YDU, ever, we experienced a measure of the year ended June 30, 1996 has just the U.S. to. claim Hawai'i as its territo- especially the kama'aina, to. send relief and Dme unusual wDrd Df been released as well. In Qur DpiniDn, ry all these hurtful years, nDW a state cDpies of YDur letters and testimDny to. encouragement. the independent auditDr repDrts that being flDwn DV r by DEA helicDpters, m fDr my research project and book: The auditQrs found certain prac- such combined financial statements which, incidently, were used in the "Mana fDr Hungry GhDStS: America's tices weaken working relationships. present fairly, in all material respects, federal DperatiDn against the Pai fami- Hidden Hawaiian HD1Dcaust." FDr example, ome members of the financial positiDn of OHA at June ly to. move them frDm their ancestral SugarthDrn StudiDS, P. O. BDX 1519, OHA's Board of Trustees circumvent 30,1996 and 1995, and the results Qf five acres. My fellDw haDles/fDreign- PahDa, Hawai'i 96778. MahalD nui. OHA policy of requiring trustees to its Qperations fQr the years then ended ers, don't YDU see that what we have Bryan Craig Evans cDmmunicate with staff through the are in conformity with generally allDwed to. be dDne to. the defenseless Puna, Hawai'i administratQr. The state auditors rec- accepted accounting principles. amDng us this gDvernment will be ommended that the Board of The audit teams responsible fQr willing to. do to us? Consider this his- *Editor's note: In 1993 Congress passed, Trustees ... "enforce its policy that all generating these repQrts wDrked hard tDrical truth: Hitler and the Third and President Clinton signed, Public Law trustee requests fDr staff assistance be to. cQmplete their thorough review Qf Reich used the models established by 103-150, which apologizes to the Native channeled thrQugh the administra- our programs and financial Qpera- the U.S. GDvernment in its dealings Hawaiian people on behalf of the United I tor." agree that adherence to this tions. ®Ur staff alSo. worked IQng with First NatiDns as inspiratiDn fDr States government, for the wrongful over- existing policy would make for less hours to. make available all the neces- their ghettDes and death camps. throw of the Hawaiian kingdom. disruption, staff overload and cDnfu- sary dQcumentation necessary for the I cDntend that the Hawaiian sion in the work place. .. completion of these impQrtant audits. The auditors also advised us that The bottom line? OHA financial we need to. mQve ahead to meet dial-. and management audits made a num- lenges in program planning, mDnitor- ber of recommendations which will ing, evaluati0!l, and budgeting. Since help us improve our performance - Letters to the editor are encouraged for publicatiDn on a space-available Ernest Kimoto, our planning Qfficer many of which are already being joined the staff, we have completed a basis. Longer letters may be considered for editorial commentaries. Letters implemented. Our financial state- to the editor shall be: Technical Manual of Evaluation ments and portfolio are sound and Services in OHA and a MQnitQring • specifically addressed to Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA; secure. • legibly signed by the author; and Plan and Procedures of the OHA Now that this long, exacting, yet • accompanied by an address and/ or telephone number for verification Functional Plans. FunctiQnal and ultimately helpful audit process is purposes. divisiQnal plan revisions are already over, it is time to. refocus our energies OHA reserves the right to edit all letters for length, defamatory and underway in several divisiQns, actions and attentiQn to. the business at hand. libelous material, and other objectionable content, and reserves the right to completely consistent with the audi- Mahalo to all who. made these audits print. If you do not want to see your letter cut, be sure it does not exceed 200 words and that it is typewritten and double-spaced. Send letters to Ka tor's findings. a success. The auditors also offered sugges- Wai Ola 0 OHA, 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Suite 500, HonDlulu, Hawai'i 96813. Welina e no mea hula: Mahalo fDr everyone's support! large, who. were so cDncerned fDr me and my pahu. CapitDl. At the end of January 1997, my ''baby'' was have had so many peDple come to ask me abDut my Again, mahalo nui IDa i na mea apau no. kD stolen. '0 Makuakani kQna inoa. It is my pahu that pahu and to. let me knDw that they had so. much 'DukDU kiikulu kumuhana. was made by my father. The word went out abQut alDha for what happened. Mililani Allen the I think that because of all Df the mana'o maika'i pahu, and flyers were sent out and flyers were Halau Hula 0. Mililani received and duplicated by people who I didn't even and the pDsitive mana that came my way, the pahu Wai'anae, Hawai'i know. was recDvered. The baby is back in the hale, it can I want to thank all of the peQple Qut there in the no. lDnger remain in the halau. Her leo. was heard for Wai'anae community as well as the cOllUI)unity-at- the first time in public at the 24 hDur vigil at the -State 'Ao'oo 'Eono Ko Woi 0 /0 0 OHA 'Ape/llo 6 (ApriD '97 quarried from Kaimuki at the former NaPohaku site of Chief Kakuhihewa's daughter's home (now the juncture of Fifth and Wai'alae Avenues) and brought to signs in Hawaiian and English with the Ulukou (near the present site of the story of the stones are being put up as . Moana Hotel in Waikiki). Two were part of the efforts to improve the site. placed on the grounds of their residence To begin the restoration Auwae led and two at their usual bathing place in a public ceremony blessing the stones. the sea. Thousands turned out to help Representatives from the City and because the stones weighed several tons County, the Queen Emma Foundation, each. The healers named the stones for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, themselves and gave mana (supernatur- Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate al powers) to them. Rituals, prayers and other community and Hawaiian and celebrations followed and the heal- agencies and organizations attended ers returned to their homeland. and offered ho'okupu presentations. In 1907, the stones were placed Auwae's la'au lapa'au haumana (stu- together on Princess Miriam Likelike dents) performed as part of the ceremo- and Gov. Archibald Cleghorn's proper- ny. ty in Waikiki. In 1941, part of the prop- A protocol cultural specialist from erty was leased for a bowling alley and the island of Raiatea, Pierre Sham Koua, the stones were broken and buried offered a stone from the land the healers No Pohaku Ola Kapaemohu a Kapuni monument, pre-improvement. The under the building. In 1958, the bowl- were from as ho'okupu. The stone is stones are being raised off the ground with 25-inch platforms, a fence is ing alley was demolished and the area called Ta'ahu Ea, with means "the life." going up, native plants are being incorporated into the monument, and taken over by the City and County of After the blessing Auwae talked signs in English and Hawaiian will better explain their significance. Honolulu for a park. During the excava- about the need for people of today t tions, the stones were rediscovered. understand the traditions of the past and requested the monument when they left the islands. Because of their historical and spiritual rekindle respect for the history of Hawai'i. An offi- They were known for their curing powers through- significance, the City and County decided to keep cial dedication for the monument is planned for out the Hawaiian Islands. the stones and place them just above the wash of the early April when the restoration is completed. Richard Paglinawan of the Queen Emma waves. In 1980, the stones were moved again further The healers represented by the stones - Foundation, and a cultural expert, researched the mauka to their present site. Kapaemahii, Kapuni, Kahaloa and Kinohi - stones. According to Paglinawan, the stones were

Apple snails A c lutch of water. continued from page 3 apple snail Wendt says that if taro farmers eggs con- don't already have apple snails in their The problem has gotten so bad leg- tains lo'i, they will shortly. "A smart person islation has been proposed to fund full between 25 will use it (the apple snail) economical- cale apple nail eradication and edu- and 1,000 ly, to diversify aquaculture in cation efforts. These measures died, eggs, with an Hawai'i." however, partially because there are average of Hilo poi manufacturers Vonn hvo chools of thought on the is ue. 200. Logan, owner of Pa'i'ai Poi Systems, Farmers who see the profit potential in and Gilbert Chang, owner of Pu'uio raising the apple snail are against erad- Poi Factory, don't like the idea of taro ication efforts which could potentially farmers raising apple snails. wipe out an economic opportunity. "The perspective of an aquacultur- A group in Ke'anae, Maui oppos- ist is much different than that of a taro ing eradication efforts formed a coop- farmer," Logan says in reference to the erative, Na Moku Aupuni 0 Ko'olau Sea Grant study. "These are very Hui. Na Moku attempts to balance the lost because the snails are damaging opposes eradication efforts. Bo'Ke severe infestations." production of taro and the collection of the taro," he said. Farms is credited with initiating apple "You're only raising taro to feed apple snails. The group's president, According to information from the snail marketing efforts in 1993. Hun the snail," Chang said...... UH Sea Grant Extension Service, fresh says the concept of raising apple sna!ls "Taro and the traditional .. apple snails are sold for between $3 as a second crop began with his son's Hawaiian culture are warped by this and $6 a pound, making it a more fourth-grade science project five years short term goal," Cowie said. There is lucrative crop than taro which sells for ago. Hun now shells, vacuum packs also the potential damage to wetland ,ev- just under 50 cents a pound. and freezes the snails for a number of. e Cowie adds. eftl4e, 4f Na Moku collects about 300 restaurants, distributors and markets "Hawaiians have always eaten pounds of apple snails a week, and throughout the state. Hun, who is not snails out of the taro patches, piipii ,,, 4))e- they are hopeful that number will a taro farmer, grows apple snails in lo'i," says Wendt, "Another species of increase to 1,000 pounds a week. tanks on gravel beds. His "closed sys- snails has been introduced; it is the Wendt stresses, however, that taro is tem" is described by Sea Grant as . cousin of the abalone." the group's main agricultural product. being the safest means of raising apple "You can control the (infestation) "We're not here to stop taro snails. growth so you .can grow better quality growth, we're here to enhance taro "We don't approve of selling snails taro without using chemicals," Wendt growth," Wendt says. "This way peo- live," says Hun. "None of our snails said. "Copper sulfate causes blindness ple will be encouraged to return to the are leaving our plant alive." and deafness, and hurts the environ- - Robert Cowie, snail expert lo'i where they are ensured further Cowie says that while Hun may be ment." economic growth." a responsible person raising apple Harry Ako, a professor with the ...... "We are not promoting it (raising snails, there are too many risks UH College of Tropical Agriculture, apple snails), we are trying to control involved. "However robust you make says he and his colleagues are looking Edward Wendt, says raising apple it," says Clyde Tamaru, aquaculture your enclosures (tanks), hurricanes at both sides of the issue. They contin- snails will help to improve Maui . specialist with Sea Grant. "1 don't and flooding can spread the snails," he ue to explore ways to increase the mar- unemployment rates and provide fam- think we can eradicate, but I think we said. ketability of the apple snail, as well as ilies with supplemental income. Part can control it." Tamaru points out the "Promote snails as a potential ways to control it. Ako plans to study of the money the group makes from snails feed less on taro when they are source of revenue, and then there is the effectiveness of koi (ornamental selling apple snails is used for scholar- being fed. the real potential for irresponsible peo- carp) in taro patches. Koi, like ducks, ships. Cowie agrees that eradication is ple to spread snails all around the taro are snail predators, but don't require Cowie notes that no formal eco- not possible but says it is possible to growing areas of the state," Cowie as much management. The depart- nomic evaluation of the two-crop sys- prevent their further spread. He adds said. ment of Agriculture has a new mullus- tem has been done. "On the one hand, that promoting apple snails as a crop is Tamaru says Sea Grant discour- cide called Baylucide that may be stud- there's the money that can be made not the answer. ages farmers from raising apple snails, ied if there is funding. from selling snails. And on the other Francis Hun, owner of Bo'Ke especially if they are close to a body of hand, there's the money that's being Farms of Hawai'i in Wai'anae, also 'Ape/Ilo _", (Apr/O '91 '

Loan fund recipient buys out boss, beats his business plan goal

by Barbra An Pleadwell In the shop sit fwo tractors under repair, waiting for parts. New tractors waiting to be bought sit in front of the Paul Muranaka had been working for Tropic shop. Equipment Center selling and repairing farm equip- Muranaka used some of his loan to ment for 14 years when he was offered a chance to buy a forklift, a truck, tools and invento- buyout the owner. ry. With his profits, he invested in a Muranaka is now his own boss, sole proprietor computer system that runs industry soft- of Hawai'i Farm Services in Hilo, the only Massey- ware diagramming equipment parts. Ferguson tractor dealership on the east side of Computer CDs replace thick manuals Hawai'i Island. that take up shelf space. In the first 11 months of operation Hawai'i Farm ''I'm really happy that I'm doing Services exceeded its gross sales goal by a third. well," he says, "I've used less than half 'lt's great, but tiring," Muranaka said, "It means of the loan. The rest is sitting in the early mornings and late nights." bank." -- Owning your own business also means a lot Muranaka says one of the reasons more paperwork, Muranaka says but he admits he he's doing well is because of the person- Loan Fund ReCipient Paul Muranaka in front of his yea likes to see how the money comes and goes. For al attention he gives his customers. He business, Hawai'i Farm Services. now Muranaka and fiance Janice Iwashita are says he has a hard time referring to peo- Hawai'i Farm Services' only employees. Muranaka's ple he's been dealing with over the years as "cus- from their fields." business plan allows for hiring employees in a year's tomers;" so many have become friends. "I'm not But Muranaka is humble about his success, cred- time. here to push anyone to buy. I'm not a salesman. I've iting his former employer. "I didn't start something "When I moved, I wanted to keep my expenses seen a lot of salesmen - they're examples of what I new. It was already there and people keep coming low," Muranaka says, "When I did my business don't want to be. Before they ask 'How are you?' back" plan, I made it real conservative. I was scared . I they ask 'What are you going to buy today?'" Muranaka says he deals with a lot of different didn't know if I was going to make it, if I could sur- "The bigger operations send their customers to people with diverse needs, like new immigrants who vive." the service department when there's a problem. Or need help with language. "There is a language barri- When Muranaka applied for a bank loan with they don't help you if you didn't buy your equip- er, but they feel comfortable with me. lf we have to, First Hawaiian and American Savings, he was told ment from them ." we draw pictures." that he was "high risk" and turned down. That's Muranaka says he spends about 65 percent of his Muranaka sees continued success for Hawai'i when Muranaka called Noel Fujimoto, loan officer time doing repairs and 35 percent working on sales. Farm Services. "There is a future for farmers. More with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), and Service calls are a big part of Muranaka's workload. people are looking into farming, or looking to asked for help. He says he likes going out in the field because it expand." Fujimoto told Muranaka about OHA's Native breaks up the day. He remembers being called out Muranaka's been approached to be a guest Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund. Muranaka applied to the middle of a taro paddy to service a tractor that speaker for other Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan early last year and was approved for a $70,000 loan. fell into a dip filled with water and wouldn't start. Fund recipients. He says he'll tell prospective busi- OHA also helped with a three-year business plan for "I had to take a boat to get to the tractor. It was ness owners to expect long hours. Hawai'i Farm Services. raining and the engine was underwater. There was a But despite the long hours, Muranaka says he With the loan he rented warehouse space on problem with the ignition system. That was a whole really enjoys his work. "He loves it," his fiance Manono Street in Hilo next to the community col- day project. Iwashita will tell you. The couple plans to wed in lege. Already, Muranaka says he needs more space. "These farmers depend on their equipment. October. "This place is way too small- a thousand They need someone to rely on. That's why I come in square feet," he says, "I really have to expand." early and stay late; that's when the farmers come in to make a living, two dream becomes a reality "I think we're gonna get it going. . . , but it's by Kelli Meskin gonna take time." he said. Their clients are referred to them through fishing supply stores and close friends, and they sell their vive on my own," Lee said. nets at the swap meet. Lee, who's from Keaukaha on the Big Lee says she would like to return to the Big Island, likes to go night diving in the early Island someday to open a fishing store. morning while the fish sleep. "I always wanted to open my own fishing busi- "I love diving; that's my sport,"she said. ness," she said. "That's why I don't have kids yet, I Her grandfather taught her how to dive want to be set first." with a Hawaiian sling. The sling rese.mbles a Kam and Lee also market the fish they catch, and three-prong metal spear, but it only has one sell mini throw nets to hang as mirror ornaments prong and is made with bamboo. and key chains. Her fiance gets jealous of the time she Making and repairing throw and gill nets are spends fishing, she says, when she tells him their main specialty. 'Oihana Lawai'a's cost for a net she'll be back in a few hours but ends up coming repair job is $10 -20 dollars under the store cost, Lee Calton Kam (right) t home eight hours later. said. net off Diamond Juan Miranda how t I . ' 0 ay Kam was raised on O'ahu, fishing off Sand A gill net is a net that catches fish by their gills Island. He started fishing with a bamboo pole off when they swim through the eye holes. the piers with his grandfather. Fish get caught in a throw net the same way but Uld you gamble everything you had for "In those days had lots of fish, weke, mullet, there is also a pocket along the edge of the net to the love of fishing? Micheala Lee, and awaawa. .. " he said. "You didn't have to look for scoop up the fish when it is pulled up. WCalton Kam did. Together they've started squid, it would just swim by, look at you and you Lee can sew a throw net in a day and a half. 'Oihana Lawai'a, a fishing business that specializes poke it." Sewing a throw or gill net takes a lot of patience. in making and repairing throw nets and gill nets, Now, there are not so many fish anymore since "If you can tie a knot, you can sew net," she said. crab and lobster nets. the reef runway was built, Kam says, because the Kam will fish in any kind of weather. When hur- Lee and Kam don't really have to gamble every- runway filled in the path the fish took to Sand ricane 'Iwa was swelling up on the islands in 1982, thing, they just need to play their cards right. Island. Kam was on a boat at sea. He said he knew the hurri- Both Lee and Kam were taught the secrets of the "Fish have roads just like we do," he said. cane was coming. ocean by their grandparents when they were grow- Kam has had many jobs related to fishing, and "I just took the chance and went anyway," he ing up. They have incorporated everything they was a guest once on Harry Kojima's show "Let's Go said. know into their business which they opened last Fishing," but this is the first time he has owned a He filled up his cooler with fish and rushed back October. fishing supply business. in time to tie his boat down and get home safely. "My grandfather taught me how to respect the He and Lee expect business to pick up this sum- For Kam and Lee fishing for a living is fun - ocean, look for fish, play the tides and how to sur- mer and when tax return season begins. everything else is work. 'Ao '00 'Ewalu Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA 'Ape/lla 8 (Aprfl) '97 Dream of Kahana Valley 1/ cultural park" frustrates residents

