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- SB23–2011 Aha Ki`ole legislative initiative:\n
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- Governor’s veto, GM1346<\/a><\/li>\n
- Relating to Native Hawaiians, Creation of the Aha Kiole Council – SB23<\/a><\/li>\n
- Senate Report on SB23<\/a><\/li>\n
- House Committee On Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land and Ocean Resources Report on SB23<\/a><\/li>\n
- House Committee on Finance Report on SB23<\/a><\/li>\n
- Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land and Housing Report on SB23<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- 2011 Aha Kiole Legislative Report Final<\/a><\/li>\n
- Act 39<\/a> – Extension of Act 212<\/li>\n
- 2009 Final Report <\/a><\/li>\n
- Act 212<\/a><\/li>\n
- Final Interim Legislative Report 2007<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Former Aha Kiole members:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nThe eight members of the \u2018Aha Ki\u2018ole advisory committee were appointed by Gov. Linda Lingle and sworn in Nov. 1, 2007. (L-R), Jean Ilei Beniamina (Ni\u2018ihau), Chairperson Vanda Wahinekuipua Hanakahi (Moloka\u2018i), Winifred \u201cWinnie\u201d Mano Basques (La-na\u2018i), Charles Kapua (O\u2018ahu), Leslie Aipalena Kuloloio (Kaho\u2018olawe), Timmy Paulokaleioku Bailey (Maui), Sharon Pomroy (Kaua\u2018i) and Hugh \u201cButtons\u201d Lovell (Hawai\u2018i). – Photo: Courtesy of \u2018Aha Ki\u2018ole advisory committee.<\/p>\n
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- Hugh “Buttons” Lovell (Big Island)
\n<\/strong>November 1, 2007 \u2013 June 30th, 2011
\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nButtons was raised by his mother and grandparents, John and Precious Puniwai in Puueo, island of Hawaii (Moku o Keawe), from whom he learned traditional planting, gathering and fishing practices. As an adult, Buttons worked and resided in Kona and then South Kohala, during which time he continued to practice what he had been taught. For the past 20 years, Buttons has been residing in Puukapu, North Kohala. Retired from the Police Department, he farms and occasionally fishes.<\/p>\n
Buttons has passed the knowledge he gained from his mother and grandparents on to his children and grandchild. He also instructs children at Hawaii ko Aloha, under a youth exchange program with Native American children, and has given statewide presentation with the University of Hawaii (UH) College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and, with UH professor Dr. Isabella Abbott, has given a kalo (taro) presentation at the Bishop Museum.<\/p>\n
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- Timothy Paulokaleioku Bailey (Maui)
\n<\/strong>November 1, 2007 \u2013 June 30, 2011
\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTimothy is recognized as a premier authority of the relationship between native Hawaiian natural resources and culture. He has given numerous presentations on this topic at Kamehameha Schools, University of Hawaii, Baldwin High School, St. Louis High School, National Park Services and the Hoohanohano I Na Kupuna puwalu series.<\/p>\n
He has worked since 1992 as a biological science technician for the Haleakala National Park on Maui. He is an expert in living, working and adapting to remote conditions and in tracking and capturing animals and is a certified primary bird surveyor in Hawaiian forests.<\/p>\n
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- Charles Kapua (Oahu)
\n<\/strong>November 1, 2007 \u2013 June 30, 2011
\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCharles was taught the ways of mahiai and lawaia from his grandparents, Elizabeth and David Hoopii, who began teaching him from the age of 6. His grandmother taught him to till the soil to make better crops; to make many kinds of lei; and to gather, prepare and weave lauhala leaves. Charles has been passing these practices to his grandson.<\/p>\n
From his grandfather, Charles learned to set fish traps, lay upena (nets) and find hee (octopus) using a glass box. He was taught to take only what the family needed and to leave the small ones for later. He learned the names of fishes, different varieties of opihi, how to gather limu and what each could be used for on the dinner table and how to prepare them. He learned when to gather and when to let it be. He learned respect for the ocean and safe practices. Charles also learned the art of paipai (slapping the water) to fish in streams and gather opae kala ole and oopu.<\/p>\n
Charles was taught the ways of mahiai and lawaia from his grandparents, Elizabeth and David Hoopii, who began teaching him from the age of 6. His grandmother taught him to till the soil to make better crops; to make many kinds of lei; and to gather, prepare and weave lauhala leaves. Charles has been passing these practices to his grandson.<\/p>\n
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- Jean Ilei Beniamina (Niihau)
\n<\/strong>November 1, 2007 \u2013 July 10, 2010
\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nJean Ileialoha Keale Beniamina of Lihu\u2018e died July 10, 2010, at her home, at age 54. Born on Aug. 5, 1955, in Puuwai, Ni\u2018ihau, she was an outreach counselor and assistant professor at Kaua\u2018i Community College.<\/p>\n
She was preceded in death by her husband Larry.<\/p>\n
She is survived by her daughters Kahealani (Jay) Niau Jr. of Ni\u2018ihau, Jeane (Iolama) Beniamina of Ni\u2018ihau and Lynnette (Kahua) Akeo of Kekaha; grandchildren Caylin Beniamina, JayJeen Beniamina, Janine Beniamina, Andria Beniamina, Lana Beniamina, Moana Niau, Jesse Beniamina, Keera Beniamina, Haweo Akeo, Heiva Akeo, Hoolu Akeo and Hahai Akeo; sisters Luana (Naumu) Kaohelaulii Sr. and Marylou (Wilson) Kanahele both of Ni\u2018ihau; numerous uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins. Burial at Kekaha Hawaiian Cemetery<\/p>\n
