Ka Wai Ola Loa - The Mid-Month Extra  
'Okakopa 2009 Mid-
Month Extra Edition



New leaders emerging from
OHA strategic plan


READ MORE > Stanton Enomoto, the new Chief Operating Officer of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, will help guide the implementation of OHA's new strategic plan; and READ MORE > Mona Bernardino, currently the Deputy Administrator for Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, was named Executive Director of Hi'ilei Aloha LLC.

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Adding to its familiar collection of offerings like the Hawaiian Nūpepa Collection and Baibala Hemolele, Ulukau now features universal search and has added Hawaiian mele, including "Ha'ilono Mele", and curricula for teachers. - READ MORE >

Suit to appeal Mauna Kea decision

A group of five concerned parties filed a lawsuit this month appealing the Board of Land and Natural Resources' acceptance of the Mauna Kea Comprehensive Management Plan, a move that could delay the planned construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the summit. - READ MORE >


 
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READ MORE > A Stonehenge-esque concrete pad with pillars protruding into the sky at Maka'eo – Kona's Old Airport – will not be bare for much longer, as with the help of OHA, Kai 'Ōpua Canoe Club is moving forward with its long-stalled plans to construct a new home.

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Aunty Mālia Craver, a revered practitioner of the Native Hawaiian tradition of conflict resolution known as ho'oponopono, died on October 3. She was 82.

Members of the Native Hawaiian community as well as advocates of peace initiatives throughout the world join in paying tribute to the memory of the woman, who was widely recognized as an invaluable Hawaiian spiritual and cultural resource.
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Coming in the November Ka Wai Ola

Watch your mailbox for the next edition of Ka Wai Ola, where you'll read about:

  • Maui on the move
    In a continuing series spotlighting Native Hawaiian businesses, Ka Wai Ola features members of the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce.

  • Mālama i ke kai
    About 1,000 people, including many Native Hawaiians, turn out for a hearing in Honolulu on how President Obama should protect our nation's oceans.

  • Returning life to Uluhaimalama
    How a group of people guided by reverence for a deposed Hawaiian queen are revitalizing her garden, Uluhaimalama, on the slopes of Punchbowl, with the help of an OHA grant.

  • E ho'i mai i ka piko hula
    Hula dancers from around the globe will grace the stage at the World Invitational Hula Festival, Nov. 12 to 14 at the Waikīkī Shell.

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