by Deborah L. Ward through legislation, to transfer Kahana valley to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Though the bill he ahupua'a of Kahana is one of died, Shafer still favors this option, O'ahu's most picturesque rural with Friends of Kahana Valley leas- T valleys, the last intact ahupua'a ing the valley from OHA, and acting on the island. Since 1966 it has been as caretaker to carry out a master envisioned as a '1iving cultural park," plan. Shafer says, "It would benefit where traditional Hawaiian lifestyle the public. There is so much potential and cultural practices co-existed with here .... We could make the area general park uses. became economically self-sufficient, Yet problems in realizing this restore the lo'i, plant other crops. vision have persisted, say ahupua'a "We have a whole ahupua'a. We residents. At times they have clashed can have fishermen out in the bay, with the state parks division which people caring for the fishponds." manages the park, and with each Kahana's 5,300 acres are still other, over how this concept should be largely undeveloped and reach four realized. miles to the back of the valley. With a Recently, Kahana residents met large curving bay and a forested with an Office of Hawaiian Affairs sandy shore, it is a popular picnic and An OHA grant will soon allow Kahana resi,dents to begin restoration of the trustee task force on Kahana to seek camping spot. Mauka of the coastal Huilua fishpond OHA's assistance. OHA Trustee-elect park are clustered homesites. Kahana Hannah Springer, a task force member, is home to about 31 families, some state grants for restoration projects, limes, oranges, mangoes and avocado. says OHA could advocate in the leg- who are descendants of earlier genera- and recently received a $24,000 OHA She is an outspoken and fervent sup- islative and administrative arenas for tions who lived there. Many residents grant to clean and restore the Huilua porter of the unique Hawaiian identity development of community-based are native Hawaiian and still practice fishpond at the bay's edge. of the ahupua'a. "We need to keep the solutions. traditional self-sufficient lifestyles. Kahana Community Association environment clean, make it a place of Ben Shafer, a Kahana resident and Kahana is an ideal location for a "liv- president Ululani Bierne adds that res- refuge. We should be preserving, pro- president of the Friends of Kahana ing cultural park" to feature the idents can be clearing trails, planting tecting, restoring and maintaining." Valley, a non-profit organization, says unique host. culture of Hawai'i. wauke and hala for leis and weaving, The immediate past president of a major concern is the control of the In return for 65-year leases from opening up land for raising agricultur- Kahana Community Association, she valley by state parks division, and its the state parks division, residents must al crops and building a canoe halau. believes DLNR state parks division . lack of sensitivity to native Hawaiians. perform 25 hours of service each "The true spirit of living in an needs to be doing more to live up to its "Their definition of a park is different . month, by participating in cultural ahupua'a is when the people can bond responsibility by working with valley from ours. I think the difference is in "interpretive" programs. For some res- together," she says. "We want to residents to preserve and restore the phil ophy. DLNR is into developing. idents who have full-time jobs else- prove to the state we can manage our historic sites in Kahana, not paving for We're into preserving. We're talking · where this has proved difficult. own park. We wanted OHA to be the parking lots and picnic areas. about living culture. They want picnic Residents share their talents by teach- oversight agency.'; Greer says DLNR shou1d·be clear- . tables, barbecue pit and a Boy Scouts ing a cultural art such as lauhala or Bierne, a former state representa- ing away vegetation from heiau and camp .... DLNR has a master plan but coconut leaf weaving, lei-making or tive, and new president of Kahana historic sites, restoring the taro fields their ideas are inconsistent and incom- hula. Or they might demonstrate how Community Association, says valley and 'auwai that still exist, and restor- plete." to prepare an imu for cooking foods, residents are also concerned over prob- ing the Huilua fishpond (its name Several years ago Kahana resi- or canoeing or fishing in the bay. In lems they have faced in getting mort- means "twice joined," says Greer, like dents, including Shafer, sought February, residents worked together to gage loans for new homes that they a mother's arms) by digging out the prepare a pro- had to build because DLNR was relo- sand, removing the mangrove, restor- tocol welcome cating them out of a flood zone. ing the pond walls, pulling out alien Your premier source for the and pil'ina for Residents being relocated are eligible plants and stocking the pond with the visit of the for $55,000 in housing assistance loans Hawaiian fish. She also believes Hokfile'a voy- from the Housing Finance ahupua'a residents should be free to SOFTWARE OF HAWAI' I aging canoe. Development Corp. go where they want in the valley with- • Hawaiian Clip Art & Pictofonts Friends of Erline "Sunny" Greer, was raised out needing to get permission from the • Hawaiian Language Fonts Kahana Valley in Kahana on her family's six-acre park manager to open the combination • Hawaiian Screen Savers Collection plans to apply farm where they raise tlleaves, lock on valley road. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• for federal and bananas, papayas, okra, long beans, Hawn. Clip Art CD-ROM #1 ...... Pictofonts are "ding bat" style fonts A collection of over 600 graphics (col or with graphics in place of letters. and b&w images) in both EPS & TIF for- Installs like any other font , and in- mats. Dual format CD-ROM for Macintosh cludes both TrueType and Postscript ,*. Remembering Helm and Mitchell or Windows . font formats. Specify Macintosh or Windows floppy disk. n honor of two Hawaiian leaders who friends from the island. ,- Hawn. Word ProceSSing Tools .. $59 Picto 1 Hawaiian Icons ... $19.95 Hawaiian language fonts - 9 font families fought to stop the bombing of Kaho'olawe, When Helm and Mitchell found them- Picto 2 Oriental Motifs .... $19.95 incl uding both TrueType & Postscript for- I the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana and the selves stranded and their friends gone, they mats . Specify Macintosh or Windows Picto 3 Hawaiian Motifs .. $1 9.95 Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission held attempted to paddle a surfboard to Molokini floppy disks. Picto 4 Marine Life ...... a ceremony, last month, at Chang's beach on atoll. The weather that day was rough and Hawn. Screen Savers ...... Picto 5Xmas Font...... $9.95 Maui. The ceremony commemorated the loss they were never seen again. 19 animated color screen saver modules Picto 6 Petroglyphs ...... of Kirno Mitchell and George Helm. Three years later, in 1980, PKO was given for use with After DarkTM from Berkeley A lei of limu kala and a lei of hala were regular access to the island to practice reli- Systems, Inc. Screen displays include Picto ?Tapa Type 1 & 2 .. $19.95 Flying Ukuleles, Gecko Walk, Goin ' Coco- Products are available through many offered at the ceremony. One lei was placed gious and cultural rights and to restore the nuts , Island Flowers , Fronds & ·Famil y, dealers in Hawaii, or order direct. on the lele and one in the ocean. island's plant life. Whale Watch . Hawaiian Flags , Termite Add $5.00 per order for shipping Helm and Mitchell were lost at sea on Two plaques sit on the Kaho'olawe cliffs Terror and many more. Good fun! Specify & handling. Mastercard and Visa Macintosh or Windows floppy disk. March 8,1977. They were paddling to near Hakioawa. The date· on Helm's plaque accepted by phone, fax or email. Molokini atoll from Kaho'olawe and were says March 8 while the date on Mitchell's never seen again. It was not until 1987, ten plaque says March 9. The family believed years later, that Helm and Mitchell were offi- Mitchell probably survived a day longer cially pronounced dead. because he knew the ocean well, Davianna Helm had made several landings on the McGregor, from PKO said. island, but that trip in March to Kaho'olawe After the ceremony friends talked and was an attempt to rescue friends who had remembered what Helm and Mitchell started, GUAVA GRAPHICS been on the island for a few months. their legacy today and questioned how things P.o. Box 88143 • Honolulu, Hawaii 96830-8143 However, Helm and Mitchell weren't aware would be different today were they still alive. 808-522-9090 • Fax 522-9092 • Email: [email protected] the Coast Guard had already removed their 'Apelila (April) '97 Ko Waf 010 0 OHA