Ilei was known statewide as an award-winning singer\/songwriter and leading organizer and community liaison for Hawaiian education. She was one of the founders of Aha Punana Leo, which beckons Hawaiians to reclaim their native language and culture, and was the Native Hawaiian Education Association’s 2007 Educator of the Year.<\/p>\n
Born and raised on Niihau, Ilei received a firm foundation of cultural traditions from her grandmother and mother. She was educated on Niihau up to the 8th grade and then at Kamehameha Schools and the University of Hawaii at Manoa and at Hilo, where she received a bachelor’s degree in secondary education and Hawaiian studies and pursued a graduate degree in literature. In 1985, she began lecturing at Kauai Community College.<\/p>\n
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- Thomas Hashimoto (deceased 2019)<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Term expired June 30, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Thomas Hashimoto was born in Ha’ena in 1934, on the Island of Kauai. He’s a traditional Lawai’a (fisherman) and Mahi’ai (farmer) with methods passed down from his father. He strives to perpetuate the Hawaiian resource protection methods and living Pono with the land and ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n
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- Leslie Aipalena Kuloloio (Kahoolawe) (deceased 2020)<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Term expired June 30, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A treasured kupuna, Les and his ohana from Maui have been gathering and fishing on six ahupuaa for more than 10 generations. Les believes in a simple Hawaiian lifestyle, which includes fishing and planting, using one\u2019s own natural resources within one\u2019s own moku boundaries. The island of Kahoolawe is part of his ancestral and cultural connections through both of his parents\u2019 genealogy. He and his ohana are known for taking care of and sustaining the ecosystem off of Kahoolawe and Maui for generations.<\/p>\n
Les has been involved with the Kahoolawe Conveyance Commission, the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission and the Protect Kahoolawe Ohana, of which he is the current kupuna spokesperson. He sat on the Cultural Resource Management Plans and Land Use Committee prior to the cleanup of ordinances on the island. He participated in marine research of the island\u2019s shoreline during a joint venture with NOAA and the Protect Kahoolawe Ohana Fishery Studies.<\/p>\n
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- Kyle Nakanelua (Maui)<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Term expired June 30, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Kyle Nakanelua resides in Haiku. He’s a Fireman and Captain at Kahului airport. Kyle, is also the Alaka’i for Halemua. Halemua specializes in male activities within Hawaiian life, past, present, and future.<\/span><\/p>\n
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- Winifred Basques\u00a0 \u00a0(Lana’i)<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Term expired June 30, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Winnie learned the Lawai’a and Mahia’i practices and knowledge of her ancestors from her Kupuna. She has been using this generational knowledge on the island of Lanai (Moku of Kona and Ko’olau) for 40 years. Winnie currently serves on the County of Maui\u2019s Council on Aging.<\/p>\n
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- Kamalu Poepoe (Moloka’i)<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Term Expired June 30, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Kamalu Poepoe along with husband Mac Poepoe has taken the Aha Ki’ole of Moloka’i to a significant level that protects the natural resources of their Ahupua’a. Her leadership that opposed many developments to the island has kept Molokai within the daily lifestyle of the Hawaiian people in their community.<\/p>\n
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- Keith Robinson (Ni’ihau)<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Term expired June 30, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Keith Robinson was selected by the Ni`ihau community members to represent their island.\u00a0 The Robinson family have been the hereditary Konohiki for the island of Ni`ihau since it was purchased from Kamehameha V by Keith’s great, great grandmother Elizabeth McHutchinson Sinclair.\u00a0 Keith has continuously expressed his desire to keep the island private to preserve Ni`ihau customs and traditions and protect its environment. On Kaua`i, Keith maintains a private botanical garden and is credited with keeping numerous Hawaiian plants from extinction.<\/p>\n
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- Rocky Kaluhiwa (O’ahu)<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Term expired June 30, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Leialoha \u201cRocky\u201d Kaluhiwa lives in the `ili of He`eia Kea, in the `ahupua`a of He`eia, Moku of Ko`olaupoko.\u00a0 A great great granddaughter of Wahineali`i Komomua Akona, she can trace her lineage back more than a hundred years in He`eia Kea.\u00a0 She is an officer of the Ko`olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, a non-profit community organization dedicated to the perpetuation of the Native Hawaiian culture, heritage and people (http:\/\/www.koolaupokohcc.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n
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- Pi’ilani Kaawaloa (Hawai’i)<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Term expired June 30, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pi`ilani Kaawaloa lives in the ahupua`a of Puna on Hawaii`i island, and grew up on the slopes of Kilauea. She is a cultural practitioner, hula practitioner, singer, chanter and teacher in Pahoa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Thomas Hashimoto (deceased 2019)<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Jean Ilei Beniamina (Niihau)
- Charles Kapua (Oahu)
- Timothy Paulokaleioku Bailey (Maui)
- Relating to Native Hawaiians, Creation of the Aha Kiole Council – SB23<\/a><\/li>\n
- Governor’s veto, GM1346<\/a><\/li>\n