Ka Ulu Hoi

ʻO ka lā 18 o Ianuali, ʻo ia nō ka lā i wehe ʻia ai ka ʻahaʻōlelo o ke aupuni ma ke kapikala. He lā nui kēia no nā poʻe o Hawaiʻi nei. Koʻikoʻi loa kēia au o ka makahiki, no ka nui o nā pila like ʻole e kākau ‘ia nei, ā inā ‘āpono ʻia ua mau pila nei, he mau kānāwai hou ia no ke aupuni. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole nā mau pila a pau he mea maikaʻi, no laila nui ka hana ʻo ka ʻike leʻa i ia mau mea maika‘i ‘ole, a hōʻole aku nō. He lima kōkua au (he extern) no ke Keʻena Kuleana Hawaiʻi (OHA) no kō lākou māhele kulekele aupuni, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Public Policy. No laila, ua hoʻokuleana ʻia au e kōkua i ua lā nei ma ke kapikala. ‘O kā mākou hana i ia lā, ʻo ia nō ke kipa ‘ana i nā keʻena o nā loea kālaiʻāina, no ka hāʻawi ʻana i kā OHA mau Puke Hō‘ike Makahiki (Annual Reports). He mea ‘ano nui ia mau puke, no ka ho‘omoākāka ʻana a me ka ho‘omaopopo ‘ana i nā hanana nui a OHA a me nā pono o nā Kānaka Maoli.

ʻO ka wā mua kēia, ma hope o ka uhi ʻana o ka maʻi ahulau i ka ʻāina, i wehe ʻia ai ke Kau penei, a ua nui loa ka po‘e i hele i ke kapikala ia lā. Nui nō hoʻi ka poʻe Hawaiʻi i hōʻea aku. Maliʻa paha he hōʻailona kēia no ka piʻi ʻana o ka makaʻala o ka poʻe Hawaiʻi i nā pila o ka ʻAha ʻŌlelo. E hoʻomaopopo pono kākou i nā pila e hāpai ʻia ana i kēia kau, a e koho pono kākou i ke kākoʻo a me ka pepehi.

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