Special D SectionD

HB 2207 breaks the contract between state & Hawaiians s it is written, HB 2207 breaks line to make crossover, members Athe state's promise to spent hours debating the measure, Hawaiians. with 16 floor speeches, most of them For Hawaiians, this bill is one of opposing the bill. the most threatening measures to "It is not a matter of being cross from the House to the Senate. Hawaiian, being pro-Hawaiian, or It would completely rewrite existing being anti-Hawaiian," said Rep. law on ceded lands, breaking many Dennis Arakaki. "It is a matter of existing agreements between the doing what is pono, doing what our state and Hawaiians, and slash pay- conscience tells us is right. Justice, ments to Hawaiians for ceded lands. not the state's fiscal crisis, must be Though the bill was the bottom opposed by OHA and line." other Hawaiian organi- Where's HB 2207 Now? "OHA is zations and individuals, The bill goes to the the State of many thought that HB Committee on Water, Land Hawai'i's 2207 might pass with and Hawaiian Affairs. If it manifested little resistance, since it passes, it will go to the Ways commitment was supported by and Means Committee. A list to the House leadership and of the legislators on these Hawaiian the administra tion. In committees is on Page A2. people," said addition, the bill's Rep. Dav id autho and major sup- P e ndleton. porters - including Representatives ''We have made a lot of promises to Ed Case, Nathan Suzuki and Calvin OHA which we have not kept, and Say - hold powerful positions on this House Bill 2207 is the latest, and the committees that held hearings perhaps most dramatic action to go on the bill. And despite negative back on our promises." testimony in those hearings, the bill In the final vote, just 18 members was indeed allowed to proceed for- supported HB 2207 (several "with ward. reservations") while 20 votes were But when HB 2207 went before cast against it. And an unusually the full House, it met serious oppo- high number of members, 13 in all, sition. Despite an impending dead- voted kanalua. In Hawaiia n, ka nalua means "d oubtful, undecided, dubious, or OHA says mahalO uncertain." Legislators can pass on a vote saying kanalua, but such a vote to Representatives is ultimately counted as a "yes," and who voted no on so the bill was passed. HB 2207 The divided outcome, however, demonstrates that many representa- Sam Aiona (R) tives have serious concerns about Dennis Arakaki (D) HB 2207, and supports OHA's assertion that the bill is unfair and Galen Fox (R) unconstitutional. Chris Halford (R) The Senate now takes up the Eric Hamakawa (D) measure, where OHA hopes it may Michael Kahikina (D) be rewritten completely. "There are OHA's modest budget State vs. Hawaiian Quentin Kawananakoa (R) many thoughtful, reasonable, and request under assault. Comments of Rep. ConCon - bad attainable ways to address the Increase sought is less David Pendleton Bob McDermott (R) timing ceded lands issue," said OHA than 4%...... Ka Wai Ola Page 9 Colleen Meyer (R) ..... Page AS Trustee-elect Hannah Springer. Hermina Morita (D) . .... Page A3 "But ,we first need to work Mark Moses (R) togethe'r and enter a constructive , What is ACT 304 and why is it so David Pendleton (R) dialogue." , important? Scott Saiki (D) OHA Chair Clayton Hee agreed. Drums at ..... Page A2 Alexander Santiago (D) "HB 2207 is unfair, short-sighted, capitol beat victory-SBS Mark Takai (D) regressive, unconstitutionaL.you Comments of More on could fill a book with everything is dead Rep. Dennis Arakaki Roy Takumi (D) HB2207 wrong about it. And it barely ....Page A2 David Tamas (D) .... Pages , .... Page A3 passed, OHA would much rather , Cynthia Thielen (R) A4-5 support legislation than oppose it. -==;:-IGene Ward (R) Trustee views on But we will not support what is Legislative issues Paul Wha en (R) unjust, Neither will the communi- ..... Ka Wai Ola Page 9-11 ty." Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA 'Apelila (April) '97 OHA opposes HB Special o HB 2207 alleges to resolve a legal exempt lands that are so set aside. Sectiono ruling by Circuit Court Judge Daniel . Changes in the definition of public land Heely that would increase Hawaiians' trust. HB 2207 creates gaps between share of ceded land revenues. It also the statutory definition, the Admission EYES rna] claims to "clarify" Act 304, a 1990 law, Act definition, and the Constitutional reduce "controversy" and to begin deal- definition. It redefines the public land ing with ceded land i.ssues in a compre- trust as merely the lands that are in the LEGISlAJURI hensive way: DLNR inventory. What if certain ceded But in fact,· it does the opposite: it lands are left out? Or excluded for rea- Excepts of slashes Hawaiians' share of ceded land sons of "policy"? revenues; invalidating the letter and Exclusion of specific ceded land income. Rep. Dennis Arakaki's floor speech intent of Act 304; and creating a host of The income categories that HB 2207 ...1 need only to reference our vague new definitions and divisions attempts to exclude go far beyond the state motto as a foundation for Rep. Arakaki that could only be resolved in future disputed issues in the Heely decision. lawsuits. The Legislature cannot hide behind my opposition to this bill ... "Va OHA's specific objections include: the excuse that it is merely reacting to mau ke ea 0 ka 'aina i ka pono... " It reminds us that "the life of the Inventory of public hinds. • ••••••••_ the lawsuit. Incidental land is preserved in pono," in A comprehensive inven- ,,1)22"1 ff rental of public facilities righteousness. tory is necessary, but the (what does "incidental" Hilina'i in 'Olelo Hawai'i highly specific language of flA, f" fltc 4Aec f, mean?), non-patient hospi- the bill hints at an equally tal revenue, recreational means "trust". Ho'ohanohanao specific outcome that the fltc f'f'ff " uses (including profession- in 'olelo Hawai'i is the word for pride and the rebirth of 'olelo honor. We are about to hemo authors wish of the invento- • f' II al sports events?), and all Hawai'i, the native Hawaiian ry. nA airport and harbor receipts (break) the trust and honor.... In e"r f'..... tongue. the name of fiscal prudence and Some required elements Trustee are exclusions that set new .. .If the Hawaiian nation is to hint at preemption of future A. Frenchy DeSoto policy, and violate existing policy, we seek to redefine our be empowered to improve the challenges, such as whether •••••••••_ agreements. trust obligations to the kanaka shameful social and economic maoli. lands were "set aside by the Retroactivity. Making conditions of her native people, governor for certain purposes." It retroactive exclusions of ceded lands Mr. Speaker, I am not of kana- they must be able to build the would appear the Legislature is revenue is a highly irregular procedure, ka koko (of Hawaiian blood). But trust corpus to do so. Allowing it is not a matter of being attempting to register their intent to similar in spirit and outcome to a the native people to care for theirs, retroactive tax increase. Hawaiian, being pro-Hawaiian, or ,------, this then frees large sums of gen- Do the bill's authors expect OHA to "anti-Hawaiian." It is a matter of WHO TO CALL eral revenues for the rest of WAYS AND MEANS "unspend" its programs for the better doing what is pono, doing what Hawai'i's people. Lehua Fernandez Sailing, part of the last decade? Are beneficia- our conscience tells us is right. ABOUT 2207 Co-chalr ... There was certainly an 586-6850 voice ries of OHA grants, housing loans, ... Our word is our honor, and expressed desire and intent by the 586-6799 scholarships, business start-ups, and . it is all that we bring with us and WATER, lAND, a Legislature, to better the condi- Carol Fukunaga. community infrastructure expected to it is all that we take with us. HAWAIIAN AfFAIRS Co-chair Randy Iwase, Chair tions of the native Hawaiian, 586-6890 voice return their diplomas, sell their homes Our vision of a sovereign enti- 586-6740 voice including, but not limited to, their 586-6899 fax and close their businesses? ty of the kanaka maoli, or native 586-6829 fax Marshalllge housing, culture, health and well- Malama Solomon, Chair Trustee A. Frenchy DeSoto called HB Hawaiians, must be fostered 586-9405 voice being. 586-6940 voice through a commitment of 586-9410 fax 2207 "an insult to Hawaiians, and a slap ... Justice, not the state's fiscal 586-6939 fax Les Ihara in the face to the spirit of cooperation resources, a consistent stream of Rosalyn Baker crisis, must be the bottom line. I 586-6250 voice 586-6070 voice and fairness OHA brought the revenue that will allow for inde- 586-6251 fax urge this Legislature, the 586-6071 fax Legislature. We have presented con- pendence. I have no doubts that Randylwase Administration, the Office of Carol Fukunaga structive proposals ... We're ready to sit the sovereign nation of Hawai'i 586-6740 voice Hawaiian Affairs and the benefi- 586-6890 voice 586-6829 fax down anytime and talk. shall someday rise like a phoenix 586-6899 fax ciaries of the trust, to submit to a Cal Kawamoto HB 2207 ignores all these efforts. from the ashes of a hundred-plus Davidlge 586-6970 voice process of ho'oponopono, to bring We've proven we can win this in the years of guilt and acrimony. This 586-6230 voice 586-6879 fax to the table an agreement that all 586-6231 fax resurrection shall be made possi- Andrew Levin courts. But as a state we shouldn't have parties can accept. Joe Tanaka 586-6760 voice to rely on the courts to force us to do the ble by the restoration of a land 586-7110 voice 586-6689 fax Mahalo nui loa, Mr. Speaker, right thing." base, the rejuvenation of cultural 586-7119 fax Rod Tam is premature. Brian TanIguchI 586-6450 voice Trustee Abraham Aiona called the 586-6460 voice 586-6451 fax bill "flawed legislation, an arrogant 586-6461 fax Joe Tanaka attempt to rewrite history, rewrite law, Ceded lands issue based in history Whitney Anderson 586-711 0 voice 586-6840 voice 586-7119 fax and rewrite the State Constitution. When the Kingdom of Hawai'j to be considered a public land trust. 586-6839 fax BrIan TaniguchI Hawaii voters know that Hawaiians was overthrown in 1893, Hawaiians The proceeds and income from ceded 586-6460 voice have been treated unfairly, that the state lost control of about 1.8 million acres lands were to be used to benefit native 586-6461 fax is not keeping its promises to of government and crown lands. Hawaiians and for other specific pur- Whitney Anderson Hawaiians, and they will not support 586-6840 voice When the United States annexed the poses. It took another 20 until 586-6839 fax this measure." Republic of Hawai'i in 1898, the the state implemented the public land republic ceded - turned over posses- trust required of the Admission Act. sion of - all this land to the U.S. At the 1978 State Constitutional In 1900, Hawai'j became an Convention, advocates stipulated that Why is Act 304 so important? American territory, and for the next Hawaiian people were a specific trust Act 304 was the 1990 Legislature's 5(b). half century, the ceded lands were beneficiary. After voter ratification of solution to court battles between OHA Act 304 clarified that "departmental controlled by the federal government. the constitutional amendment that and the state over OHA's share of ceded jurisdiction" over these lands did not But in fact, much of the land was used created the Office of Hawaiian land revenues. This act established a for- affect the application of the OHA trust. by large plantations and others for Affairs (OHA), the state Legislature mula to calculate the income due to OHA Prior to Act 304, the state had asserted nominal rents. 'More than half a mil- established (Chapter 10 Hawai'i for native Hawaiians from use of the that once ceded lands were no longer lion acres were taken by the U.S . Revised Statutes) that OHA's pro rata ceded lands in the Public Land Trust. It under the direct administrative control of Government for military, national share would be 20 percent of the also established the amount the state the Department of Land and Natural parks, and other uses. In 1920 about income from the use of ceded lands. owed native Hawaiians for 15 years of Resources (DLNR), they were no longer 190,000 acres were set aside for the The major portion of OHA's funding uncompensated use of the ceded lands subject to the OHA trust. The Act clari- establishment of Hawaiian Home comes from revenue generated from plus interest. fied that regardless of departmental juris- Lands, one of the only uses of ceded the use of ceded lands. Act 304 clarified which specific lands diction, the trust entitlement applied. lands that directly benefitted native Act 304 was passed by the legisla- were subject to the OHA trust. It clarified Thus, ceded lands under the administra- Hawaiians. ture in 1990 to resolve disputes over that all ceded lands as described in tion of the departments of transportation, The Admission Act of 1959 offi- OHA's share of revenues. This Sections 5(c), 5(d), 5(e) of the Admissions education, university, health, HHA, cially transferred a portion of the increased OHA's share of annual rev- Act were included. Additional clarifica- HFDC, and all others were subject to the ceded lands - approximately 1.2 enue from just over $1 million then, tion was agreed to with the inclusion of trust. million acres - back to the new to an average of $12.3 million since. those ceded lands returned to the state by Prior to Act 304, the state 4ad asserted State. As a compact of Hawai'i's Recent legal decisions suggest that Public Law 88-233. that only land rents collected by DLNR sJatehood, the United States govern- OHA's share of ceded lands should Act 304 affirmed that the ceded sub- ment required that all such lands were be increased. merged lands were conveyed by Section continued on Page A3 1<0 Woi Ola 0 OHA 'Apelila (April) '97

Look in the daily newspapers for the OHA Legislative Reports. These reports present a clear account of the issues facing the Hawaiian people. At the bottom right of this page, and on pages A-6 and A-8, we've reprinted three of the previous OHA Legislative Reports.

OHA's modest budget request faces threat of legislative ax By Deborah Ward However, the House Finance Committee in late lematic," Colburn said. "This predicament is further February did not approve OHA's requested bienni- complicated by the fact that the Governor has chosen The Office of Hawaiian Affairs may face an 8 per- um budget ($7.8 million in FY97-98 and $7.6 million to withold more than $7 million, nearly half our cent cut in its biennium budget request to the state in FY98-99). Instead, the house took a conservative anticipated ceded land revenues this year, which Legislature, at a time when there is an unprecedent- position and recommended level funding due to the should be coming to OHA." Colburn said it costs ed increase in requests by Hawaiians to the agency state's current fiscal condition. At the same time, the almost $7 million a year just to run the office. for services. The Senate Ways and Means committee authorized an increase in trust fund Colburn said that the annual general funds bud- Committee called for the 8 percent cut in mid-March appropriations to meet OHA's needs. However, get approved by the Legislature has decreased over in response to a $270 million decrease in collected such appropriations of ceded land trust funds are several bienniums and represents a smaller percent- revenues forecast by the Council on Revenues. OHA actually the responsibility of the OHA Board of age of OHA total expenditures each year. "The gen- administrators met with Senate WAM committee Trustees. eral funds enable us to serve part-Hawaiians who members in late March and noted that to make an 8 OHA Administrator Linda Colburn, commenting are also our beneficiaries. Reductions in general percent cut in OHA's general funds budget would on the House decision, said "This was disappoint- funding are injurious to the majority of our benefi- be disproportionate since, unlike other state agen- ing in light of the fact the Legislature decreased our ciaries." t " cies, OHA only receives about 36 percent of its total general funds budget $724,000 last year. That reduc- As a result, Colburn said, "We're being asked to budget from state general funds. A decision on the tion of travel funds at the very time the Legislature do more with less." budget was still pending by W AM as Ka Wai Ola 0 expects us to do more for our community, is prob- OHA went to press. For FY98 and FY99, OHA has requested a 3.7 percent increase of $279,846 over its current year (FY96-97) budget of $7.5 mil- lion, for co t a ociated with: fringe benefit Questions & Answers What Is The Current Status Of The increases mandated by the state Department About Ceded Lands Heely Decision? The case will be heard in the Hawai' j of Budget and Finance; projected office lease Media coverage of ceded land Supreme Court. The final outcome rent increases; establishment of a new posi- issues tends to surface only when a may be months or even years away. tion to ensure OHA compliance with the single court decision is announced, or a The State and OHA, however, are free Uniform Information Practices Act; and for particular proposal is before legislators. to negotiate an out-of-court settlement improvement to its management informa- As a result, many in the community at any time. get only a "snapshot" of the issue at a tion system. single moment in time, and are left How Do Airport Landing Fees without a wider perspective of a sub- Impact Ceded Lands Revenue? ject that goes back more than a century. The state has paid OHA a share of OHA The most recent chapters - and landing fees dating back to 1980. These The are shared with Hawaiians because the resulting news coverage - center fees What's Act 304? around last summer's ruling by most of the runways at Honolulu Judge Daniel Heely, concerns about International Airport are on ceded Legislative lands. The current fees - which amount continued from A2 the methods by which Hawaiians are compensated for the use of ceded to roughly $2.50 per mainland round- lands at Honolulu International trip passenger ticket - were determined and water license payments collected Report Airport, and dire predictions that set- with OHA's share - approximately by the Department of Agriculture were tling these matters would "bankrupt" per ticket - already in mind. the state. Here is a brief outlook on Last year; a federal official subject to the trust. The Act clarified proposed that the sharing of airport that the "gross proprietary incomes" how these matters are intertwined · with the larger issue. revenue with Hawaiians is not in from the identified lands were subject compliance with FAA guidelines - to the trust. "Sovereign incomes," or What Are Ceded Lands? despite the fact that the airport is on Ceded lands are the government and those monies generated by the exercise ceded lands. Although Hawai'i and crown lands once controlled by the other states have successfully chal- of governmental powers (for example, Kingdom of Hawai'i. At the time of lenged similar opinions in the past, the taxation), were not. Beyond the broad the overthrow, it was estimated at administration has chosen not to do distinction between "sovereign" and "The peaple of Hawai'i have approximately 1.8 million acres; so, and has stopped making payments "proprietary" incomes, the proprietary today approximately 1.2 million toOHA. acres remain in the public land trust incomes were distinguished by never gotten a 'bank statement' created at the time of statehood. Could A Ceded Lands Settlement whether such incomes were "ancil- Truly "Bankrupt" The State? liary" or were inseparable from gov- from the state in the form of a What Agreements Have Been Made At the time of the Judge HeeIy decision, With Hawaiians About Ceded Lands? ernmental services linked to sovereign back payments due Hawaiians were complete audit of ceded lands Under the terms of the Statehood Act, estimated by OHA at $120 million exercise. For example, public educa- the State Constitution, and state laws, (before interest). But after meeting with tion is a sovereign power and duty. and revenues. It's time to apen a portion of the revenue generated by airline industry lobbyists, the state The provision of school lunches was ceded lands - in lease rent, conces- administration began quoting estimates agreed to be an "ancilliary service" the books and let the sun shine sion fees, landing fees, and other as high $1.2 billion. OHA Chair Clayton income - is to be used to benefit the Hee characterizes such figures as "scare central to the mission of education. Hawaiian people. on 1ww the public land trust is tactics" to intimidate Hawaiians and Thus, OHA does not receive trust mislead the public. income from the sale of school lunches. How Does Judge Heely's Decision being managed. " Affect Ceded Lands Revenue? illfuct,OHA'scurrentpayments Resolved in a court ruling were For years, OHA and others have from ceded land revenues are less questions about revenues from certain - Rev. Moses Keale, OHA Trustee contended that the state was not than one-tenth of one percent of the ceded lands. Circuit Court Judge providing Hawaiians' fair share of state's annual budget, so even a Daniel Heely ruled 20 percent of rev- the revenue. In the most recent case, significant increase could not bankrupt the state. OHA Trustees enues from the following operations Circuit Court Judge Daniel HeeIy ruled in OHA's favor, ordering the have repeatedly stated that they are are owed Hawaiians: state to pay Hawaiians additional willing to negotiate a ceded land • Duty Free Shoppers' (DFS) in shares of ceded land and related revenue settlement that is both reasonable and fair. Waikiki (Shoppers must pick up their OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS revenues. purchases at the airport DFS location. The airport sits on ceded land.) • Hilo hospital The OHA Legislative Report is presented twice weekly as a public service by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. • 67 low-income Hawai'i Housing Authority projects 'Ape lila (April) '97 Ko Waf 0/0 0 OHA The pahu beat through the capitol sound- Special D Ing the mes- SectionD sage of Hawaiian practitioners. Senate Bill 8 which would have limited gathering rights was killed. The pahu rever- berations will linger.

