OHA Installs Five Trustees to Four-Year Terms

REPORT FROM OHA -- The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today officially added one new face to its Board of Trustees and applauded the re-election of four incumbents amid the splendor of an investiture ceremony attended by an estimated 500 guests.

Newly-elected Trustee Dan Ahuna, who represents Kaua'i on the nine-member policy-making board, took his oath of office for a four-year term along with Chairperson Colette Machado, who ran unopposed in the November general election for her seat to represent Moloka'i; at-large Trustee Haunani Apolonia, who was re-elected to a seat she has held since 1996; Robert Lindsey Jr., who won re-election to continue representing Hawai'i Island; and Carmen Hulu Lindsey, who was elected to continue representing Maui.

Their swearing-in ceremony inside a conference room at OHA was presided over by Associate Judge Lisa Ginoza. The ceremony was followed by an investiture event at Central Union Church, where the long guest list included Gov. Neil Abercrombie and keynote speaker C. Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society.

In congratulating the five trustees who are beginning new four-year terms, OHA Chief Executive Officer Kamana'o Crabbe highlighted their respective expertise in such areas as land use, education and social work.

"I look forward to continue developing an effective working relationship with the OHA Board of Trustees," Crabbe said. "The knowledge and experiences of the trustees who are beginning new terms will be helpful to OHA's efforts to contribute to the state's vision for Kaka'ako as well as overall policy-making decisions that empower Hawaiians and strengthen Hawaii."

About OHA

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is a unique, independent state agency established through the Hawai‘i State Constitution and statutes to advocate for the betterment of conditions of all Native Hawaiians, with a Board of Trustees elected by the voters of Hawai‘i. OHA is guided by a vision and mission to ensure the perpetuation of the culture, to protect the entitlements of Native Hawaiians, and to build a strong and healthy Hawaiian people and nation. For more information, visit www.oha.org.

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DISCOVERY OF CRIMES - PREMEDITATION; ADMISSIONS OF CRIMES: Under the Law of Nations, Pirates et. als. are to be Returned to Their Nation.... this is about the Provisional Government turned Republic of Hawaii then Territory of Hawaii and State of Hawaii with documented oppositions every step of the way.... see more athttp://maoliworld.com/forum/topics/discovery-of-c... Point being that the usurpers, conspirators/Pirates, treasonous persons assumed/usurped a neutral, friendly, non-warring, non-violent nation and now have created an entity to make them appear to be pono/good in the eyes of the world.....well I hereby document Oppositions to the creation of a monster by you people who are Not the true land owners....sincerely, Amelia Gora, one of Kalaniopuu's, Kamehameha's, John Young's, Isaac Davis, Nuuanu's, Mataio Kekuanaoa's, Princess Poomaikelani's, et. als. descendants.......many of the true families, land owners existed in 1893 and their descendants exists today documented.........p.s. tracking genocide activists and documenting individuals with the Honolulu Police Department, etc.....

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OHA Installs Five Trustees to Four-Year Terms

REPORT FROM OHA -- The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today officially added one new face to its Board of Trustees and applauded the re-election of four incumbents amid the splendor of an investiture ceremony attended by an estimated 500 guests.

Newly-elected Trustee Dan Ahuna, who represents Kaua'i on the nine-member policy-making board, took his oath of office for a four-year term along with Chairperson Colette Machado, who ran unopposed in the November general election for her seat to represent Moloka'i; at-large Trustee Haunani Apolonia, who was re-elected to a seat she has held since 1996; Robert Lindsey Jr., who won re-election to continue representing Hawai'i Island; and Carmen Hulu Lindsey, who was elected to continue representing Maui.

Their swearing-in ceremony inside a conference room at OHA was presided over by Associate Judge Lisa Ginoza. The ceremony was followed by an investiture event at Central Union Church, where the long guest list included Gov. Neil Abercrombie and keynote speaker C. Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society.

In congratulating the five trustees who are beginning new four-year terms, OHA Chief Executive Officer Kamana'o Crabbe highlighted their respective expertise in such areas as land use, education and social work.

"I look forward to continue developing an effective working relationship with the OHA Board of Trustees," Crabbe said. "The knowledge and experiences of the trustees who are beginning new terms will be helpful to OHA's efforts to contribute to the state's vision for Kaka'ako as well as overall policy-making decisions that empower Hawaiians and strengthen Hawaii."

About OHA

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is a unique, independent state agency established through the Hawai‘i State Constitution and statutes to advocate for the betterment of conditions of all Native Hawaiians, with a Board of Trustees elected by the voters of Hawai‘i. OHA is guided by a vision and mission to ensure the perpetuation of the culture, to protect the entitlements of Native Hawaiians, and to build a strong and healthy Hawaiian people and nation. For more information, visit www.oha.org.
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DISCOVERY OF CRIMES - PREMEDITATION; ADMISSIONS OF CRIMES: Under the Law of Nations, Pirates et. als. are to be Returned to Their Nation.... this is about the Provisional Government turned Republic of Hawaii then Territory of Hawaii and State of Hawaii with documented oppositions every step of the way.... see more athttp://maoliworld.com/forum/topics/discovery-of-c... Point being that the usurpers, conspirators/Pirates, treasonous persons assumed/usurped a neutral, friendly, non-warring, non-violent nation and now have created an entity to make them appear to be pono/good in the eyes of the world.....well I hereby document Oppositions to the creation of a monster by you people who are Not the true land owners....sincerely, Amelia Gora, one of Kalaniopuu's, Kamehameha's, John Young's, Isaac Davis, Nuuanu's, Mataio Kekuanaoa's, Princess Poomaikelani's, et. als. descendants.......many of the true families, land owners existed in 1893 and their descendants exists today documented.........p.s. tracking genocide activists and documenting individuals with the Honolulu Police Department, etc.....


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