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Aloha my ohana and friends,
I pray all is maita`i with you and your ohana.
Letting you know that OHA wrote a letter to Laura Thielen, head of DLNR. It was delivered to them yesterday, and we have yet to get a response. It is a cease and desist letter.
Please read it and start making some phone calls or go to their offices... call DLNR, Ms. Thielen and SHPD, Pua Aiu and Nancy McMahon; call the Attorney General's office and the Governor and tell them to cease and desist all further destruction of our na iwi kupuna's resting place. Leave our bones alone!!!!!..let them rest in peace.
Pray for rain...lots and lots of it...and lets fill those deep trenches they are digging with water. Stop them now!!!! We kahea for help from our spiritual realm, we will stand on our faith that spiritual intervention is real. We are invoking their presence and kokua. The spirits are there, we can feel them all around us. We can see them, they show up in our videos and photos as many orbs of light all around our campsite. True story!
PuaNani, networking wale no
Puanani Rogers
Ho`okipa Network - Kauai
Kapaa, Hi 96746
Kingdom of Hawaii
Honolulu Star Bulletin July 12, 2008
Protesters, Workers Clash Over Graves
By Tom Finnegan, tfinnegan@starbulletin.com
HAENA, Kauai » 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 constructed by California businessman Joseph Brescia, has been the subject of numerous legal battles over where to put the building, how far it should be set back from the ocean, and where the property line exists.
Construction started Monday after Kauai Police Chief Darryl Perry issued a clarification that the work done over the graves was not desecration. He halted the work last month when he said that work over the graveyard was a criminal offense.
However, Brescia received all permits, including approval from the Kauai Burial Council, to leave the graves in place.
A number of native Hawaiians have camped out on the beach since April to honor and protect the bodies unearthed and then covered over when Brescia started clearing the area in 2007.
Yesterday, officials from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources told them to remove their tents. And the construction staff put up a fence along the certified shoreline and began using a backhoe to clear the land over the graves.
The native Hawaiians, joined by members of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Nature Rights and Culture Hale, said they were saying a pule, or chant, when construction workers came through the dust fence and started yelling at them.
But construction workers told police that it was they who were harassed and yelled at through the dust fence.
They filed a complaint. Protesters also filed a complaint, alleging the construction was keeping them from practicing their cultural rites.
Think Kanaka maoli......Think Ahupua`a
The state department of Land and Natural Resources will implement a new two-year area restriction at the ‘Ahihi-Kina‘u Natural Area Reserve beginning Friday, August 1st, 2008. This will result in the closure of access to the majority of the reserve, including unofficial trails to Kalua o Lapa, Kalaeloa (popularly known as “the Aquarium”), and Mokuha (also known as “the Fishbowl”). Access to northern portions of the reserve most used by the public will remain open during visiting hours. Some of these open areas include the Waiala Cove and the coastal area along ‘Ahihi Bay including the “Dumps” surf break. The decision is being implemented to increase protection for the resources at the Reserve. The restricted access period will last until July 31, 2010. DLNR Chairperson Laura Thielen said, “Recent studies have shown that the growing numbers of visitors to the area have severely impacted both the natural and cultural resources." She said, "We cannot allow resource degradation to continue unchecked.” Thielen went on to say, “This two-year restriction period is a first step to immediately address concerns and allow the fragile resources in ‘Ahihi-Kina‘u to rest.” Persons found in the restricted areas or in the reserve after visiting hours may be cited or arrested. The violations are considered a misdemeanor and are punishable by fines of up to $1,000 and/or imprisonment for up to a year. By law, it is illegal to remove, injure, or kill any living thing as well as to damage, disturb, or remove any geologic or cultural site. DLNR staff will be monitoring sensitive areas, and assessing whether further measures and protective actions might be taken to and yet still allow for public access in the future. Public meetings will be held to discuss the future plans for the reserve through the development of an action plan and a long range management plan. At the end of the two-year period, staff will present their findings to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, who will determine if further restrictions are warranted or if the reserve will be reopened. Access into the newly-restricted areas may be granted via permit to individuals, which may include cultural practitioners, and school groups. All access into restricted areas will require an approved permit from the Natural Area Reserve Commission and accompaniment by a ranger. For a map of the restricted areas or more information on ‘Ahihi-Kina‘u Natural Area Reserve, visit www.dofaw.net/NAR/ or call the Division of Forestry and Wildlife office on Maui at 984-8100.
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The last leg of a journey to complete a paddle of the Hawaiian archipelago begins today as a group of 16 paddlers leave from Hanalei Bay on Kauai, bound for Laysan Island—where they will embark on a 480 mile paddle from Laysan to Kure Atoll. This voyage will mark the first time in modern history that a group of paddlers will reach the end of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Half of the crew is made up of Maui members including Kimokeo Kapahulehua who has been a longtime leader with the Kihei Canoe Club. The paddle, organized by the Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Voyaging Society, is expected to take four days, wrapping up on July 15th. The effort marks the culmination of a five-year 16-hundred-mile journey to bring awareness to issues facing the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. This year's voyage will add the issue of Marine Debris as its educational centerpiece with paddlers assisting a clean up effort of waters within the Northwest Hawaiian Island Marine Monument. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE VOYAGING SOCIETY’S DAILY BLOG; CLICK HERE TO VIEW MAUI NEWS ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON 7/6/08(Photo Courtesy Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Voyaging Society)