Bill to limit gathering rights drummed away during Hawaiian protest vigil at Capitol rotunda. money lenders feel there needs to be some kind of By Kelli Meskin "It hits us in our na'au, gut, because it will kill security measure. our culture, destroy our 'aina and it will destroy our Harrilyrin Kameenui, assistant legal council for Hundreds of hula dancers and Hawaiian cultural resources," Kumu Hula Victoria Holt Takamine said Title Guarantee of Hawai'i, says the firm would like practitioners came together last month at the State at the vigil. to know what is a valid right and where it is exer- Capitol to kill Senate Bill 8, which would restrict "By the time we know about these bills it's too cised, when and by whom. Title Guarantee of native Hawaiian gathering rights. Leading kumu late and so we must resolve to (kill) measures like Hawai'i researches parcels for possibilities of native hula have organized under the name rllio'ulaokalani, this," Kanahele said. rights being practiced. to maintain a watchdog stance on legislation affect- In the final hours of the vigil the group chanted "It has been an issue a long time, as people ing Hawaiian rights. "kill the bill" over and over again, convincing become aware of the implications of the PASH deci- Legislators attempted to present SB8 as a means Solomon and Iwase to tear up the bill in a symbolic sion they are being more cautious," said James Mee, to "clarify" native Hawaiian rights on private land to gesture, and promise to call the bill back to their a lawyer with Ashford and Wriston, Attorneys-at- developers, landowners, and title companies. The bill commitee to kill it. Law. required Hawaiians "We pulled it back because there was too much "When we look at maps and documentation it's to prove their ances- emotion and too much anger," Iwase said. difficult to determine if rights are being exercised try, specify where He told the crowd that day "We are not here to and if it's valid to be exercised on a certain parcel." they want access hurt anyone, we are not here to take away rights." Kameenui said. and why, then apply For 'llio'ulaokalani the vigil was successful. "For us, I think the problem is acceptance by for a permit to do "It happened because we were educated about it, lending institutions," she added, "maybe they just so. and we expressed ourselves through our culture" have to lend less money." This process said Maui kumu hula HokUlani Holt-Padilla. "It's noteworthy that the banks weren't there (at was seen by the legislative hearing) to testify," Murakami said. Hawaiians as a vio- Generalization of Kohanaiki (PASH) decision Rolann H.P. Regidor, assistant vice president at lation of their rights. Hawai'i National Bank says that the bank has never However, landowners, developers and title com- Attorney Alan encountered a situtation where it's had to pull back panies are still unclear about what rights native Murakami of the money it was going to lend because of native Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians have on private land, Native Hawaiian Hawaiian rights encumberances in title insurance. developed and undeveloped land and whether or Legal Corporation Lorraine Aoki of First Hawaiian Bank says, "This not such rights extend outside a practitioner's cur- says the bill actually is starting to be a growing concern. We ourselves are rent 'ahupua'a of residence. put the burden on not too familiar with this issue." "The P ASH decision left a lot of things ambigu- Hawaiians to show Title Guarantee is meeting with different lenders ous and that was causing problems," Takamura said. they are entitled to to explain the encumbrance in title insurance and "This case laid the groundwork for how to ana- that right. address these areas of concern. "You've got to lyze the situation... you can't extend it blindly to fight for 'rights' every situation." Murakami explained. you've always had," Land owners, title insurance companies and continued on next page Murakami said. "Essentially we had never intended for there to be any kind of denial of native Hawaiian rights," said Carl Takamura, execu- tive director of the Hawai'i Business Roundtable. The main concern was for those with land interests to clarify the Public Access Shoreline Hawai'i (PASH) court decision. "How much do we have to give up before we can maintain our culture?" kumu hula Pua Kanahele asked Senators Malama Solomon and Randall Iwase, co-chairs of the key Senate Water, Land and Hawaiian Affairs committee, at last month's 24-hour protest vigil. Halau hula chanted and played their pahu (drums) in resounding opposition throughout the

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Sen . Randy Iwase, left and Sen. Malama Solomon, (face hidden), the co-chairs of the Senate Committee on Water, Land & Hawaiian Affairs discuss Senate Bill 8 with Leina'ala Kalama Heine, kumu hula. Drums through the Capitol continued from previous page The next steps Since Senate Bill 8 appears to have been killed for this session, "The hope is that during the interim the interested parties would get together and discuss the . issue and find a resolution and recommendations to put into a bill," Iwase said. i There hould be a process for landowner and practitioner where they can medi- I ate," Sen. Iwase said. 1 However, 'llio'ulaokalani member victoria Holt Takamine notes, "Passing a law doesn't open a discussion. They were not interested in our opinion." OHA Trustee-elect Hannah Springer says a cultural impact statement, if required under law, would inform developers and title companies of what to expect in certain areas depending on the history and resources of those places. Mee somewhat agreed that a cultural impact statement might be helpful. "It depends on who does it and what the input is," he said. "It's our responsibility under our constitution to preserve and protect native Hawaiian practices, and to uphold all other areas that apply to people, such as Drummers encircle the Capitol floor mosaic. property rights," Iwase said. Springer expressed concern that the problem escalated to this point because ,r------.------.------.-----I, no criteria or procedures for the protection of native Hawaiian rights were ever ! The Kohanaiki (PASH) Decision found: I developed. I I : I "The rights are not new. The Kohanaiki decision reaffirms both constitution- ! • The responsibilities of the state to protect native Hawaiian rights may not i al, statutory and administrative guarantees for protocol ( or protection?) of those , be limited to practicing traditions in their ahupua'a , but on all undevel- I rights which have regularly been either marginalized or ignored. The decision oped land. It is up to the state to decide what "fully developed" lands are. i draws our attention back to the protection accorded these rigths." Springer said. I "SB8 was a start, it caused everyone to focus on an issue," Iwase said. "If we • All Hawaiians have these rights, and non-Hawaiian practictioners might I \ do not learn from this is ue, how to deal with western law and Hawaiian proper- have the right to practice these rights also, because these practices were I ty rights, this issue will not go not held only by race, but culture. away," , 'Ilio'ulaokalani says their • The state is responsible to allow for cultural and traditional practices to I, focus has gone beyond the be conducted and preserved. j I issue of land access and gath- ______. ______. ______. ______.-J i ering rights, they are looking at everything that affects the Hawaiian culture. "Maka'ala," to be alert and watchful, is their motto to be aware of all cu)turally related issues.

Left, a hula dancer adds her message to the vigil.

Calling for justice: chanters and their pahu Ka Waf 010 0 OHA 'Apelila (April) '97

Robert N, Herkes Paul T, Oshiro Room 422 Room 404 Ph . 586-6530 Fax: 586-6531 Ph . 586-6360 Fax: 586-6361 D-4th: Ka 'O-Puna D-41 'st : 'Ewa Beach

Kenneth T. Hiraki David A. Pendleton Room 405 Room 327 Ph , 586-6180 Fax: 586-6181 Ph . 586-9490 Fax: 586-9496 D-25th: Downtown-Ala Moana R-50th : Maunawili-Enchanted Lake

Ken Ito Scott K. Saiki Room 314 Room 322 Ph . 586-8470 Fax: 586-8474 Ph. 586-8485 Fax: 586-8489 D-48th: Kane'ohe D-2oth: Kapahulu, Mo'ili 'ili Norman Sakamoto The Senate Room 207 Merwyn S. Jones Alexander C, Santiago Ph , 586-8585 Fax: 586-8588 Room 427 Room 418 JamesAki D-16th: Moanalua-Salt Lake Ph . 586-8460 Fax: 586-8464 Ph , 586-6380 Fax: 586-6381 - Room 223 D-44th: Wai'anae -Makaha D-45th: Waialua-Kahuku Ph, 586-6700 Fax: 586-6709 Sam Siom D-21st: Barbers pt,-Makaha Room 208 Michael P. Kahikina Calvin K. Y. Say Ph , 586-8420 Fax: 586-8426 Room 328 Room 306 Whitney T, Anderson R-8th: Wai 'alae-Hawa i'i Kai Ph. 586-8465 Fax: 586-8469 Ph. 586-6200 Fax: 586-6201 Room 221 D-43rd: Barber's Point-Wai'anae D-18th: Palolo-Kaimukr Ph . 586-6840 Fax: 586-6839 Malama Solomon R-25th: Ka ilua-Waimanalo Room 205 Ezra R. Kanoho Joseph M. Souki Ph . 586-6940 Fax: 586-6939 Room 432 Room 431 Rosalyn Baker D-1 st: Hawi-N. Kona-Waimea Ph. 586-6270 Fax: 586-6271 Ph. 586-6100 Fax: 586-6101 Room 206 D-13th: Waipouli-Lihu'e D-8th: Waiehu-Ma'alaea-Napili Ph. 586-6070 Fax: 586-6071 Rod Tam D-4th: W. Maui-Moloka'i-Lana'i Room 220 Bertha C . Kawakami David D, Stegmaier Ph. 586-6450 Fax: 586-6451 Room 434 Room 403 Robert Bunda D-13th: Nu 'uanu, Downtown, Sand lsI. Ph , 586-6280 Fax: 586-6281 Ph . 586-6420 Fax: 586-6421 Room 216 D-14th: Koloa-Waimea-Ni'ihau D-15th: Kalama-Portlock Ph , 586-6090 Fax: 6091 Joseph S. Tanaka Nathan Suzuki D-22nd Wahiawa, Waialua, Sunset Beach Room 218 Quentin K. Kawananakoa Room 316 Ph . 586-7110 Fax: 586-7119 Room 324 Ph . 586-6220 Fax: 586-622 1 Avery B. Chumbley D-6th: Kahului-Upcountry Ph . 586-8530 Fax: 586-8534 D-31 st: Salt Lake-Moanalua Room 228 R-26th : Punchbowl-Pauoa Ph . 586-6030 Fax: 586-6031 Brian T. Taniguchi D-6th: E. Maui-N. Kaua'i Room 219 K. Mark Takai Marilyn B. Lee Room 317 Ph , 586-6460 Fax: 586-646 1 Room318 Suzanne Chun Oakland D-1lth: McCully-Mo'ili 'ili Ph . 586-8455 Fax: 586-8459 Ph , 586-9460 Fax: 586-9466 D-34th: Waimalu-Newt.own Room 203 D-38th: Waipi'o-Mililani Ph . 586-6130 Fax: 586-6131 D-14th: Palama-'Alewa Heights Dwight Y. Takamine Barbara Marumoto Room 420 Room 313 Lehua Fernandes Salling The House Ph . 586-6440 Fax: 586-6441 Ph , 586-6310 Fax: 586-631 1 D-1st: N. Hamakua-N, Kohala Room 213 Felipe P. Abinsay, Jr. R-17th : Kahala, Wai'alae Iki, Maunalani Ph . 586-6850 Fax: 586-6799 Room 311 Roy M. Takumi D-7th: S. Kaua'i-Ni 'ihau Ph . 586-6010 Fax: 6011 Bob McDermott Room 444 D-29th: Kalihi-Moana lua Room 330 Ph . 586-6170 Fax: 586-6171 Carol Fu unaga Ph . 586-9470 Fax: 586-9476 D-36th: Pearl City-Waipahu Room 210 Lei Ahu Isa R-32nd: 'Aiea-Salt Lake Ph. 586-6890 Fax: 6899 Room 433 I David A. Tamas D-12th: MakikL AJa Moona Ph. 586-9415 Fax: 586-942 1 Ron Menor Room 326 D-27th: PU 'unui-'Alewa-Nu'uanu Room 320 Ph , 586-8510 Fax: 586-8514 David Y.lge Ph. 586-6150 Fax: 586-6151 D-6th: N. Kona -S, Kohala Room 215 Sam Aiona D-39th : Wheeler -Mililani Ph . 586-6230 Fax: 586-6231 Room 333 Cynthia K, Thielen '." " D-17th: Pa lisades-Pearl City Ph. 586-9425 Fax: 586-9431 Colleen Meyer Room 443 R-24th: Makiki-Tantalus Room 441 Ph , 586-6480 Fax: 586-6481 Marshall Y. Ige Ph , 586-8540 Fax: 586-8544 R-49th: Kailua-Kane'ohe Bay Drive Room 217 Dennis A. Arakaki R-46th : La 'ie-Waiahole Ph. 586-9405 Fax: 586-9410 Room 436 Terrance W. H. Tom D-24th: Kane'ohe-Kailua Ph . 586-6050 Fax: 586-6051 David Morihara Room 302 D-28th: Kalihi Valley-Kamehameha Hts. Room 435 Ph. 586-6490 Fax: 586-6491 Les Ihara, Jr. Ph . 586-6330 Fax: 586-6331 D-47th: Kahalu'u-Kane'ohe Room 214 Romy M . Cachola D-10th: Upcountry Maui Ph . 58.6-6250 Fax: 586-6251 Room 402 Gene R, Ward D-1oth: Kapahulu-Wai'alae Room 442 Ph . 586-6110 Fax: 586-6111 Hermina Morita Ph . 586-6510 Fax: 6511 D-3oth: Kalihi Kai-Mapunapuna Room 315 Randali lwase . R-16th: 'Aina Haina-Hawai'i Kai Ph. 586-8435 Fax: 586-8437 Room 201 Ed Case D-12th : E. Maui-N, Kaua'i Ph . 586-6740 Fax: 586-6829 Room 323 Paul Whalen D-18th: Waipi'o Gentry-Wahiawa Ph . 586-5475 Fax: 586-8479 Room 303 Mark Moses Ph. 586-9385 Fax: 586-9391 D-23rd: Manoa Room 310 • Brian Kanno R-5th : N. & S, Kona-Ka 'O Ph , 586-8500 Fax: 586-8504 Roorh 202 Jerry L. Chang R-42nd : Kapolei, 'Ewa Village, Village Park Michael White Ph. 586-6830 Fax: 586-6679 Room 426 Room 304 D-2oth: 'Ewa Beach-Makakilo Ph . 586-6120 Fax: 586-6121 Bob Nakasone Ph. 586-6790 Fax: 586-6779 D-2nd: South Hilo Room 424 Cal Kawamoto D-7th: Lana'i-M,aui-Moloka'i Ph . 586-6210 Fax: 586-6211 Room 204 Galen Fox D-9th: Kahului-vyailuku Brian Y. Yamane Ph . 586-6970 Fax: 586-6879 Room 319 Room 331 , D-l9th: Waipahu-Pearl City Ph . 586-8520 Fax: 586-8524 Tom Okamura Ph. 586-8515 Fax: 586-8519 R-21st: Waikiki-Ala Wai Andrew Levin Room 439 D-l9th: Waikiki , KaimukL Diamond Head Room 231 Ph , 586-6340 Fax: 586-6341 Nestor R. Garcia Nobu Yonamine Ph . 586-6760 Fax: 586-6689 D-33rd: 'Aiea-Halawa Hts , Room 421 Room 406 D-3rd: Ka 'O-Kona Ph. 586-8490 Fax: 586-8494 Marcus R. Oshiro Ph . 586-6520 Fax: 586-6521 D-37th: Waipahu-Crestview Matt Matsunaga Room 438 D-35th: Pearl City-Palisades Room 226 Ph . 586-8505 Fax: 586-8509 Kenny Goodenow Terry Nui Yoshinaga Ph . 586-7100 Fax: 586-7109 D-4oth: Wahiawa-Whitmore Room 425 Room 419 D-9th: Wai'alae-Palolo Ph . 586-9450 Fax: 586-9456 Ph. 586-8450 Fax: 586-8454 Richard M. Matsuura D-51 st: Lanikai-Waimanalo D-22nd: Mo'ili'ili-McCuliy-Pawa'a Room 222 Chris Halford Ph . 586-6900 Fax: 586-6869 HAWAI'I STATE CAPITOL ADDRESSES D-2nd: S. Hilo-Puna Room 305 Ph . 586-8525 Fax: 586-8529 Street Address: Hawai'i State Capitol Mike McCartney R-1 lth: S. Maui-Keokea 415 South Beretania Street Room 230 Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813 Ph . 586-6910 Fax: 586-6909 Eric G. Hamakawa D-23rd: Kane' ohe-Kahuku Room 332 Ph. 586-8480 Fax: 586-8484 Mailing Address: State Capitol Norman Mizuguchi D-3rd: South Hilo-Puna Room 003 Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813

