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From statehoodhawaii.com ... Ka Pakaukau will be hosting an event to celebrate Ka La Hoi Hoi Ea (Restoration Day), an official holiday celebrated during the Hawaiian kingdom period. We have an exciting program planned with many activities for the whole family. Live music performances by artists including Ernie Cruz Jr., Kupa aina, Oiwi, Jon Osorio and more. Keiki activities include maka...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Thu 9:12 p.m.
At (literally) the last minute there are suddenly a great deal more contested elections than previously expected. This is good news, even if most of the challengers are doomed to sound thrashings… However, the Star-Bulletin has an interesting account of the “scramble” caused by Honolulu Councilmember Kobayashi’s decision to run for Mayor, which led to [...]...
Poinography - Wed 11:08 p.m. - 9 clicks 
Urgent: Last day for comments July 23 to request stronger protection for the world's largest marine protected area, the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The draft Monument management plan fails to make conservation of the monument's unique marine ecosystem paramount. The draft plan allows tourism, construction, military activities and cruises ships. These activities are inc...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Tue 11:30 p.m. - 11 clicks
Lots of interesting revelations about the happenings within Representative Cabanilla’s staff are contained in this (awesomely titled) blog post by Derrick DePledge. Cabanilla apparently dismissed her office manager, Tom Berg, after learning Berg had endorsed engineer Panos Prevedouros for Honolulu mayor. Well, first things first, legislative staff are definitely “at will” employe...
Poinography - Tue 10:33 p.m. - 12 clicks
The Star-Bulletin reports on a demonstration held by the unionized workers of the Honolulu Advertiser to protest the sudden firings of 54 members. What a crappy situation. Advertiser President and Publisher Lee Webber notified employees via e-mail Wednesday that 54 positions would be cut, citing the economic downturn. He was not available for comment yesterday [...]...
Poinography - Sun 5:35 a.m. - 21 clicks
Rec'd via email... From: New Ideas [mailto:NewIdeas @ Hawaii.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:13 PM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; AUPUNI HAWAII HAWAIIAN EMBASSY GROUND BLESSING SATURDAY JULY 19, 2008 OPENING PULE: MOI, KAHU NORMAN AKAHAI KEA’NA AINA Announcing the provisional opening of the Embassy of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Germantown, New York. On July 19, 2008 the ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 17 - 27 clicks
Pacific Business News reports "The Applied Research Laboratory at the University of Hawaii has been awarded a $26-million contract from the U.S. Navy for work on various military systems." ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 17 - 16 clicks
Advertiser reports that "A Wai'anae Coast group has taken the Army back to court over its use of Makua Military Reservation, saying the service failed to include numerous "high priority" sites on a list for Hawaiian cultural access, and failed to provide opportunities for public input on the list as required." ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 17 - 14 clicks
Advertiser reports : From thousands of T-shirts to the establishment of a bureau office in Washington, D.C., the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has spent nearly $7.5 million in the past three years on three separate efforts designed to establish a Hawaiians-only government entity. OHA spent an additional $2 million in the 2008 budget year that ended June 30 and has budgeted about $2 million ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 17 - 18 clicks
Lots of chatter today about the Honolulu County Clerk informing the Stop Rail Now group that the ballot initiative question will no be on the general election ballot. Eric Ryan of Stop Rail Now tells KHON that this was all part of their strategy. I don’t believe the leaders of that group are [...]...
Poinography - Jul 16 - 22 clicks
The rumors about his poor health were true, and the Maui News has published an interview where Represenative Nakasone (finally) explains his status and announces his decision to run for another term. The cancer in his left lung has been isolated and soon he will begin a third and final round of radiation treatment. Nakasone said [...]...
Poinography - Jul 15 - 20 clicks
This weekend I noticed that the local media were proudly describing which annual award(s) each had won from the Society of Professional Journalists. I remember many of the winning stories, and agree that they were worthy of the recognition. Bob Jones, on the other hand, submitted a post to Hawaii Reporter with a bit less [...]...
Poinography - Jul 14 - 21 clicks
Star-Bulletin reported Saturday: Native Hawaiian protesters on the beach clashed with construction workers yesterday after a tense day at a home site at Naue Point where at least 30 bodies are buried. No one was arrested or injured, but both the protesters and the construction workers filed complaints with the police, who arrived at about 1 p.m. The site, where a home is being const...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 14 - 17 clicks
Aloha and good luck to Jacob Shafer, who is the new editor at Maui Time Weekly. Shafer previously was with the Pacific Sun of Marin, California. Where, according to the masthead, the former Holoholo Girl from MTW columnist has landed. Small world, the alternative press, yeah? ...
Poinography - Jul 12 - 20 clicks
Whew, I am still really busy getting ready to move on Saturday, but for now I’ll throw you readers a bone with this West Hawaii Today article about a guy who claims to be the pied piper of coqui frogs. If Hawaii County will pay him, then he claims to have at least one [...]...
Poinography - Jul 11 - 17 clicks
Radio New Zealand International reports : Hawaii’s Board of Land and Natural Resources is considering whether to approve a public hearing on proposed new rules for Iolani palace after on-site protests by native Hawaiians. [...] But International law professor at the University of Illinois, Francis Boyle, says the group is within their rights to possess what is essentially their land and u...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 9 - 18 clicks
Hawaiian Independence Play Comes to the S.F. Bay Area! Sat. August 2 and Sunday August 3, Berkeley, CA Ka Lei Maile Ali'i - The Queen's Women A re-enactment play performed by members of Ka Lei Maile Ali'i Hawaiian Civic Club from Honolulu. Activist David Keanu Sai will provide historical context of the Hawaiian resistance to American annexation in a brief presentation before th...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 9 - 17 clicks
The more I read about the selection of Councilmember Asing to serve as interim Mayor of Kauai, the more weird it seems. According to this Garden Island News story, Asing may actually be considering serving on the Council and as the Mayor. That’s crazy, if it’s true. Asing will assume his new role as [...]...
