KA WAI OLA THE LIVING WATER of OHA OFFICE of HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS • 711 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500 • Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813-5249 ‘Aukake (August) 2007 Vol. 24, No. 08 Prevailing in Po‘ipü Developer gives up rezoning bid for site-rich tract page 05 Youth leaders visit OHA page 06 Weight control critical for Hawaiian health page 08 Celebrating Kawai Nui Accord: Wao Kele page 12 Healing the Marsh page 10 www.oha.org Photo: Derek Ferrar “Kau Inoa is a way for Native Hawaiians to come together as one.” ������������������������������������������������������������� ���� ����� ������ �� ������ ����� ����� �� ��� ����� �� ���� ��� ���� ������������������������������ �������������������������������������������������� ����������� ��� ��� ���� ��������� ���� ���� ������ ����� ��� ���� ���� ���������� ���� ����� ��� ������������ ��� ���� �������� ��� ���� ������� ��� ����������� ������������������������������������������ �������������������� ����������� �������� ����� �������� ��� �������� ��������� ���� ������������������������������������� ��� ������� ����� ����� ���� ��� ������ ��������� ����������������������� ��������������������������� ������������������������� Hawai‘i Maoli (808) 394-0050 hawaiimaoli.org - KA LEO KAIHAWAIIANAULU • LETTERS• ENGLISH TO THE EDITOR ‘AUKAKE2007 | 3 OHA reserves the right to edit all letters for length, defamatory and libelous material, and other objectionable content, and reserves the right not to print any submission. All letters must be typed, signed and not exceed 200 words. Letters cannot be published unless they include a telephone contact for verification. Send letters to Ka Wai Ola, 711 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500, Honolulu, HI 96813, or email [email protected]. Ahu‘ena Heiau Aelbert Aehegma. periodically renovated under his you better get me early while I The mission statement of guardianship since then. still can walk, as I’m getting up in I am writing this letter with the Kulana Huli Honua includes: 1) Many in this community have age – I am 80 years old. hope that it will clarify some mis- Guide and support the life and attended kumu’s Hawaiian lan- To me, seeing is believing. Board of Trustees information that has been circulat- care of Ahu‘ena Heiau; 2) Promote guage and pre-contact Hawaiian Many of us talk story, but no one ing in the community of Kona and the practice, study, education and history classes over the years. heeds because they come with throughout the state. preservation of Hawaiian culture; Now his family continues his edu- plans already made. Kulana Huli Honua is a non- Haunani Apoliona, MSW 3) To provide an archive of books cational legacy through Kulana To our state and county: Chairperson, Trustee, At-large profit organization that has been and literature for all who are inter- Huli Honua, a nonprofit organiza- I want to tell you that we, the Tel: 808.594.1886 utilizing space located in the King ested in Hawai‘i’s unique and rich tion. kama‘äinas, are being squeezed Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel Fax: 808.594.1875 history. Perhaps it is time for us to show off and pressured by all this new Email: [email protected] for the past decade. The verbal I would like to invite everyone appreciation for what David Roy development along our shores. I, agreement made years ago was to Kulana Huli Honua to learn and his family have accomplished as a kupuna, want to ask of you John D. Waihe‘e IV in layman’s terms: “space pro- about the culture and the history by accepting responsibility for an to “Stop! Enough.” What would Vice Chair, Trustee, At-large vided for educational tours and of Ahu‘ena Heiau, Kamakahonu, important cultural legacy, Ahu‘ena your grandchildren’s lives be like programs” that would share infor- Tel: 808.594.1838 Kona, Hawai‘i or Polynesia or to Heiau. Please join me in advising in the future? Living in condos? Fax: 808.594.0208 mation regarding the history and just launa (relax), read and share the new ownership conglomer- We need open space for them. Email: [email protected] culture of the Hawaiian Islands. your history. We love Kona and ate of King Kamehameha’s Kona Learn to plant. Look around at The organization has provided Hawai‘i and its people. Beach Hotel to continue the pre- what is happening today. Give Rowena Akana most of the schools in Kona and Our phone number is 327-0123, vious owners’ nurturing attitude them land to build a home and a Trustee, At-large throughout the Big Island with and our hours of operation are toward the host culture. Surely this farm. Hawaiian Homes should do Tel: 808.594.1860 historical tours to Ahu‘ena Heiau, Monday through Friday from 8 unfortunate situation can be made the same. Fax: 808.594.0209 Kamehameha’s personal temple, a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Special appoint- pono, if we all work together. To Hawaiian Homes: küpuna Email: [email protected] and to the Kamakahonu site. It ments are available with a simple are looking at your plans above also provided schools from Maui, phone call. Beth Robards Kealakehe. These lands are good Donald B. Cataluna O‘ahu, Kaua‘i and Läna‘i, and Kona, Hawai‘i Island farmlands. Why coop them in with Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau several institutions of higher Moana Roy Kuma homes so close? Open up. Tel: 808.594.1881 learning on the mainland, with Kona, Hawai‘i Island Please, no more building hotels Fax: 808.594.0211 educational tours. Hence the out- Kona development along our beaches and shores. Email: [email protected] reach of Kulana Huli Honua is Kona has lost so many his- Hawai‘i Island is one that has few very extensive. There is no set fee; David Roy’s legacy nice beaches. Robert K. Lindsey Jr. however, donations are welcomed. toric places. Our State Historic Trustee, Hawai‘i I am not comfortable with Preservation Division has been The organization has been con- Lilly Makuahine Namakaokaia Tel: 808.594.1855 sulted many times about several Ahu‘ena Heiau Inc. assuming attentive to these problems. If Fax: 808.594.1883 stewardship of Ahu‘ena Heiau proof is needed, I’d be most happy Haanio Kong wahi pana (sacred sites) through- Kona, Hawai‘i Island Email: [email protected] out the state, and we network with because I have yet to see any indi- to walk the ‘äina with you, and several local entities in the mutual vidual, recognizable to the com- Walter M. Heen desire to enhance the spirit of munity, publicly associated with Trustee, O‘ahu this entity. It doesn’t make sense lökahi and aloha in the community Tel: 808.594.1854 of Kona. to trust an unproven group with Send your thoughts to Ka Wai Ola. Fax: 808.594.0210 Over the past 16 months, such a serious mission when the Email: [email protected] All letters must be typed, signed and not exceed 200 words. Letters cannot the foundation has offered free Kulana Huli Honua foundation monthly programs featuring such is already operating transparently be published unless they are signed and include a telephone contact for Colette Y. Machado renown scholars as Dr. Hawea and successfully. verification. OHA reserves the right to edit all letters for length, defamatory Trustee, Moloka‘i and La¯na‘i During the time that I have Waia‘u, Uncle Billy Paris, Fred and libelous material, and other objectionable content, and reserves the Tel: 808.594.1837 Cachola, Ulalia Berman, Helene lived on Hawai‘i Island, mainly Fax: 808.594.0212 right not to print any submission. Berman, Mikahala Roy, Bobo in the Kailua-Kona area, Ahu‘ena Email: [email protected] Palacat, Gaylord Vermilliya, Heiau has been administered by Send letters to: members of the Roy family. In Boyd P. 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