D-15th: Kalihi Valiey-'Aiea Intemet: http://www,hawaiLgov 'Apelila (April) '97 Ka Waf Ola 0 OHA 7 Special D SectionD W C0

lfft ,,, 46 EYES mIT] LEGISLATURE

1\vo Out Of Three A complete breakdown of Hawai'i Residents Favor results, including those who Current Or Increased expressed no opinion, is in the Funding For OHA. accompanying table. Of further interest was the As has been reported in earlier finding that current or increased Legislative Updates, recent funding for OHA was the actions at the State Legislature majority opinion, regardless of would sharply reduce payments ethnic background, or length of to Hawaiians for the use of ceded residence in the islands. TheOHA lands. House Bill 2207 (House "These results validate what Draft 2), which narrowly passed we've always believed," said the House and is now before the OHA Trustee-elect Colette Legislative State Senate for consideration, Machado, "that the public is would fundamentally rewrite squarely behind our efforts to existing law, lay aside existing ensure justice for Hawaiians." Report agreements with Hawaiians, and Trustee Abe Aiona agrees. result in the reduction of ceded "The survey results demonstrate lands payments to OHA by 80%. that some legislators are out of But a statewide poll reveals touch with the fundamental fair- Should ceded lands revenue overwhelming public opinion ness and support that the people to OHA continue at reduced, that Hawaiians should continue of HawaiJi have for Hawaiians, current, or increased levels? to receive payments for the use and for keeping the promises of ceded lands at current, or even that have been made." increased levels. The survey, conducted by Two out of three people sur- Mattson Sunderland Research veyed - 67.4% - say they support and Planning Associates, was OHA's current share of ceded conducted between February land revenues, or favor an 15th and March 4th, 1997. increase in the amount·trans- It included 966 telephone inter- ferred to OHA. Fewer than one views, and has a margin of error in five - 18.5% - think that fund- of plus or minus 3.2%. ing should be reduced.

QUESTION: When Hawai'i became a state in 1959, the U.S. govern- ment required that over 1 million acres that were once a part of the of Hawai'i be put in a trust for native Hawaiians and the general publzc .. OHA receives 20% of the revenue that is generated from these lands, WhlCh is now equivalent to about $15 million a year. Some people say that the amount of revenue to OHA should be reduced. (14% of respondenls said Others say that the state should keep its agreement and pay OHA what is had no opinion or didn't know.) owed, even though this money could be used elsewhere. And still others say the amount due to OHA should be increased. What do you think: should the amount be reduced, kept at 20%, or increased?

REDUCED KEEP AT 20% INCREASED DON'T KNOW/ TOTAL NO OPINION

OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS 18.5% 54.7% 12.7% 14.1% 100%

The OHA Legislative Report is presented twice weekly ;;IS a public service by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Bill would extend HHL review panel Ka Wai 010 0 OHA 'Apelila (April) '97 but not for long enough, some say By Kelli Meskin Legal Corporation. The Attorney General testi- A bill to further extend by one fied that native Hawaiian beneficiaries year the life of the Hawaiian Home were already receiving compensation Lands Trust Individual Claims through the $600 million settlement in Review Panel (ICRP) is now before the 1995 which the state made with the Legislature. The claims review panel DHHL. Murakami says those monies was by law to conclude its work this help native Hawaiians receive their year in December, though it still has homestead awards. claims to review. "Financially, economically and House bill 1857 was amended to budgetarily, it's in (the Legislature's) claims was .August 31,1995. extend the panel for only one more best interest to limit it, but from a "In the last two months of the Timing not good year instead of the two requested. standpoint of fairness and justice it's period to file claims we got 3,500 Amendments to the bill will eliminate not," Hawaiian Claims Office execu- claims," she said. claims filed by individuals who say tive director Melody McKenzie said. In total 4,327 claims were filed. for state con-con; they were on the Department of ICRP was created under former The panel says it needs two more . Hawaiian Home Lands homestead Governor John Waihee's Action Plan years to review the 3,516 more claims In same year as waiting list too long. Some Hawaiians to address the grievances of native that have not yet been reviewed. have waited 40 years or more for their Hawaiians who were on the DHHL The panel has recommended com- Hawaiian meet land awards. waiting list between August 21, 1959 pensation of up to $6 million for dam- "What we've seen is the erosion of and June 30,1988. ages on 165 claims. The panel has By Kelli Meskin processes that were outlined nine The panel was appointed in 1992. declined 646 claims requesting com- years ago," said Alan Murakami, staff The procedure to accept claims was pensation. "We need to get pro-Hawaiian delegates attorney for the Native Hawaiian organized in 1993 and the deadline for elected to the state constitutional conven- tion," said Scotty Bowman, OHA's Government Affairs Officer. The state con- con is planned for 1998t9 Bowman said a state constitutional con- vention held in 1999 or 2000 would make more sense. "That would give us more time Lobbyists Create A an extremely broad rationale that to resolve issues and get people educated," $1.2 Billion Myth linked every possible revenue- Bowman said. The Hawaiian constitutional producing activity connected with convention is also planned for 1998. Previous Legislative Reports the airports program, and then OHA Trustee Frenchy DeSoto has have explained how Circuit Judge awarded OHA a full 20 percent of expressed great concern over this constitu- Daniel Heely ruled last summer all that revenue. The calculations tional convention being held at a time when that Hawaiians must be paid a larger were presented to the legislature in Hawaiian rights are often challenged. share of ceded lands revenue. a complex testimony of nine pages "The on going hostile attitude toward Soon after; the Airlines and six exhibits. But this rationale native Hawaiians and Hawaiian rights on the Committee of Hawai'i, an airline includes revenue sources that are part of many influential people in Hawaii," TheOHA industry lobbying group, held a far beyond what OHA's attorneys DeSoto said, " ... , has already resulted in "press briefing" in the Governor's and accountants have asked for in serious efforts to reduce Hawaiian gains office, and began quoting settlement the lawsuit, and farther than Judge made in recent years." Legislative figures as high as $1.2 billion. Heely's ruling. The state constitutional convention may The Airlines Committee of By contrast, Clayton Hee cites be held at the same time as the Hawaiian Hawai'i has since claimed that they documents prepared by the constitutional convention. Report do not "take any position on the accounting firm of Deloitte and The amended house bill 119, relating to pending lawsuit between OHA and Touche concluding that the amount a state constitutional convention in 1998, the state." The impact of their owed to OHA as a result of the crossed over to the Senate where it will be actions, however, would seem to Judge Heely decision is $262 passed or killed. contradict this assertion, since the million, before interest required 1999 or House Bill 2065, relat- Airlines Committee's estimates under law. ing to Hawaiian sovereignty and a Hawaiian constitu- have been quoted repeatedly in the HistOrically, Hawaiians have 2000 tional convention, moved press in opposition to the Judge shared a relatively small portion of better out of the House of ((This is really Heely decision. airport revenue. From 1981 to 1996, for state Representatives to the Further, the Airlines Committee, the Airlines Committee figures Senate for action. See while acknowledging their estimates show the airports as having nothing more story, page A6. are only a "worst case scenario", collected over $3 billion in revenue. Ha Hawai' i plans to have an election of continue to use the $1.2 billion Less than three percent was shared delegates in November 1997 and to begin than trying to figure, and as a result the number with Hawaiians for the use of the Hawaiian constitutional convention in has been re-quoted countless ceded lands in the airport system. January 1998. times by the administration and For Hawaiians, the stakes are balance the Davianna McGregor of Ha Hawai'i. said legislators. very high. In H.B. 2207, the state she worried about the difficulty of Hawaiian The problem, says OHA Chair House has said that there shall be delegates working to protect Hawaiian rights state's budget Clayton Hee, is that the $1.2 billion no airport revenue transferred to in the state constitutional convention while figure is a complete myth, a con- OHA - whether collected on ceded others are working to establish a new gov- cocted number that is not based on on the backs of lands or not. Such a cutback would ernment in the Hawaiian constitutional con- facts. He calls it a "scare tactic" curtail the programs OHA is trying vention. directed at the legislature and the JJ to expand. "Once the Hawaiian con-con delegates Hawaiians. community. "This is really nothing OHA Trustees have repeatedly are elected and when they convene is up to more than trying to balance the - Gayton Hee, OBA Chair stated that they are willing to them," McGregor said. They could interact state's budget on the backs of negotiate a ceded land revenue with the state constitutional convention and Hawaiians." settlement that is both reasonable be acknowledged as a sovereign entity in Hawaiians receive a portion of and fair. Trustee A. Frenchy DeSoto formation, she said. airport revenues because part of urges legislators, "Don't give in to The Hawai' i Government Employees Honolulu International Airport is pressure from industry lobbyists. Association has filed suit against the state built on ceded lands. In its calcula- Do what is right." OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS challenging the Attorney Generals decision tion, the Airlines Committee used to hold a state constitutional convention. That will have to be determined before a

The OHA Legislative Report is presented twice weekly as a public service by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. state con-con is held. 'Apellia Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA 'Ao 'ao 'Elwa (April) '97

I pa'a i kona makua "Respect your ancestors" 'Olelo No'eau

Claire Hughes, Nutritionist, Hawai'i Department of Health

4ncient chants and mo'olelo relate much about (taro, kalo) were transplanted, watered and kept in while food for women and children was prepared in the voyages of the early Hawaiians and their order, surpassed anything of the kind we had seen another. Women made tapa, did the weaving, gath- achievements on the sea. The HBkiile'a, Makali'i and before." ered pili for thatching, assisted with net making for Hawai'iloa demonstrate vividly the phenomenal The systematic order found in Hawaiian horti- household items, and supervised child care with the ocean sailing feats of our ancestors and provide culture, sailing and fishing, was evident in all aspects assistance of older children. excellent examples of mastery, achievement, skill of early Hawaiian life. Hawaiians There is a tendency to interpret the kapu and and dedication for today's youth. were especially recognized tasks for women in a negative or chauvinistic light. Other accomplishments and feats throughout the Pacific for their Our elders interpret these practices as being protec- of the early Hawaiians are not as often excellence in weaving and tapa- tive. A Maori kahuna explained that women were discussed. We don't read as much making. Such accomplishments kept from the negative mana of challenging oratory, about the highly developed knowledge and mastery came from concen- yet they performed the critical role of calling to pre- of plants and soil cultivation, propaga- trating on those who showed vious generations for support before the haka (chal- tion of new species of favorite foods and the greatest potential. Kiipuna Jenge). He saw the ban on eating certain fish as a the sophisticated water irrigation systems watched for the early indica- protection against being considered for sacrifice. In of old. Dr. E.5. Handy, in 1931, cites the tions of talent and ability the same vein, noted storyteller Emil Wolfgramm, lack of acknowledgem\:!rlt oflthe richest among the youth, and their relates how Tongan and other Polynesian men pro- legacy - the agricultural and horticultural lessons and lore were passed tect women in recognition of a woman's vital role in knowledge of our ancestors. Such on in a systematic and order- producing healthy future generations. Polynesian knowledge was accumulated ly progression. Kenn, declared a "living treasure" by over centuries, perhaps millennia, of experi- There was a clear divi- the Hongwanji Mission, explained to me in personal ence and was lauded in 1793 by Dr. Menzies, sion of work between men, sessions that food kapu kept women from eating Ca ptain Cook's ship surgeon and amateur women and children, all contributing foods considered too rich and detrimental to produc- bo tanist, "Even the helving cliff of rocks to an orderly famil, life. Men fi hed on reefs and in ing strong, healthy offspring. were planted with e culent roots (taro, kalo), banked the deeper water, while women and children gath- Ilawena Pukui's diet for pregnant women shows in and watered by aqueduct from the rivulet with as ered shellfish and limu on shoreline reefs, in streams precise planning for healthy offspring that would much art as if their level had been taken by the most and rivers. Only men planted, tended, harvested and work well even today. Based on the orderly thinking ingenious engineer. We could not indeed but admire cooked kalo, mostly because this required great of Polynesians, elders agree that a woman's role in the laudable ingenuity of these people in cultivating strength, but also because kalo was kinolau (body the family was cherished. Healthy women were and their oil ... the care and industry with which they form) of the god Kane. Kalo was cooked in one imu, are critical to the survival of the race and family.