Poinography - Jul 9 - 16 clicks
It is not often that a sitting head of an Executive Branch of government dies while in office, and it seems fitting to have high-profile ceremonies to remember them when they do. The death of Kauai Mayor Baptiste is the only such death (among local politicans) I can recall in the 19 years I [...]...
Poinography - Jul 8 - 23 clicks
Since the only remotely interesting political story I read today was an Advertiser editorial taking Governor Lingle to task for waffling on her support of rail transit, I’ll write about yet another exciting ocean voyage. The Maui News story about it is not bad, and the paddlers also have a blog. This comes on the [...]...
Poinography - Jul 6 - 17 clicks
Rec'd via email... From: "Lynette Cruz" <palolo@hawaii.rr.com> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 17:14:05 -1000 Subject: Hawaiian Roundtable #2, Friday, July 4 Aloha all, Sorry for late notice! Please join us on July 4 (somebody else's holiday) for Hawaiian Roundtable #2 at Jarrett Middle School Cafeteria, 4 - 7 pm. All are invited! Feel free to bring refreshments to share. We ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 4 - 14 clicks
Star-Bulletin reports on Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader's visit to the islands yesterday, during which "Nader said he supports the Akaka Bill and native Hawaiian rights." ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 4 - 17 clicks
For us Americans here in Hawaii, a good reminder while we're appreciating how much we love our country today... Oh, honest Americans, as Christians hear me for my downtrodden people! Their form of government is as dear to them as yours is as precious to you. Quite warmly as you love your country, so they love theirs. —Queen Lili'uokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen , 1898 Oh and ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 4 - 18 clicks
Advertiser reports : The state Office of Hawaiian Affairs has enlisted larger-than-life retired U.S. Sen. Ben Night-horse Campbell to help its efforts to push the Akaka bill through Congress. Campbell, 75, is the son of a Northern Cheyenne Indian, and was the first American Indian to serve in the U.S. Senate when he represented Colorado from 1992 to 2004. For a time, he chaired the India...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jul 1 - 15 clicks
The UK Telegraph has an article on the " Hawaiian Kingdom Government " group that has had a presence at 'Iolani Palace since late April. There are some inaccurate and confusing things in the article (including the headline that Kahau is "queen" of Hawaii—there's a constitutional process for election by the legislature of a monarch in an interregnum, a process that has not yet been followe...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jun 29 - 14 clicks
Advertiser has a story today about the constitutional convention being proposed by Bumpy Kanahele. Hawaiian rights activist Dennis Pu'uhonua "Bumpy" Kanahele is gaining support for a proposed Native Hawaiian constitutional convention aimed at unifying the historically fractured Hawaiian independence movement. A Native Hawaiian convention would be separate from a ballot issue in Novembe...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jun 25 - 15 clicks
I should have double checked it first, but the press release I posted from Nation of Hawaii was unauthorized and incorrect, and quoted Bumpy inaccurately. Sorry about that. Bumpy is working on getting together a con-con, though, and you can read more about it at BumpyKanahele.com/con-con.php . He is helping to circulate a petition, and has a brochure on the con-con plan in PDF at the bott...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jun 23 - 12 clicks
Anyone who has been around the movement for sovereignty and resistance to militarization in Hawaii knows 'Imiola. I hadn't seen him in years, but he was still active on some email lists where we've been discussing and debating occupation and independence for years. Then he came to the East Maui Taro Festival in April, and came up and visited Kapahu Farm on Sunday. He was with his brother Lockwoo...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jun 22 - 17 clicks
Advertiser reports:A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' policy of assisting all Native Hawaiians, not just those with 50 percent or more Hawaiian blood. U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway on Friday ruled in favor of OHA trustees and dismissed a lawsuit that claimed OHA could only spend money on Hawaiians of "not less than one-half part" of Hawaiian blood. The ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jun 22 - 14 clicks
The AP has an article on the Palace presence of the Hawaiian Kingdom Govern ment group, which has been syndicated far and wide under the headline "Hawaiian group demands restoration of the monarchy." ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jun 19 - 17 clicks
Advertiser reports that DLNR has proposed new rules for 'Iolani Palace and its grounds, spurred in part by the presence of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government group on the grounds since April 30. Star-Bulletin also has a story , saying the rules "specifically prohibit 'unauthorized occupation' of Iolani Palace and other buildings on the palace grounds." ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jun 14 - 15 clicks
In his weekly Rob Report column in MauiTime Weekly, Rob Parsons looks at the diversion of water from East Maui streams and the taro farmers suffering as a result.And here's a related article from the Summer 2008 issue of the HanaSide News:where_my_water.pdf There is a rally and picnic at Honomanu Bay, the bay just before Keanae, all day today. All are invited. ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jun 14 - 10 clicks
Rec'd via email from Lynette... Poka Laenui and Lynette Cruz talk about the Hawaiian roundtable discussion held at the OHA board room on June 5. Next one is scheduled for Saturday, June 21, 10 am @ Jarrett Middle School Cafeteria. Please join us, and also forward to others who might be interested. Issues That Matter: Hawaiian Roundtable 6/19/08 Thu 3:00 pm Channel ...
Hawaii Independence Blog - Jun 13 - 13 clicks
