Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 12, 1 Kekemapa 1986 — Five Measures lmpact on Office of Hawaiian Affairs [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Five Measures lmpact on Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Delegates Vote to Hold 1987 Convention in Gaming Capital; Adopt 17 of 20 Resolutions

Delegates attending the 27th annual convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Nov. 13-15 at the Kauai Hilton and Beach Villas rejected Resolution 86-18 whieh called for postponing the 1987 convention in Las Vegas in deference to holding it in Hawaii as part of Ho'olako: The Year of the Hawaiian. Following lengthy discussions on the merits and demerits of the resolution, delegates went along with the recommendation of the President's Committee not to adopt Resolution 86-18, meaning that the 28th convention will be held as scheduled in the Nevada gambling capital. 'Ahahui O Liliuokalani Hawaiian Civic Clubof Southern California is the convention host with headquarters to be established at the Union Plaza Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas. Convention dates are Nov. 1115.

Recreational competitions have been set. The golf tournament will be at the Sahara Country Club and bowling is at the Showboat Hotel and Casino. Kamau, cribbage and Hawaiian games are scheduled for the convention headquarters along with the funfest or ho'olaule'a and the convention banquet. Resolution 86- 18 was only one of two rejected by the assembly. The other was 86-05 whieh called for placing the statue of King David Kalakaua on the grounds of lolani Palaee. In rejecting this resolution, delegates agreed with the Friends of Iolani Palaee in their opposition to placement of the statue on the Palaee grounds. A total of 20 resolutions were voted on with five adopted as originally presented and 12 with amendments. Resolution 86-01, encouraging Hawaiians to take an active role in the development plans for the islands and expressing support for Kaiser Development's Ikekai resort project, was withdrawn. Two resolutions submitted from the floor — 86-19 and 86-20 — offer congratulations to Governor-elect John David Waihee III and urges the state legislature to au-

thorize full restoration of the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium. Four others directly affect the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. They are: Resolution 86-09: Requesting the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to immediately review rules and regulations recently imposed upon Mauana Ala by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Resolution 86-10: Urging the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to organize an advisory eoalihon of Hawaiian service institutions and agencies, Hawaiian societies, ethnic Hawaiian organizations and Hawaiian Civic Clubs to deliberate and resolve Hawaiian issues in a cultural context. Resolution 86-11: Urging the board of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to rescind their decision relative to Linekona School and give the Office of Hawaiian Affairs an opportunity to apply for and acquire this ceded land. Resolution 86-14: Urging the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to pursue a resolution of the conflict between the language of the state constitution and Hawaii Revised Statute, Chapter 10, regarding the corpus of the OHA trust and the source of ceded lands revenues.

The remainder of the adopted resolutions are: Resolution 86-02: Requiring no smoking at all plenary sessions and committee meetings of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs. Resolution 86-03: Requesting support for the education of students from the island of Ni'ihau. Resolution 86-04: Urging the continuation of programs that enhanee the quality of life of Hawaii's public and private school students by establishing early meaningful programs that ean enhanee the quality of life via good behavior practices, especially as they relate to the use of tobacco, aleohol, drugs and diet. Resolution 86-06: Fishing and farming as a subsistenee lifestyle for Hawaiians.

Resolution 86-07: Urging the State of Hawaii and Hawaii County to collaborate in the development and implementation of a comprehensive fire management plan for the public lands of Pu'uwa'awa'a and Pu'uahahulu, North Kona, Hawaii. Resolution 86-08: Proclaiming Bemice Pauahi Bishop outstanding humanitarian of the 19th century. Resolution 86-12: Demanding that the Governor and State Legislature budget for and fund the administrative costs of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and reimburse with interest such expenses incurred since 1979.

Resolution 86-13: Urging the Governor and the State Legislature to grant native Hawaiians, Hawaiians, and native Hawaiian and Hawaiian organizations the "right to sue" for enforcement of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Office of Hawaiian Affairs trusts. Resolution 86-15: Urging the State Legislature to create a separate division of historic preservation in the Department of Land and Natural Resources and to strengthen laws regarding archeolocpcal standards and preservation requirements affecting native Hawaiian sites, artifacts and battle or burial places. Resolution 86-16: Respectfully urging the State Legislature of Hawaii to adopt a "Water Code" reflecting the public trust imposed on water by the state constitution.

Resolution 86-17: Requesting the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs' House of Delegates request the legislature to introduce a bill to amend the Hawaii State Statutes, Chapter 13, and the State Constitution, Article 12, Section 5, with regard to election of island Trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Charles Lokelani Rose of the Hawaiian Civic Club of Laupahoehoe and chairman of the Resolutions Committee kept the assembly in a jovial mood with his timely humorous presentations. Two OHA staff members were among those conducting committee meetings in discussing resolutions referred to them. They were Kupuna Coordinator Betty Kawohiokalani Jenkins who chaired the Na Mea Hawaii committee and Ka Wai Ola O OHA Editor Kenneth S. Haina who was chairman of the Public Relations committee. Jenkins is also from the Ali'i Pauahi Hawaiian Civic Club while Haina is president of the Ahahui Kaiulani HCC.

There were but two speakers who addressed the eonvention this year — David Penhallow for Kauai Mayor Tony Kunimura and Richard Lyman, chairman of the Bishop Estate Board of Trustees. George Richardson of the Ewa Hawaiian Club was singled out for attending all 27 Association conventions and it was announced by President Benson W.K. Lee that Hui O Utah of Salt Lake City is the latest club to be chartered by the Association. Utah thus joins California clubs Aha Hui Kalakaua of San Francisco and Liliuokalani and Kaleponi of Southern California as the four mainland Hawaiian Civic Clubs. — Kenny Haina.

Waimea Chorale Director Nora KnowIes accepts perpetual trophy and koa bowl from AOHCC President Benson W.K. Lee Sr.