Attorney General's investigation \0 au no ka pulapula 0 Kekaha, ma Hawaj\j clears Carpenter and Wong Ua lilo '0 Nana iii Welo. E hulimoku nii '!lio 'ula renown in the In 1994, Kenneth M. S. o ka lani i ka hiki mai aka 'ino, i ka hiki mai no aka 'cilelo no'eau and Wong was hired by OHA miilie. Ke hali'i nei nii mohala miimane. He pua lena i the mo'olelo. As 'I'i Administrator Dante wili pu 'ia me ke 'ala 0 ka walahe'e. Pii mai ka 'iniki a noted in and Kamakau the rich- Carpenter as a cash man- ka 'ou li iiiwaiwa 0 ka lani. Ua ha'a kiikou a ku ka ikai- ager for the Office of ka. Ua oli kiikou a ku ka maka'ala. Ua pule kiikou a ku es of the waters were trade items to Hawaiian Affairs. ka pono. Pono no ka manawa e. Wong was hired effec- supplement the tive July 1, 1994 under We have danced together, let us be strong limited productivi- OHA Consultant Contract together. We have chanted together, let us be ty of the land. No. 821. Wong would be alert together. We have prayed together, let us Ours is not a "fat paid $100 an hour for ser- be proper together. land", but our effi- vices performed, with a cient utilization of our precious water .... dollar limit of $31,500 and '0 au no Hannah Kihalani Springer. '0 au no ka .. se, resources compli- TR \.JSTEE-ELECT, H AWAI'I TR U STE E, M A U 1 the contract would run pulapula 0 nii pulpula 0 ko miikou 'iiina hiinau, '0 until December 31, 1994. ments our deep Kekaha ka inoa . Kia 0 Kekaha ma kona 'iikau mai and abiding loyalty to this place. During the period of Wong's management of the Honokohauiki ike 'ao'ao hema a hiki i Pu 'uanahulu i cash funds, $160,000 in intere t was earned, and it was Kekaha wai 'ole 0 na Kana ke 'ao'ao 'iikau. '0 Kukui'ohiwai ka inoa aka miikou anticipated that OHA would receive over $1 million in Waterless Kekaha of the Kona district. 'aina aloha ma Ka 'upu/ehu ma Kekaha. Aloha mai interest within a year by following his investment strate- Kekaha in Kona, Hawai'i, is known for its gy. Kukui'ohiwai maio scarcity 0 water but is dearly loved by its inhabi- Questions were raised about his 1) hiring, and 2) tants. ('Olelo No'eau no. 1716). I am Hannah Kihalani Springer. I am the whether he violated any state security laws in purchasing Of the water caves my mother taught me pulapula of our 'aina hanau, Kekaha at Kona the short-term time deposits instruments he obtained on with tales lived first hand. Our family maintains akau. Kekaha is that part of North Kona from behalf of OHA. the mulching practices today, and the cool cur- Honokohauiki in the south through Pu'uanahulu The Attorney General's investigation revealed: 1) that rents along the shoreline heighten the anticipa- in the north. Our 'aina aloha there is Kukui'ohi- there was no violation of the state procurement code by tion of refreshment when walking the coastal wai, at Ka'upulehu and this is who we are. Administrator Dante Carpenter and Deputy trails. While there are kaha lands on all of the Administrator Sesnita Moepono in hiring Wong under My world view and the creativity shaped by islands, the drier regions on the leeward sides, OHA Consultant Contract 821. Therefore,OHA it have come from this place. A place where wit we of Kekaha, kona 'akau, further underscore Carpenter had complied with all existing is expressed by lifeway as well as by rhetoric. the arid quality of our homeland with the suffix laws and procedures in hiring Wong. This is my homeland and we are as the offshoots wai'ole. Our home land is punctuated by lava The Attorney General's office has considered the of it. And so from us, from Kukui'ohiwai, rather than stream channels which flow down investigation closed. "Aloha mai kakou." and across the mountains' flanks. In generations I am very happy that the in-depth investigation This is my introduction of myself to you. In not so distant, we harvested water from lava cleared our personnel and Wong of any "wrong doing." It the months to come we shall come to know each tubes, optimized dew fall by effective mulching was unfortunate that the complaint was registered, how- other more fully, stories of our homelands, sto- practices, and sought sweet water sources in the ever, the investigation cleared Carpenter, Moepono and ries of our people, stories that we are creating rocky reefs along our shoreline. Wong and needed to be done. together. The rich fis heries off of the Kaha lands are .Ao.oo 'Urnl 1<0 Woi % 0 QHA 'Ape/I/o 1 (Aprfl) '97 OHA's pressing issues Much has been going on at OHA to muzzle me, hence my absence in the last Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA. That rubbish, I can handle. Thank you to all who called to find out why there was no column. BUT, OHA HAS MORE PRESSING ISSUES REGARDING THE: • Legislative onslaught • Status of the New Trustees • Management Audit Results • Prevailing community attitude • Your Beneficiary Rights in HRS 92F. LEGISLATION: Please keep in mind the following schedule due to the lapse in time: April 11 Bills in question will probably be in conference commit- OHA trustees' individual views expressed do not necessar- ily represent the o1ficial position oj the Board oj Trustees. tees. OHA is not responsibleJor accuracy oJ these commentaries. a.li., a,,,,,,,,, Call as many legislators that you know to register your position. The tTllStees weLcome comment. Write to Ka Wai Ola 0 TRUSTEE, A T- LARGE April 29 end of Session. OHA, 711 Kapi'olani Blvd. Suite 500, Honol.ulu 96813. HB 2207 would cap OHA revenues at $15 million, until an agree- ment is worked out via a task force. We face a contrary public fueled by the budget situation and media notations that OHA has accumulated $245 mil- Elections challenge update, lion in a revolving investment fund that is never used for the beneficiaries. In '92,'93,'94 the lump sum investment stash was received, the annual key legislative dates payment since, has been less than the $15 million (?) . HA HAW AI'I, the HSEC mutation is campaigning to receive $8 million ther order of this court." in joint funding from the state, OHA and HA, a private source in HB 2605. Beneficiaries should be alert to I am definitely against this bill, if for just one reason; HSEC's reporting and more movement on this "elections chal- money management of the $1.8 million received was 'kapulu' and irrespon- lenge" case to occur in the week of sible. Their election procedures were less than open, truthful or representa- March 17, 1997 (approximatel 133 tive of a overeignty quest. days since the November 5 election). SE A TE BILL 08, to add ridiculous requirement provisions to qualify for access rights. It was magnificently overwhelmed by a group who now Key legislative dates call themselves the 'Ilio'ulaokalani. Their spontaneous call to react to SB 08's unthinking treatment of land as a commodity was an indelible stand As of March 10 there were 31 more against abuse. Their impassioned plaintive statement carried a message to days before the April 29 (Tues.) all of Hawai'i. It was not a threat, their intonation was, " Do you realize "adjournment sine die". The first that if you pass this bill you will render us migratory Hawaiians, without crossover occurred on March 6 (Thurs). the right of access to the resources of our homeland? This given expressed H"'tc""'''. 4"l., .. ", by Pualani Kanahele sparked the fervent response of awareness from all of TRUS TEE , A T-LARG E The second crossover will occur on April 10 (Thurs). Between the first and Hawai'i, not only the affected politicians. Aloha nui kakou. The focus of this econd cro 0 er dates measure that One by one the kumu harkened to the distant call of the drums, catch- article, the second in a series of 46 survive will be subject to further leg- ing planes, or driving to the Capitol with their pahu. The public sat up and trustee articles is to update Ka Wai Ola 0 islative committee hearings, which are listened and the Senate committee tore up the bill. This was not a demon- OHA readers on: 1) the tatus of the open to the public. Beneficiaries and tration crying victimhood, it was a stalwart cultural assertion of our pos- "elections challenge" that continues to interested parties still have the opportu- terity. affect Trustees-elect Hannah Kihalani nity to present testimony for input to BUT BEWARE, THE PROVISION MAY SURFACE IN ANOTHER Springer and Colette Pi'ipi'i Machado, these public policies through the hear- BILL. and 2) on ignificant dates remaining in ing process. Call the OHA Government New trustees the calendar of the 19th State Affairs Office at 594-1888 for informa- Still not seated due to the Supreme Court delay on the Akaka, Kealoha Legislature, along with highllghts of tion on such measures. suit, Machado and Springer are making their presence and ideas known legislative measures that bear special Two specific measures to track fo r despite their non-voting status. There is much more inquiry and board table tracking for follow up actions by our follow up action are: HB 1857 HOI discussion which can only be healthy and the scrutiny of benefit to benefi- beneficiaries. Relating to Hawaiian Home Lands ciaries. Trust Individual Claims and HB 2207 Audit management Trustees-elect status HD2, Relating to the Public Land Trust. Write to the OHA's Administrator for a copy of the audit that you must HB 1857 HD1, in its amended form, . read. The quest through the courts for access to necessary information has The chronology of "elections chal- seeks to "re-clarify" the legislative been confirmed in the audit. lenge " milestones (through February intent that originally established the In a detailed response, Chairman Hee has acknowledged to the auditor 10) was documented in the Trustee sec- Hawaiian Home Lands Individual a commitment to direct the administrator to e.g. prepare financial reports, tion of the March issue of Ka Wai Ola 0 Claims Panel in 1991 as well as to upgrade the variance reports, and establish budgetary accounting and eval- OHA. Slow progress has been made in exclude certain types of individual uating systems. His detailed confirmation is in fact a mandate to the the Supreme Court but on March 6, claims, in retrospect. administrator to put our house in order and to provide more working infor- 1997 the Supreme Court of the State of HB 2207 HD2, in its amended form, mation to the trustees. Hawai'i issued "Minute Order No. 97- seeks to disregard judicial ruling on the This is a positive move calling for more recordation of data by staff. The 22" that stated: public land trust by redefining these openness will clear many suspicions. " Having determined, pursuant to issues through legislative language, USE HRS 92F, it gives you a right to access information. A response HRS 602-10 and Rule 34(a) of the seeks to redefine "revenues" due from within ten days from the Administrator, is set by law. e.g., you can access Hawai'i Rules of Appellate Procedure, the public land trust to OHA, and pro- Copy of minutes (may take longer) that oral argument in the following vides "retroactive effect" of the statute. Names of persons borrowing funds, amount, purpose and status case(s) will not be necessary, IT IS An informed Native Hawaiian Lists of contract and consultant hires, the contract and compensation HEREBY ORDERED that no oral argu- community will be very effective in OHA belongs to you. In the past two years the only beneficiaries regu- ment before d isposition will be heard in guiding public policy that impacts larly attending the trustee meetings, not for grants, but to observe the pro- the following case(s)." Native Hawaiians and the general pop- ceedings have been: Jo Lawrence, Havanna MacLafferty, Vienna Nahinu, The Order" goes on to ulation. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Clara Kakalia, Richard Kinney, Lela Hubbard and the Sam Kepanos. note fi ve cases under consideration to through the assistance of Legislative Call 594-1872, 594 1860 for information which this determination applies. Case Committee Chair, Trustee A. Frenchy E-mail comments: [email protected] 0. 20256 Akaka v. Yoshina is one of DeSoto and Trustee Rowena Akana, the fi ve cases. The order further states: convenes weekly Friday meetings to "Any party, however, may within update attendees on the status of the ten days after mailing of this minute legislative measures. Interested benefi- Advertise in Ka Wai ala 0 aHA's order by the clerk, file a motion for ciaries should call 594-1888 to confirm retention of oral argument, supported the time for these Friday meetings. classifieds and reach 60,000 by a statement of reasons, pursuant A hui hou aku no kakou. to Rule 34(c) of the Hawai'i Rules of Hawaiian households! Appellate Procedure. Moreover this minute order is always subject to fur- See page 23,

------'Ape/I/o Ko Woi 0/0 0 OHA 'Ao '00 'UmlkOmOkohl (ApriO '97 1' ,} .! i J J HB 2207 shows "old boy" network alive and well In one of Eric Hamakawa- South Hilo, Puna The injustice of H.B. 2207' those strange Mike Kahikina - Barber's Point, Nanakuli, twists of fate, Ma'ili, Wai'anae I am devoting my col- Represen ta ti ve Hermina Morita - Ha'iku, Hana, Hanalei, umn to Rep. David Ed Case, a Kapa'a Pendleton's (R-Kailua- descendant of David Pendleton - Maunawili, Kailua, Kane'ohe) speech on the missionaries, Enchanted Lake, Kane'ohe floor of the House in oppo- somehow was Scott Saiki - McCully, Mo'ili'ili, Kaimuki, sition to HB2207. named to chair Kapahulu Pendleton's speech fol- the House Alex Santiago - Schofield, Kahuku, Mokule'ia lows: Hawaiian Mark Takai - Waimalu, Waiau, Royal Affairs Summit, Newtown "Recently the Committee for Roy Takumi - Pearl City, Waipahu Hawai'i House of the19971egisla- David Tarnas - South Kohala, North Kona Representatives did T RUSTE E, AT-LARGE tive session, Voting for the bill were 18 Democrats: f.1'fef something of which it and he has Romy Cachola - Kalihi Kai, Palama TRUSTEE, KAUA'I AND NI'IHAU should be ashamed; it proved determined to live up to the injustices Ed Case - Manoa passed H.B. 2207. I was perpetrated by his ancestors. Case produced Jerry Chang - South Hilo and am strongly opposed to H.B. 2207 because it does a House Bill 2207 and railroaded it out of his Ken Ito - Kane'ohe grave injustice to the Hawaiian people and is an affront to committee. Marilyn Lee - Mililani, Waipi'o all who reside in Hawai'i. This monstrous and dishonest piece of Ron Menor - Wheeler AFB, Mililani House Bill 2207 is first objectionable because it sets out legislation, which revokes language in the Bob Nakasone - Kahului, Wailuku, Waikapu to inventory all lands subject to the public trust in a one-year Constitution, the Admission Act, and Act 304, Tom Okamura - Red Hill, Halawa Heights, period. Nearly 1.2 million acres are in the public trust and begins with a discussion of how wrongheaded Pearlridge, 'Aiea are currently inventoried using an arcane and useless sys- Judge Heely was in misreading the legisla- Paul Oshiro - 'Ewa Beach, Waipahu tem. ture's intent when he ruled in OHA's favor. It Calvin Say - Palolo, St. Louis, Kaimuki Basically, we all need to know of and agree on all the is couched in terms of doing a big favor for Joe Souki - Waihe'e, Wailuku property and income arising from the ceded lands. A single everyone, especially OHA. What it really does David Stegmaier - Hawai'i Kai, Portlock, year is hopelessly inadequate for this important and critical is open the door for a ceded lands inventory Kalama inventory. We should not underwrite a hurried job which compiled in the state's favor by the Nathan Suzuki - A.1iamanu, Moanalua, Salt . can only lead to further disputes, lack of trust, and expen- Department of Land and Natural Resources Lake sive litigation. and other mechanisms designed to slash Dwight Takamine - . Hamakua, N. Hilo, N. House Bill 2207 is also objectionable because it will sig- ceded land revenues payable to Hawaiians. Kohala nificantly limit the "revenues" from the public trust. The With the goal of reducing the state's debt Terrance Tom - Kahalu'u, 'A.huimanu, He'eia, Federal Government transferred ("ceded") lands to the State to OHA, House Bill 2207 provides for retroac- Kane'ohe of Hawai'i with the express provision that the State was to, tive application. The law does not look favor- Brian Yamane - Diamond Head, Kapahulu, in part, hold such lands in trust for the betterment of the ably on retroactivity and Attorney Case fully Kaimuki, Waikiki Hawaiian people. ex pect OHA to challenge this bill. The bill's Nobu Yonamine - 'Pacific Palisades, After years of dispute, the Legislature in 1990 (Act 304) n 'lievably amateurish Section 10 seems to Mornilani, Manana decided that OHA should receive 20 % of the public trust presume we will be successful in our attack Terry N. Yoshinaga - McCully, Mo'ili'ili, revenue derived from proprietary government revenue. ince it starts off, "Even if the retroactive effect Pawa'a Unfortunately, litigation had to be pursued to compel the is held invalid ..." The bill then goes on to pro- Worst of all were the kanalua votes. State of Hawai'i to acknowledge the actions of the vide that its statement of the intent of Act 304 Kanalua is an alternative to voting yes or no, Legislature. The litigation was resolved in favor of OHA. is correct no matter what. In other words, it but if the role is called three times and the leg- Now that Act 304 has been consistently interpreted to remains retroactive, even if a court says it's islator continues to respond kanalua, he really mean what it says, that is, entitling OHA to 20% of not. While I happen to agree with knows his vote will be counted as a yes. the public trust revenues, the Legislature is proposing to Representative Case that OHA will prevail in These kanalua votes propelled passage of take back promises made in 1990. In 1990 the State any challenge (including to Section 10), I House Bill 2207 ·and the thirteen cowards promised 20 % of the qualified public trust revenue, but now would rather see it die without being enacted. scared into casting kanalua votes were: that it has been forced to own up to its promises, it wants to Unfortunately, on March 4, the House Felipe Abinsay - Moanalua, Shafter, lower that 20% and cancel the existing debt, retroactively approved 'this bill and referred it to the Kapalama, Kahili Waena denying OHA all that OHA has not received since the Senate's Water, Land and Hawaiian Affairs Lei Ahu Isa - 'Alewa, Kapalama, Liliha, promise was made in 1990. and Ways and Means Committee. This was a Nu'uanu, Pu'unui Since its inception in 1978, OHA has never received black day for Hawaiians, but the vote break- Nestor Garcia - Waipahu, Crestview what it has been promised in the Constitution and in succes- down teaches us something: 20 votes against, Kenny Goodenow - Waimanalo, Keolu, sive laws. 18 in favor, and 13 cast as kanalua. Those Lanikai, Kailua House Bill 2207 continues this shameful pattern. It lim- against were the compassionate and almost Bob Herkes - Ka'u, Puna its the size of the entire "pie," by decreasing the definition of unanimous (except for Representative Kenneth Hiraki - Kaka'ako, Downtown, Ala public trust land, then limits the definition of "revenues," Marumoto) Republican minority: Moana and then finally caps the contribution to OHA. Sam Aiona - Makiki, Tantalus, Manoa Merwyn Jones - Makaha, Wai'anae As important as the internal problems and contradic- Galen Fox - Waikiki, Ala Wai Ezra Kanoho - Lihu 'e, Kapa'a tions in House Bill 2207, including the hurried inventory, are Chris Halford - Makena, Kula, Kihei etc. Bertha Kawakami - Koloa, Waimea, Ni'ihau the troubling symbolic ramifications. Quentin Kawananakoa - Nu'uanu, Barbara Marumoto - Wai'alae, Kahala, OHA was established in 1978 and represents the mani- Punchbowl, Pauoa, etc. Wilhelmina Rise festation of a vision to redress a century of neglect. Bob McDermott - Aliamanu, Hickam, Foster David Morihara - Pa'ia, Makawao, Ku'ia, etc. Unfortunately, the State has made a lot of promises to OHA Village, 'Aiea, Halawa Valley Marcus Oshiro - Wahiawa, Whitmore Village which it has not kept, and House Bill 2207 is the latest, and Colleen Meyer - La'ie, Waikane, Waiahole, Mike White - Lahaina, Ka'anapali, Moloka'i, perhaps most drastic, action to go back on the State's etc. Lana'i promises. The message sent by passing House Bill 2207 Mark Moses - Kunia, Makakilo, 'Ewa, This is a good time for us Hawaiians to could not be more clear: OHA, and the Hawaiian people, Waipahu, Kapolei evaluate our political affiliation and voting will not be treated fairly by the State of Hawai'i. Litigate if David Pendleton - Kailua, Kane'ohe, practices. Whether or not we are considering you must, protest if you must, but if you accomplish any- Enchanted Lake, Maunawili, Pohakupu a party change, we should all be casting our thing, even if you win in a court of law, the State will take it Cynthia Thielen - Kailua, Kane'ohe Bay vote in 1998 for candidates committed to the away from you in the end. Drive our well-being and fair treatment. Is this the message we wish to send to the keiki of Gene Ward - Haha'ione, Kuli'ou'ou, Niu, Meanwhile, please call your senator and Hawai'i? As for me, I will have no part in sending such a 'Aina Haina, etc. express your outrage at House Bill 2207. We message. For the forgoing reasons, I am strongly opposed to Paul Whalen - South Kona, North Kona must step up to the plate and openly cam- this bill and will continue to work in opposition to House Ni ne courageous and humane Democrats paign for candidates to replace these legisla- Bill 2207. We must never forget our State's motto: Ua mau stood up to their party's leadership, tors who have consistently voted against ke ea 0 ka 'aina i ka pono." opposed the bill and voted their con- Hawaiians, i.e., Maui's Joe Souki and Calvin Keale: Representatives Ezra Kanoho and Bertha science: Say from Palolo and St. Louis Heights. Kawakami voted "kanalua" (counted as yes). Hermina Dennis Arakaki - Kamehameha Heights, Let's get rid of the old boy network! Morita opposed the bill. Kalihi Valley • Paid Advertisement , • , . 00 I amehameha Schools Bishop Estate trustees and staff proudly K recognize the fo llowing Kamehameha Schools students for their outstanding academic achievements, I mua e na poki'i!

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Keoho Enomoto (7) Wayne Coito (8) Jason Lai Hipp (8) Kaulana Ka'a'a (8) Dawn Chapman (7) hentelle Re e (8) Alexis Fong (7) Brandy Lapilio (8) Lahela Hite (8) Principal's List Brad Freitas (7) Kasey Kaya (7) Brandi Onzuka (7) O'AHU Marcus lwane (7) Chadwick Nakagawa (8) David Hoke (7) Nicole Pickering (7) HAWAI'I Shariff assar (7) Brandon Hong (7) Bridgette Shol tis (7) 'Aiea: Kelvin Lunn (8) MOLOKA'I Jasmine Stein (8) Hilo: Ashlyn Borges (7) Pearl City: Kehaulani Marciel (7) Puamana Tacgere (7) Michelle Higashi (8) Courtney Cho (8) Shane Briones (8) Kaunakakai: Kainamaikalani Kelley Cho (7) Leina'ala Chong (8) Darryl-Lynn Dudoit (7) Waimanalo: Kealakekua: Neuman (7) Kealapualoke Hook (8) Kanoe Kaneaiakala (7) Healani Kauhi-Choy Micah Washburn (7) KuaJapu'u: Kamuela Sing (7) Wendell Kam (8) Justin Konia (7) Mercedes Gandeza (8) Jason Souza (7) Foo (7) Keriann Kau (7) Heather Villamil (7) Robert Toyomura (8) LeShay Keli'iholokai (7) O'AHU Christian Kikuchi (7) Cary Won"g (7) Kinohi Pizarro (7) O'AHU Kane'ohe: 'Aiea: Kiel 'ash (7) Natalie Young (8) Matthew Beimes (8) Waipahu: Marissa Luning (8) Reyn Ono (7) 'Aiea: Wahiawa: Jared Braun (7) Christian Akau (7) Talia Ruth (7) Chelsey Ruth (7) William Ahue (8) Steven Chang (8) Scott Bunag (7) Matthew Castro (8) Corrin Cunningham (7) 'EwaBeach: 'Ewa Beach: Ikaika Dang (8) B. Po'okela Hanson (8) Courtney Chai (7) Lance Eberhart (7) Jennifer Akina (8) Shannon Valencia (8) Janalle Kaloi (8) Dawn Keli'ia'a (8) Christopher Cone (8) Jasmyn Hironaka- J ennifer Wong (7) Cherish Kama (8) Tampon (8) Hale'iwa: Dan Lorenzo (8) Wilham Cruz (8) J oshua Makaiwi (7) Mia-Arnor Evaimalo (8) Matthew Ho (8) Tiffany Aki (7) Honolulu: Erin Lyman (8) Jason Aguilar (7) Jonathan Vannatta (8) Barbara Mateo (8) Vanessa Goodyear- Jordan Ka'ailau (7) Charis Kepo'o (7) Hau'ula: J esse Barros (7) Waialua: Kawehi Tom (8) Kaopua (7) Ku'ulei Martin (8) JoanJensen (8) Deeann Celestino Mei Linn Park (7) Vieni Vitale (7) Christian Kalama (8) Uilani Keo (8) Haunani Kalilikane (8) Crystal Miyamoto (8) Young (7) Darren Silva (8) 'EwaBeach: Holly Coleman (7) Mahealani Kamau (8) Dane Montez (7) Honolulu: Wai'anae Jarett AnlOque (7) Sara Cox (8) Tannya Kanei (7) Noah Peterson (7) Ashlee Adams (8) Bronson Aken (7) Gaylynn Castillo (7) Jessica Crowell (7) Justin Kauwale (7) Ashley Marie Pias (7) Kaleikaui Kuroda (7) Rhea Castro (8) Bryan Lenharr (7) Kirra Downiflg (8) Nicole Keaunui (8) Justin Rebudal (7) Brendt Lum (7) Alexandra Coelho (7) Justina Lewis (7) Jenna Fernandes (7) Jane Keawe (7) Louis Santiago (8) Beth akamura (8) Kasey Galariada (7) Kikahakaiwa Maele (8) Keaonaona Ferreira (8) Renata Kiemnec (8) Chantelle Uyehara (7) Candiss am (7) Fallyn Kapoi (7) Jason Poe poe (8) Pilialoha Gaison (8) Spencer Kim (8) Perrin Oda (7) Justin Keli'ipa'akaua (8) Katelina Samia (7) Robert Hanohano (7) Ashley Kusaka (7) ARIZONA Laine Perkins (8) Ryan Keouli (7) Andrew Tong (7) Daniel Holt (7) Christopher Lambert (8) Ashley Ruff (7) Brandi Kokubun (8) Ryan Wong (7) Kearns Canyon Dana Jacobe (7) Albert Maafala (7) Nicole Salis (7) Kristy Perez-Kaiwi (8) Kalia Clark (8) Krystal Tim Sing (7) Dawson Kaaua (8) William Henry Tiffany Kaeo (7) Rachel Sharpe (7) McClellen (7) Christopher Tyau (8) Brilana Silva (8) Leighton Kaina (7) Kailua: Eric Kalima (7) Darin Wright Jr. (8) Ryan Benevedes (7) Paige Kim (7) Waimanalo: Anella Borges (8) Jessica Lam (7) Peaches Anstine Noeau Camarillo (8) Kira Lee (7) Solomon (7) Nohealani Cambra (8) Lori Lilly (7) Regina Cummings (7) Katie Holck (7) Kaiewa Masuda (8) Kanani Lai (7) 11\ Kane'ohe: Zachary McAngus (7) Matthew Solomon (7) Douglas Moore (7) Christopher Ah ew (7) Waipahu: Brenden Nakata (7) David Ahuna (8) Jason Mong (7) Tyler Black (7) Kimberly Cabral (8) KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS BERNICE'" PAUAHI BISHOP ESTATE • 'Ao'oo lwakllluakOhO Ko Wai % 0 OHA 'ApBllla (AprIl) '97 '4J ,·,1 Punana Leo families pioneers of Kaiapuni Hawai'i By Eric Kapono Piinana Leo Outreach to the Kaiapuni Hawai'i distances from school sites. Alaka'i Ho'omohala, Parents of the first Piinana Leo 0 Kona preschool Hale Kako'o graduates lobbied the Legislature and DOE for two Ke Kula '0 Nawahiokalani'opu'u years to secure classrooms and teachers for their Piinana Leo outreach to the Kaiapuni Hawai'i Kaiapuni Hawai'i the result of keiki. They had the support of hundreds in their includes the 1995 purchase of Ke Kula '0 Piinana Leo families community. After talks with the principals of Nawaruokalani'opu' u on the Big Island, with finan- When the first classes graduat- Holualoa, Honaunau and Kealakehe Elementary cial assistance from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. ed in 1986 from Piinana Leo preschools in Hilo and schools, the parents conducted kindergarten and first Formerly known as the Henry 'Opukaha'ia School, Honolulu, the children were prepared to enter grade at the Piinana Leo site. Nawahi is located 10 minutes south of Hila in kindergarten in Hawai'i's public schools. However, Since 1987, Punana Leo outreach has expanded Kea'au. Nawahi and Ke Kula '0 Anuenue on O'ahu 90 years after the ban on Hawaiian medium to include a 5-year consor- are the only two immersion schools that are not education, Piinana Leo families encountered tium agreement with the incorporated into an English language school. the DOE's refusal to provide Hawaiian lan- University of Hawai'i, The Piinana Leo contributed to a student guage immersion programs similar to the through the Hale Kuamo'o. exchange between Hawai'i and New Zealand to Piinana Leo. The fight for Hawaiian immer- The Hale Kuamo'o was experience the similarities and differences between sion was taken to the State Legislature, and established in 1989 as the Hawaiian and Maori language immersion, last those involved with reversing the ban on primary state office respon- month. . Hawaiian medium education found an ally in sible for support of The Piinana Leo acts on many issues and inter- the Senate. Hawaiian as a first language acts on many levels, but the underlying goal remains /II remember in 1986 that Larry Kimura, of communication and its the same: survival of Hawaiian language. Pila Wilson and Kauanoe Kamana came to main focus is development For more information on Piinana Leo activities visit...concerned that the Piinana Leo children of curriculum and teacher and how one can help, contact the Hale Kako'o would have no place to go," says Charles training for the Kaiapuni Piinana Leo Support Center at 1744 Kino'ole Street, Toguchi, now Chief of Staff for Governor Hawai'i. Last year the Hilo, HI 96720, OJ;iPhone (808)959-4979. In the next Cayetano but who earlier served as Chair of Piinana Leo assisted the article, we will examine the role Piinana Leo plays in the Senate Committee on Education. "I always Hale Kuamo'o in more ensuring a vital Hawaiian language in the next mil- believed that when you talk about retaining or than 38 curriculum pro- lennium and beyond. perpetuating the culture, language is key, and jects (for more than 15,400 E ola ka 'olelo Hawai' i. you need to start early on with the kids. I am pieces) and assisted in very pleased with what the Piinana Leo has teacher training for more Ke ala nU'ukia 0 ka Piinana Leo done and how far it has come," he says. than 75 teachers. Ua ulu mai ke aukahi PUn The Kaiapuni Hawai'i, which is the DOE PClnana Leo 0 Hilo The Piinana Leo ka 'i'inj e hO'okumu pa'a ,. ana mai loko mai 0 Hawaiian Language Immersion Program, began preschoolers at Ke Kula '.0 supports Kula Ni'ihau 0 kiilana mana 0 ka '01 I H 1a 0 Hawai'i nei ke under Toguchi who, as DOE superintendent in Ncwahiokalani'opu'u, With Kekaha, a Hawaiian- '0 ka h e 0 awat lola mai 0 Kikil . medium program ana a ka 'ohana Pii 0 mat. 1987, allocated funds to initiate the one-year pilot student guides. ho'okumu ho'olak _nana '0 ia ka program at Waiau Elementary on O'ahu and geared specifically for the Ni'ihau Hawai'i like 'ole ,0, a a J nii kaiapuni 'Olelo Keaukaha Elementary in Hilo. The Kaiapuni community on Kaua'i with curriculum materials and . 0 na 0 anak I . Puni, a rna ke aloha e 0 a 0 la mau kaia- Hawai' i has since grown to a K-12 program at 13 teacher hires. In addition, the Piinana Leo has con- alob ,_. akua, aloba 'olelo, aloha lith . a ama, a me ke aloha na'aua . UI, ites on five islands with more than 1,100 students tributed to bus transportation for Kaiapuni Hawai'i o e pono at kakou. enrolled, many of whom are Piinana Leo graduates. students on O'ahu, where families often reside great Keiki Kawai'ae'a, a Piinana Leo 0 Honolulu par- ent involved with the pilot program at Waiau, says, "Before Waiau, my daughter was treated as a foreign Halau Haloa, National Academy of Hawaiian Performing Arts student at Kapalama Elementary because she was Na Kalani Akana ka ha'i 'Olelo Hawai'i, ka ho'opapa, ka nala lauhala, ka stronger in Hawaiian than in English, and they want- Auhea 'oukou e na Hawai'i, mai ka pi'ina a ka Ia i hana lei piipii 0 Ni'ihau, a pela aku. ed us to stop speaking Hawaiian at home. Some at ka lae 0 Kumukahi a hiki loa i ka mole 'olu '0 Lebua. No laila, '0 kekahi puhuhopu 0 keia hui hou ka the school said she had learning difficulties because of her strength in Hawaiian, but when I evaluated Aloha kakou. E na mamo a ka 'i, ka Mahi, ka Palena me bo'okumu 'ana i kekahi pu'ulu hui bala nana e ho'ike i her test results, I saw she was strong in her thinking ka Luahine ho'i. Aloha, e na mamo a Haloa, ka iwi 0 na hula kiiikawa a me na kaila huli i ili mai j 0 na and conceptualization skills. It's just that the mental- ku'u iwi, me ke koko 0 ku'u koko. Aloha. 'ohana hula rna Hawai'i. '0 kekahi pahuhopu a'e ke a'o ity was that only English could be the medium of '0 Wakea kaupoku halau 0 luna. '0 Papa papahele a me ka 'ili kiipono 0 na hula kiiikawa i na kumu bula successful education./I Today Kawai'ae'a serves as halau 0 laIo. Wahi ana lciipuna pela i bo'okumu a i me ka Hikou po'e haumana. '0 kekahi a'e ka ho'okumu the Director of Curriculum Development and ho'okanaka ai '0 Hawai'i, rna 0 na piibaka kanawao ali'i 'ana i halau rna na mokupuni like 'ole Ubi e a'o ai ka Teacher Training at the UH-Hilo Hale Kuamo'o o Wakea me Papa. No laiJa, aloha. A puka mua no bula a me na 'ano paheona a me na 'ike ku'una like 'ole: Hawaiian Language Center. The center serves the Haloa, haIa, ola bou i ke kalo. A puka mai no Haloa ke '0 ke kuku kapa 'oe, ka nala lauhala 'oe, ka nana mea needs of the Kaiapuni Hawai'i and wider communi- kanaka, ola a laha ka Hilmi kanaka. Eia kakou rna ka ho' okani 'oe,.ka lapa' au 'oe, ka lornilomi 'oe a pelii aku. ty. , halau ho'okabi 0 Hawai'i nei. Alaka'i 'ia keia 'ahahui e na kiipuna 0 ka 'Aba Ma muli 0 keia pilina 0 kakou i kapa 'ia ai ka halau Kiipuna. '0 'Anake Nona Beamer, Arline Eaton, Freda huliamabi 0 kakou, '0 ia ho'i ka Halau Haloa, ka Gomes, George Holokai, Lani Kalama, Hoakalei National Academy of Hawaiian Performing Arts. '0 ka Kamau'u, Elizabeth Kauahipaula a me Puluelo Park QIUIt ,."..Ii. Halau Haloa he 'ahahui aupuni no ia. A i mea aha keia kekahi 0 na kiipuna nana i 'ae e noho, e paipai, e hui? He 'ahahui hou no ke aupuni Hawai'i nana e ho'okele a e kako'o i ia hana nei. '0 ka papa alaka'i ho'oholomua i ka po 'okela 0 na hO 'ike, na ku'una, me na keia: Kalani Akana (pelekikena); Ku'ulei Piinua (hope loina 'oiwi. pelekikena); Jan Yoneda (kakau mo'olelo); Mililani E la'a, ina hele kekahi i Liikia, 'ike 'ia ka Bolsboi, Allen (kakau 'olelo); Mapuana de Silva (pu'uku). '0 na kekahi pii'ulu hulahula pale kaulana 0 ka honua nei. Ina luna ho'okele '0 Manu Boyd, Bill Char, Paulie Jennings, hele ke akahi i Iapana, 'ike 'ia ke Kapuki ai 'ole ka No, Pua Kanahele, Richard Kennedy, Keola Lake, Lynn na 'ano ho'ike heona 0 kela aupuni iho. Ma muli 0 ke Martin, Hok:iilani Holt-Padilla a me Kaha'i Topolinski. a'o me ka ho'oili 0 ia 'ano hulahula mai kela hanauna a Inii he boihoi ko ka mea heluhelu e pili ana iii Hiilau i keia hanauna ua ola a ua kii i ka haweo 0 na maka 0 Haloa, hili ke leka aku ia Kalani Akana, 1060 kona 'aina pono'l a ina maka aloha 0 ke ao nei. Pela pii Kamehameha me ka hula. Ua ho'oili maika'i ia e na kiipuna ine na loea Hwy.#2103A hula i kela me keia halau 'oiai ke loli nei ka 'ano 0 ka iIi Pearl City, Hema amai 'ana. He 'ike ho'i ko ke ao nei e pili ana i ka hula aka Hawai'i Ha10a mo alOha na 1 'ano papa'u no. '0 ka hula kohu Dorothy L' amour paha 96782. ko lakou 'ike. 'A'ole nui 'ino ko lakou 'ike e pili ana i ka '0 Hawai'i k ' wspaper by Hale mai na kOp U U kU/a;w; hula 'ala'apapa, ka hula pahu, a pela ak.u. '0 ia paha, No 0 to Kaiapu.ni J n unamai Kuamo 0 an rt of the consortium pela pii ka 'ike papa'u 0 ka 'ike k61i'u 0 ka hula 0 neia ,,-. a kouonoe 1/' I I Hawai'i sites, as pa aupuni. Na ka Halau Haloa e ho'ike i ka nani 0 ka hula, . "'murOI with the PClnana Leo. , - • " 'Ape/I/o Ka Wai 010 0 OHA (April) '97 1 ••••••••••••••••••••••• Akina - the first Akina 'ohana reunion is Keokilele!HalemanujUkeke Plans are in planned for Aug. 7-9 in Kihei, Maui for the making for a reunion on July 3, 4, 5, 6, on descendants of Auhana Akina (Frank, John Kaua'i. This line originates at this time from and Alexander Akina) and Achuna Akina Keali'ikukauakahi (k), Holowale (w), and (Agnes, Eugina, James, Cecelia (Awo), Kahiwa (k), Kahuna (w) (Ukeke) . Children of Judith, Edward, Florence (Kerfoot), Elaine Keokilele and William Coggeshall are: Fanny (Whittier), Winona (Damiano) and Albert Opunui, Sarah Todd Cunningham, George, 'APELILA Akina.) Cont act: Shem G. Kahawaii, Jr" 879- John, Tim , Eliza Kaholokai. Mary Baker 2776; Hamby Akina Ka hawaii, 879-5383, 885- Kainuwai. Granchildren are George Akana, CALENDAR OF EVENTS 3435; Bonny Lyn n Kahawaii He rbert, 874-8073; Anna Koani. Em ily, Nahinu, Maraea / or Lo rri Ann Akina Howells, Ho'okano, Sarah Keaka, Kahalepuna, Helena Kapule Kapaka, Wahinekuewa. From her 4",. 1- C::e .. " HalljKalolojMoku - We are planning Q fam- second husband, John Malina, Sr " children HAil/AHA .. .. by Eduard Arning are featured in a ily reunion. Location and date are to be are Kauahipolua Higgins, William, Julite Nani free slide show/lecture by Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler determined. We are seeking descendants Alapai. Harriet Gifford, Peter, Aukai HO 'opi;i, and Lynn Davis for Hawaiian Historical Society. and/or relatives of Kaho'omana Hall and Kawahine Kilomana, and John Solomon. Aunty Sarah Kailikea will be doing an oli Many of these rare photographs, taken in 1884 to Ka 'onohika'a Kalolo, and Kawahine Moku 'ohana. Call soon to be included in 1886, have never been made public. Contact the (Augusta Moku) of Hilo, Hawai'i. For infor- the chant. Contact Luka at (808) Hawaiian Historical Society at (808) 537-6271. m a tion regard ing this first family reunion, or if you 245-6463, Box 822, Uhu'e, HI 96766, or Hea (808) 245-5058 (eves). 4",. g - 4,tn PA'" , .. PA'" "Solving have any information on the above-mentioned Archeological Mysteries." ArcheologliSPCathy" Pahukoa - Descendants of Thomas names, ple a se c a ll Glidden reports on ancient pits and mounds on and Marianna Pahukoa are c ur- Germaine Kamalia Higa Mauna Loa. UH-Hilo anthropologist Barbara Lass rently plannin g their fi rst 'oha na at 455-4588 0 r write to: 912 describes Hawaiian adze manufacturing processes. reunion, t o be held July 11 - 13, Lehua Ave., #307, Pearl 1997 o n Maui. We need your help Tuesday, 7 p.m., Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium. C ity, Hawai'i 96782. Call (808) 967-7184. in locating famiUes of Harry Kaaa - family reunion is Kumukoa Pahukoa, Esther Kekela 4",. 19 - , .. tn .. At.' .. Al p lanned on Sunday, April 20 (Pahukoa) Bissen, Helen Kahale Ed.,ft., .. 150 culptures, composed of at Poka', Bay Beach Park in Kai (Pahukoa) Tau-a, Lillian every imaginable medium are a powerful commen- Wai'anae (look for the ban-' Kahale Pouli (Pahukoa) Kawai, tary on this industrially and technologically driven ner), from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Loretta "Luita" (Pahukoa) Yap, mi llennium. UH-Manoa Art Gallery, Mon.-Fri., 10 Reunion includes potluck, Abraham Duke Pahukoa, Thomas Christopher Pahukoa, Elizabeth Mauliola a.m. - 4 p.m., Sunday, 12 - 4 p .m. Closed Saturday. door prizes, T-shirts, special (Pahukoa) Lowendowski, Abraham Manono Free. presentations to kOpuna. Contact Jeanne Ka aa Kahanaoi at 833-9239. Pahukoa, Abraham Mahea Pahukoa and Lily Kawahine (Pahukoa) Koko. 'Ohana mem- 4,tn PA'" , .. PA'" "Nalani 'EM: The 4",. )) - KahanoijPomaikai - a family reunion is bers are invited to attend our monthly meet- Four Royal Ones." alani Olds tells with chant, song p lanned on Sa t urday, August 20 at Poka', ings (call fo r details) ·and minutes are being and dance the story of the four royal brother and sis- Beach Park in Wai'anae (look fo r the ban- sent to those currently on file. Please con- ters - Kalakaua, Lili'uokalani, Likelike and ner), from 10 a .m. to 6 p.m. Reunion includes tact Marc Aquino, chairperson, at P.O. Box LeleiohokU. Tuesday, at 7 p.m ., Kilauea Visitor potluck, d oor prizes , T-shirts, special presenta- 5028, Kahului, Hawai'i 96733, or call (808) Center Auditorium. Call (808) 967-7184. ti ons to kO puna. Cont act Jeanne or David 871-9484. Or call Gail Perreira , secretary, at Kahanaoi at 833-9239. (808) 575-2639 (r) . Alu Like Programs

£'5 F EDS (LASS' L..f1<::. . ·"'t .,..,,, j. '",<; r ... j ..- r"l iI, Alu Like's Business Development Center announces new U '-' \ 0 "$ • ..v I L v.'\.../ _ .. ..lU S":!! -f'J -) Y f e;i\!'"'. ·i-ZU\/ i .i8'U\f Sf··', ,'.' entrepreneurship training courses and workshop as follows: o ...... / .. \tj'-@V rfr""CLLwd"A t. lye Ci-L\./ Entrepreneurship basic course (starts Apr. 5). Meets in Punalu'u on six consecuti ve Saturdays 9 a. m. to 4 p.m. Advanced entrepreneurship course (starts Apr. 15). Seven Learn to grow taro, sweet weeks from 6 to 8 p.m .. Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Thursdays. Lauhala dinner mats 12" X 18" potato, and other Hawaiian Prici ng and marketing workshop for "arts and crafters" $40.00 a set of 12 mats made crops. For books on these meets Saturday, Apr. 19 only from 9 a.m. - noon. to order. Poka 'a lauhala 60 crops, call 533-0391 , (Fax: 734- leaves to roll $20. 00. Ph , 808- Space is limited. Call Alu Like at: O'ahu 535-6776; Maui 0561) , [email protected] (e- 836-8745. . 242-9774; Hawai'i, 961-2625; Kaua'i, 245-8545 mail).

Hawai' i Computer Training Center Homeowners! Save BIG BUCKS April 4 is the last day for testing of new applicants for the Pepper Spray $12.00 Police Wanted for Project: Used hula decals, eagle and badge on interest charges, reduce nex t Hawai'i Computer Training Center course which begins implements, costumes, etc .... in types for car windows $8.00. years on TERM , build equity May 5 and concludes on Aug. 14. Applicants must have high good condition, Call pager: SASE to: Maka'i Hui P.O. Box faster. Call Mortgage & Loan sc hool diploma or GED, be able to type 25 wpm after errors. 279-7656, or 623-7670 (eves.) 1172, Pearl City, HI 96782 . Reduction Hawai'i. FREE Proof of Hawaiian ancestry and education is required on test Savings Analysis (808) 732-5885. day . Test will be at 567 S. King St. , Ste. 105, from 8:30 a.m. to I p.m. The IS-week, tuition free program runs from 8 a.m. to Poi air mailed fresh - 2 Ibs. Never deal with rush hour traf- KAMUELA-Trade prime proper- -UO p.m. daily and includes: business mathematics, communi- ty 1/2-acre , spacious 3-bdrm, thick vacuum sealed $11 , any fic again become a part of the occasion (808) 689-7234. (808) cations, Cortez Peters championship typing, applied office tech- 2-bath home. Cool climate internet revolution make a for- 689-0992, Fax: (808) 689-3195. nology, operations of the IBM PC, wordprocessing/spreadsheets tune from your home, call 1- paniolo country, Trade for Waimanalo house and lot of Dry fish available 91-305 'Ewa database, job readiness preparation, job placement assistance, 808-506-1144-ext.0268 . similar size , value. Ph. 455-4759. Beach Rd .. 'Ewa Beach, HI Hawaiian culture awareness. Call 532-3655. 96706.

Su mmer jobs and training program for youths 14-21 fft IlA 'WAf OlA , 0"4 6D,DDD t4AIIIAffAft Classifieds $12.50! Up to 24 words. Call 594-1980 for classified ad form. Deadline Applications are now being taken for Alu Like's Summer Yo uth Employment and Training Program, which provides for May Ka Wai ala 0 aHA issue: April 10. All classifieds must be prepaid. Make employment and training opportunities for Native Hawaiian checks payable to: Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Mail your classified ad and payment to yo uth. Call yo ur nearest Alu Like office today: O'ahu - 535- 6755; Maui, 242-9774; Hilo, 961 -2626; Moloka'i, 553-5393; Ka Wai ala 0 aHA, 711 Kapi'olani Blvd ., Suite 500, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813. and Kaua' i, 245-8545. Include your name, address and phone number. •

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Enrollment is limited. Any student entering Performing Arts Academy grades 6-12 may apply; preference is given to Hawaiians. Cost is $300. Explore the Arts! Explore and in crease Financial aid is also available to your appreciation of performing arts this Hawaiians hased on need. Airfare to and summer. from O'ahu will be paid for all neighbor Sign up for courses in band, chOir, island students accepted to the program. orchestra, dance, Hawaiian ensemble and No boarding is available. more during the Six-week, half-day sessions To apply, call 842-8295 or the beginning June 18. (12:30 pm-4:15 pm). Kamehameha Schools Neighbor Island Regional Resource Center on your island.

KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS BERN ICE PAUA HI BI SHOP ESTATE KSBE's policy to give preference to Hawaiians as pel'millCd by law has been ruled non-discriminatory by the IRS.

Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA, Office of Hawaiian Affairs 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Suite 500 Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813-5249

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